Aiming Hire - Keltbray Demolition
UK demolition giant Keltbray has put its faith in a hired Dig A Crusher 1200 attachment on two high-profile projects recently.
Keltbray, the UK’s largest specialist demolition contractor, has utilised a hired Dig A Crusher 1200 single-toggle jaw crusher attachment to tackle the crushing and materials recycling duties on two high-profile yet very different demolition projects. The unit has played a key role on preparations for the construction of the City of London’s “Shard of Glass” project, and on the Willington Power Station near Derby.
“We hired the Dig A Crusher 1200 crushing bucket for these two specific projects, simply because it proved to be the ideal tool for the job. One of our specialities is working in confined spaces, usually in inner city sites where it is impossible to bring in a large, dedicated mobile crushing plant together with all the additional machinery required to load and remove the recycled material,” says plant manager Tom McNulty. “Where space is at a premium and where the material to be recycled is in relatively small quantities, the crusher bucket is ideal We especially like the fact that it is a one man operation and that it is all self contained. And because we can use the attachment on an existing excavator, we make immediate savings on operators, fuel and equipment.”
The company’s first hire was at the Shard of Glass site, the centre-piece of the 18.5 hectare London Quarter redevelopment in Southwark, which at 310 metres tall is destined to become Europe’s tallest multi-use building. “Like most inner city sites, space here was at a premium so the ability to crush with just an excavator was ideal,” McNulty continues. “In fact, we were so impressed that we hire it again to work inside the five, 90 metre cooling towers of the Willington Coal fired power station where we demolished the two concrete pack supports.”
“On contracts where the quantities of materials to be processed warranted it and where space was available, we would obviously continue to use a dedicated, track-mounted crusher,” McNulty concludes But where there isn’t the space or where the volumes are under 1,000 tonnes, the bucket is the ideal solution and we would certainly hire it again.”
14th May 2009
