Valori Demolition impress local council with 100% recycling of materials
Valori Demolition’s latest project certainly required a bit of adjustment in order to make it happen! Luckily, Worsley Plant were delighted to be on hand to ensure its success.
Valori Demolition has more than 50 years experience in the demolition industry and make it their priority to adapt to changing market conditions and move with the times. They carry out many types of demolition in the London area, including residential blocks, warehouses, city centre sites, incorporating façade retention, strip out, site clearance and recycling of materials.
Valori recently become an approved contractor for the London Borough of Brent Council and this was their first project for them. As their flagship job they were keen to make an impression. They wanted to aim for 100% recycling of material on the site. This particular project was the demolition of an unwanted school classroom and replacing it with a playground.
Valori approached Worsley Plant about hiring a Cat 8 Ton excavator fitted with a 3 way circuit to accommodate the attachments they were hiring to work with it - a Rotar grab, a Rammer hammer and a MB crushing bucket
However, access to the school proved an unexpected problem. The excavator required to work on the job was too high to fit into the entrance. Yet clearly it needed to get onto site for the job to start!
Worsley Plant came up with a solution by deciding to dismantle the dipper arm and removing the cab, thereby allowing them to track the excavator under the canopy at the entrance, and then they put it back on afterwards, also ensuring it was put back to its original state after the job was completed.
Valori wanted to hire in the 8 ton machine (rather than use their 3 ton one) as it allowed them to reach up to the height of the school building in a more controlled manner, and would work better with the hired in attachments. Having 100% luxury of height allowed the materials to be better segregated for recycling.
The three attachments were used at different stages. The Grab to demolish and segregate. The Hammer from Rammer to break up the foundations and floor slabs. The Crushing Bucket to recycle the crushed material for re-use on site.
Firstly wood was put into wood skips from the timber framed classroom roof so that it could be sent for full recycling.
As well as breaking up the foundations, they also needed to remove a set of concrete steps which were then brick infilled between two walls. Before they approached Worsley they were going to remove the concrete and hardcore via dumper truck and then import crushed material in, which would involve dumper trucks moving back and forth. Using the Crushing Bucket on site allowed them to crush the materials on site and re-use as sub base. Firstly they laid down a membrane on the natural ground before laying down the crushed hardcore so that it didn’t sink into the London Clay. They then added Grade A top soil and grass seeded the area.
Using the MB Crushing Bucket allowed them to save time and money they would have spent on skip hire and two dumper trucks, not to mention the impact on the environment, reducing Valori’s carbon footprint. They also saved several days on the overall project timings and negated the inconvenience of waiting for skips to be exchanged.
Brendan Walsh Valori Demolition’s Contract Manager, first met Worsley Plant at an IDE Exhibition and then came along to the launch of their Southern Depot earlier this year. As soon as they contacted Brain Carroll – General Manager Southern, regarding hiring equipment for this project, they were impressed!
Brendan said: “Worsley Plant relieved all the pressure for us. They supplied everything ready to go, no ringing round and hassle for us. They delivered a truly first class service. They did exactly what they promised. The job was completed in just 4 weeks, saving several days.
This was our flagship job for the London Borough of Brent and we delighted to be able to impress them by recycling 100% of materials and saving significant time and money on the project.”