Atlas Copco aids low-emission demolition work on hospital grounds
At present the grounds of the city hospital in Stuttgart, Germany, are a major construction site. Right next to the Katharinenhospital the new gynaecological and paediatric clinic is under construction. This new building is currently the Germany’s biggest hospital construction site.
But before work could start, the former administration and storage building of the hospital had to be torn down. This demolition work had to comply with special restrictions curtailing the amount of dust, noise and vibrations produced during demolition work because normal hospital work has to be continued unhindered.
FWA Fischer Weilheim Abbruch (FWA), part of the Fischer Group from Weilheim/Teck, was entrusted with this large-scale demolition job by the provincial capital Stuttgart. Work started with extensive gutting and sanitation activities including asbestos removal.
FWA put their trust in Caterpillar heavy-duty demolition excavators and Atlas Copco hydraulic breakers and silent demolition tools. In order to reduce the amount of dust produced during demolition FWA used their own water spray systems directly attached to the excavators to bind the dust near the sport where it is produced.
The latest addition to FWA’s equipment fleet is the Atlas Copco CC 6000 U hydraulic CombiCutter launched at Bauma 2010. Just one day after the exhibition ended, the cutter was on site it Stuttgart. “With its large jaw and enormous power, the new CC 6000 U is a big reinforcement for our machine pool,“ says Joachim Schmid, technical manager of the Fischer Group, says. “And just like all other silent demolition tools it is quite silent and can therefore be used without problem in town centres.“
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