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“We’re capable of doing anything in the concrete cutting field.” Steve Duff Concut owner
“We do the heavy duty work — it takes bigger state-of-the-art equipment and more expensive machinery. We’ve always invested in that and have a larger number of staff so we can do the big jobs.” Concut trains its own staff and has some employees who have been with the company for 20-plus years. “We’re pretty busy and we think over the next couple of years it’s going to get even busier. We’re gearing up and putting more and more gear on each week to try to keep up with demand,” Duff says.
Concut is a specialist at concrete cutting, drilling, breaking and removal, as well as concrete grinding and polishing. The company is the South Island’s largest concrete cutting and drilling service provider.
Earthquake demolition work Concut Limited has purchased specialist machinery to help with the demolition of damaged Christchurch buildings. The concrete cutting, breaking and drilling business has been extremely busy due to the earthquakes, with about 70 percent of its work now earthquake related. Owner Steve Duff says following the September quake, Concut was involved in some concrete drilling and earthquakestrengthening work on older buildings. However, most of its work since the February quake has been in demolition. One of the company’s significant recent jobs was the removal of the dome from the Catholic Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in Barbados Street. Concrete in the dome was 800-900mm thick, which Duff says would’ve required a blade of two metres in diameter to cut it. Instead, the company imported a wire saw with diamond beads from Austria specially for the job. The wire saw is the latest technology in high-frequency electric wire cutting. It is a powerful light-weight rig with the capability of cutting through concrete beams, columns and walls. The saw is ideal for deconstructing multi-storey buildings quickly and efficiently, piece by piece. The rig has 11 metres of wire storage and consists of a small control box, which is light weight with load sensing capability, removing the possibility of operator error. The unit is operated by wireless remote control, which
allows for operation from a safe distance. “The wire with the diamond beads spins and is pulled through the concrete like a cheese slicer,” says Duff. “The wire and the engine are both water cooled and were operated by remote control on the Catholic Cathedral job.” Concut is currently working at the Huntsbury Hill Reservoir, cutting a large hole to allow machinery in. The walls are 700mm thick, with the wire saw also used.
“We have a full range of concrete cutting equipment and I think our wire saw is the only one in Christchurch,” Duff says.
Company growth
Prior to the earthquakes, Concut was doing a lot of roading work for the Christchurch City Council. “We had to scale back quite a bit during the recession and get back to the basics of concrete cutting, but we’ve since been moving forward,” he says.
“We’re capable of doing anything in the concrete cutting field and we pride ourselves on our service. With the size of the company we have the fire power to meet most needs.” Concut Limited 43 Vickerys Road Sockburn Christchurch T (03) 349 7878 F (03) 349 2560 E enquiries@concut.co.nz www.concut.co.nz — Advertising Feature
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