Deconstruct UK case study for the education sector.

Client: Knight HarwoodLocation: Royal Academy of Engineering,

London W1Contractor: Deconstruct UK Ltd

Completion Date: July 2011Sector: Education

About the Project:

Removal of asbestos insulation board firebreaks within the ceiling void of the Royal Academy of Engineering.

As part of the planned refurbishment of the Royal Academy of Engineering, it was necessary to remove asbestos insulation board firebreaks from around the lighting positions within the ceiling void to the ground floor.

In total, there were 27 firebreaks and these were located above the existing plasterboard ceiling which needed to be carefully removed to provide access to the asbestos.

Following the removal of the plasterboard ceilings under controlled conditions, the rooms in which the firebreaks were located were formed into sealed enclosures and the asbestos removed.

Project Challenges:

With the asbestos firebreaks being concealedabove high level ceilings, operatives could not be certain what condition the asbestos would be in.

The plasterboard ceilings were carefully dismantled under controlled conditions using asbestos trained operatives.

The asbestos firebreaks were fixed tothe underside of the 1st floor at a height of over 4 metres, thereby, necessitating the use of mobile scaffold towers as well.

The scaffold towers had to be fully decontaminated upon completion of the work.

Services provided by Deconstruct UK:

Our services:

Deconstruction Services ✓

Demolition Services

Enabling Works

Asbestos Removal Services ✓Asbestos Surveying Services

Ground Works Services

Piling Services

Steelwork Installations

Builders Works

Emergency Dangerous Structures

Temporary Works

Contact Details:

Deconstruct (UK) LimitedSilver House, 31-35 Beak StreetLondonW1F 9DPTel: 020 7734 6655Fax: 020 7734 6626

Email info@deconstructuk.comWebsite Address www.deconstructuk.com

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