Another milestone in the redevelopment of Dundee’s waterfront has been reached.
As we reported yesterday, some of the Safedem team might be hidden away at present, learning to count from 10 to one in Danish in preparation for an implosion in Copenhagen later in the year. But life as the World Demolition Contractor of the Year doesn’t stand still. And work on the podium block next to Tayside House and behind the Caird Hall in Dundee is well under way, with Safedem heavy machinery being used to raze the structure.
The work is already starting to restore light to an area which has been covered by the shadows of surrounding buildings for so long.
It is the latest step in the massive regeneration project, which has seen roads around the Tay Bridge area realigned and the footbridge over South Marketgait removed.
City development convener Will Dawson said: “Everything seems to be on track. It’s good to see the work starting and it’s going to be yet another change to the city skyline.
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