Safedem gets under the skin of massive Rosyth fuel bunker.
Former demolition contractor of the year Safedem is stepping up its attack on a former naval fuel bunker at Rosyth in Scotland.
To date, Safedem has systematically blasted its way through 8.4 metres thick of bombproof concrete roof, and demolished by explosives the six metre thick external walls, leaving 3.6 hectares acres of concrete columns that now resemble the Parthenon in Athens.
Each of the 3,780 columns is 1.2 metres in diameter and 16 metres tall. A 30 tonne excavator equipped with a hydraulic breaker is currently positioned on the last layer roof and is breaking away the remaining 900 mm thick slab to leave the columns free standing.
A new Liebherr 974 purchased specifically for this challenging contract and factory-modified to Safedem specifications is scheduled to arrive on site shortly where it will be used to fold the columns over and lay them out at ground level for processing.
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