Former Police Station Holland House, Cheltenham.

Site Address: Holland House, Former Police HQ, Lansdowne Road, Cheltenham.

Construction of Buildings:

Holland House: 5 storey concrete frame with stone cladding plus basement throughout and flat roof

Holland House Annexe: mainly 3 storey, part 2 storey concrete frame with masonry panels and pitched roof

Talbot House: Mainly 4 storey concrete frame with masonry panels and pitched roof, plus single storey annexes and area of basement to the south west boundary is a block of single storey garages of masonry construction with concrete slab roof.

Program: 22 weeks

Appointed in the role of Principal Contractor to manage the safe and controlled demolition of a former police station located in central Cheltenham.

Scope of work: service isolations, asbestos removal, soft strip, oil tank removal, demolition, slab & foundation removal, on-site crushing, and site grading. All works undertaken in-line with CDM 2015 regulations and compliance with BS:6187 Code of Practice for Full & Partial Demolition.

This project is a great example of working safely in a live environment, where robust mitigation has reaped benefits. This project could have presented us with several challenges had we not conducted our due diligence through robust desk-stop studies and provided a competently trained and experienced specialist de-construction team. The site was handed back to our client to agreed programme dates, with zero accidents, incidents or environmental concerns raised – a testament to everyone who worked on the project.

A sustainably considered project with the re-use of site won material in the backfilling and grading process – meeting our clients key performance indicators and maintaining our commitment to recycling in line with the Waste Hierarchy.

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