Safedem Limited Red Road, Glasgow tower block explosive demolition

If you visited this site on Friday you will know that we advised that the Safedem implosion of Red Road would probably not be as pretty as previous Safedem blowdowns, that video would show debris ejecting from the tower during the demolition and that the resultant debris pile would not be as tidy as normally expected from a Safedem project.

What we actually said was:-

“Following the detonation we fully anticipate that there may be a perception, to the untrained eye, that the operation has not gone to plan as the resultant pile of debris will not be as neat and tidy as previous blasts from Safedem and will, most probably, resemble a game of “pick up sticks” as the steel will not, of course, disintegrate during the blast.”

We are pleased to say that the blast went very well and the building reacted as expected by Safedem. Debris was ejected from the building, as can be seen on the YouTube footage, but that is mainly the remains of the 8000 sand bags used as blast protection around the charging points. The columns were all tied back using steel ropes and the ropes did the trick.

The resultant debris pile is higher than normal from a blowdown and can be clearly seen at the Safedem website set up for this project at http://www.redroaddemolition.co.uk/





It goes without saying that congratulations go to all on the team, client GHA, Safedem, all consultants and everyone involved with the project as Safedem now hold the record for the tallest tower block ever imploded in the UK, beating the record previously held by Controlled Demolition Group for 240, Roystonhill, Glasgow at 25 storeys.

The Red Road blast was 28 storeys!

WELL DONE!