CASE STUDY - LG Phillips Factory Fort Wilson Properties Project: Former LG Phillips Factory, Simonstone, Burnley Client: Fort Vale Engineering Ltd, Parkfield Works, Brunswick Street, Nelson, BB9 0SG Project Manager: Harry Place & Partners, 3 & 5 Saunder Bank, Burnley, BB11 2BN Planning Supervisor: BR Health & Safety, Wellington House, Otley Street, Skipton, BS23 1EL Principal Contractor: Walter Forshaw Ltd, 7 King Street, Westhoughton, Bolton, BL5 3AY Quantity Surveyor: Harry Place & Partners, 3 & 5 Saunder Bank, Burnley, BB11 2BN Contract Description: The contract involved the asbestos removal, soft strip and demolition of over 20,000m2 of industrial buildings, using a variety of techniques and attachments. Value: £600,000 Timescale: 18 weeks – July 2005 to November 2005 Building Dimensions: 120m x 100m x 25m high (including a 52m high chimney) Building Construction: The Building was a mixed usage building of offices, welfare facilities, workshops and manufacturing and storage areas. Various construction types have been used and combined over the years with areas of steel framed, concrete framed and load bearing construction. The external envelope consists of steel cladding, masonry, steel sheet roofing and asbestos and non-asbestos cement roof sheeting. The building structure was a multi-storey steel frame accommodating a glass factory and associated offices. The superstructure slabs generally were constructed of in-situ reinforced concrete cast on pre-cast units acting as permanent formwork. The slab panels spanned between steel beams. There were two brick chimneys on site; one of which was previously been reduced in height. The second chimney was approximately 52m high. Demolition Method: Long reach excavators fitted with steel and concrete shears were used to demolish the main section of the building. Once these sections were reduced to the ground, the chimney and batch house were demolished using explosives and excavators were then used to process the remains once they were on the ground. All slab areas were grubbed up and crushed on site using our mobile crusher and the material left in stock piles for use in the development of the site. Reference Details: Please contact WFL for reference contact details. See attached letter from Fort Vale Engineering Ltd. back to top