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Cawarden displays Sheffield steel Derby-based contractor deploys brand new Komatsu high reach to tackle complex and challenging office block demolition in the midst of Sheffield City centre. Mark Anthony reports.
Sometimes it is as if the gods of demolition have conspired to make certain projects more challenging than they really need to be. Case in point, the demolition of a former HSBC bank building in the middle of Sheffield City centre. The four-storey building itself is the type of structure that are bread and butter for experienced companies like
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Cawarden Demolition. But that block is located right in the heart of the city centre with all the noise, dust, vibration and security challenges that brings with it. It is also located on a major thoroughfare which stirs some complex traffic management into the mix. And, as if that weren’t challenging enough, the site is also home to an historic Grade II-listed furnace tower from Sheffield’s industrial