Drone captures fantastic footage of superhigh reach machine at SightHill in Glasgow

The footage you see above was captured by a drone being flown remotely and with its cameras trained on the superhigh reach machine of Technical Demolition Services.

This is actually the last of the blocks of flats at SightHill in Glasgow. What a fitting way to see it for the last time.

Glasgow Housing Association starts demolishing Knightswood tower blocks

Back in July eight tower blocks were chosen for demolition around the Plean Street and Lincoln Avenue areas of Knightswood in Glasgow. Now the Glasgow Housing Association has begun demolition work on two of those blocks: 240 and 280 Lincoln Avenue.

Four blocks have already been refurbished on the estate and residents moved out of these two towers, the current work underway is the soft strip of both towers by Technical Demolition Services. After that a long reach machine will be used to bring the towers down.

Source: Urban Realm

Glasgow Housing Association select 3 demolition contractors

The Glasgow Housing Association has selected three demolition contractors to carry out major demolition work between now and 2017. The three contractors and the value of the work assigned to them is as follows:

• Safedem - £4.7 million
• Technical Demolition Services - £4.1 million
• Dem-Master - £1.1 million

Seven companies were in the running for the work, but the three that won already have proven track records working with the association.

The good news now is how much of a difference the contracted work will make to the Glasgow skyline. In total, many high rise flats will be demolished, over 2,000 flats will go, and a further 250 low rise flats are also earmarked for removal, ready for land redevelopment.

Source: Construction Enquirer

Glencairn Tower falls (videos)

Last weekend Glencairn Tower in Motherwell was imploded by Technical Demolition Services in what looks to be a very clean takedown. Videos have now appeared of the event on YouTube, and we've selected a few of the best to include on the site.

The Tower demolition wasn't without its problems, the main one being a survey failing to identify asbestos throughout the structure. That took the costs well over a million pounds where as the original budget was just £703,400.

Glencairn Tower to fall November 20th

The date has been set for the 1964, 17 storey Glencairn Tower to fall. On November 20th Technical Demolition Services will drop the flats from the skyline of Motherwell and bring to an end a project whose costs have escalated.

The original contract price was £703,400, but the survey carried out failed to identify asbestos throughout the tower adding a further £380,000. Scottish Power has also submitted a bill for £87,400 due to a need to re-route a power cable.

No details have been made available as to exactly when the demolition will occur, but we hope cameras will be setup to capture the event.

Source: BellshillSpeaker