C&D customer DSM Demolition start work in Plymouth

The Mayflower West car park in Plymouth was closed in late 2013 after safety concerns were raised, but it has taken until now for demolition work to commence. Thankfully it's in the very capable hands of DSM Demolition.

The reason for the delay? The amount of asbestos found on site, and the importance of removing it safely. Asbestos was expected according to the council, just nowhere near as much as they discovered. You can see DSM in action on the site by following the source link below.

Once removed, it is thought a new coach hub may be built on site. More car parking needs to be found, though, as local businesses are concerned about their ability to trade if customers can't park close by.

Source: The Plymouth Herald

Plymouth's Legacy International Hotel to be demolished for controversial retail site

Planning permission has been granted for the site that is currently occupied by the Legacy International Hotel at Marsh Mills in Plymouth. That means the hotel is now going to be demolished to make way for a new development.

The decision to award planning permission and remove the hotel is a contriversial one, mainly because a retail site will take its place. The concern comes from local business and land owners who fear a new retail site will take business away from the city centre.

The council approved the development because limits will be imposed on what can be sold there. Your typical furniture and electronics superstores will be welcomed, as will the 50 full-time jobs, but concerns remain. On a positive note, at least the development was modified in order to save a row of mature trees on the site.

Source: The Herald

Duncan Rudall and Wring Group get a surprise

New IDE Seminar Director Duncan Rudall of Wring Group got a surprise on Thursday afternoon when an unexploded WW2 bomb was found during demolition at the former Navy NAFFI site at Notte Street, Plymouth.

Duncan inspected the device, pictured below, in the usual demolition engineer way by giving it a kick and then called the bomb disposal team to deal with it. The MoD team erected a 300m cordon around the area, bigger than any we would use for a demolition blowdown, and they successfully defused the device.

When contacted by us Duncan confirmed that “Wring Group procedures for dealing with unexploded ordnance were followed to the letter which led to a safe removal of the bomb, but I would like to say:-Where was Dick Green when we needed him?”

Editor’s note:- Dick Green often featured on this site for explosive demolition works started his explosives career as a bomb disposal expert.