Heavy industrial expertise pays off as BAM demolishes facility with historic past.
At the end of this month, when the next edition of the new Demolition magazine hits the streets, you can read all about how Brown and Mason set about demolishing a former aerospace jet engine facility in Farnborough, Hampshire.
The National Gas Turbine Establishment (NGTE) facility was created by the merger of the Royal Aircraft Establishment turbine development team and the Power Jets company started by jet engine originator Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle. It was probably the largest site of its kind in the world. The power of the air house allowed Concorde’s engines to be tested at 3,200 km/hour (2,000 mph). V bomber, Harrier and Tornado engines were tested on site, as was every gas turbine installed in Royal Navy ships.
In advance of that insight into this fascinating contract, here is a sneak preview video that includes just some of the heavy-duty equipment used to tackle concrete that – in places – is over six metres thick:
