C&D assist Wakefield Council with the successful demolition of Rishworth Street Car Park

C&D were delighted to have been appointed by Wakefield City Council as Principal Designer for the demolition of Rishworth Street car park by explosive techniques.

The C&D team consisting of Mike Kehoe and Matty Bardgett carried out the works and we were very pleased with the result. You can read more about the job over at Demolition News.

Armac Group “Clock Off” at Pinderfields Hospital

Over the last twelve months C&D customer Armac Group have been demolishing the former hospital at Pinderfields in Wakefield and have worked progressively through the hospital buildings demolishing and, in some cases, carefully dismantling sections for preservation and reuse on the new development.

When the bulk of the work was complete they were then given the difficult task of carefully lifting the clock tower and storing it for reuse.

Balfour Beatty Construction Limited Pinderfields Joint Venture wanted to preserve the clock for resiting in the new development so quite a lot of lateral thinking was needed to achieve their wishes.

Armac directors Adrian McLean and Noel McLean were involved in the lift with the original concept and lift design by Adrian. The roles of Appointed Person and Lift Supervisor being carried out by Noel.

We have no photographs of the work being carried out but we do have some nice video footage so please take the time to watch the video below.

Some things are just too good to demolish

Give Armac Demolition a building to demolish and they'll happily carry out the job. But sometimes a building has a section that is just too good to demolish, so rather than destroy it they try to save it by offering it for sale. The image above shows just one examply of this.

It's a stone porch that was built in 1899 and located at Pinderfields Hospital, Wakefiled near Leeds. It measures 5 x 4 x 4 meters and is available to buy by contacting Adrian McLean at Armac on 07836 332993.

The porch had already been sold to an American buyer, but the deal fell through. If you have the space, or know of someone who would like this porch on their grounds, then please get in touch with Adrian. Whatever price is paid, 50% will be given back to the hospital trust.