The Dem-Master team have been busy over recent months in Aberdeen.
We are very proud to have been appointed by Shell UK to carry out the clearance works at the former Tullos office complex. This will pave the way for Shell to deliver a positive future for the site.
This week we begin work to deconstruct the most prominent building with the gold-tinted windows on the Tullos site, and this will be visible from Wellington Road. Our Komatsu 490 High-Reach excavator will remove the lower levels of the structure first, and then our larger Liebherr Ultra-High-Reach excavator – one of the tallest in the UK - will begin to remove the higher levels. Our use of these specially-designed machines helps enable a safe and efficient deconstruction process.
This activity follows the soft-strip of the building, which has been taking place through March and April. We have carefully taken out asbestos and removed all partitions, flooring, ceilings, mechanical and electrical fittings from the buildings so that only the core structure and shell remain. We have also been removing several smaller buildings on site including a former laboratory and workshops.
One of Dem-Master and Shell’s key objectives with this project is to maximise the re-use and recycling of materials to minimise CO2 emissions. By utilising Dem-Master's innovative material processing techniques, we have diverted 100% of material from landfill. This translates to around 980 tonnes of materials so far!
Here are some examples of how this is being achieved:
♻ Roof slates have been carefully removed for re-use by roofing contractors;
♻ Concrete and rubble have been crushed and certified for re-use. This material will be used to fill voids on the site or removed off site for various other uses such as road sub-bases;
♻ Timber will be chipped and re-purposed for chipboard flooring, worktops or MDF, and use by the renewable energy sector;
♻ Non-hazardous residual materials like insulation and carpets are processed as ‘Energy from Waste’ (EFW), which is a controlled incineration at high temperatures to to generate electricity for the power grid.
