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Focus on recycling a key strategy Karen Phelps Having a strong focus on waste reduction and environmental protection during the construction and demolition process has helped Waikato Demolition to corner an ever growing market, says company director Andrew Proudlock. “The demolition business was founded eight years ago because we saw an opportunity. We believed that there would be a trend towards recycling in the demolition business and at the time nobody was offering this service,” says Proudlock. Heavy investment was made into the latest equipment and the company now boasts 62 pieces of specialised equipment with a focus on recycling. Plant includes a high reach digger which can stretch to 26 metres in the air and an 18 metre digger has just been purchased. Soon a robotic digger will be added to the fleet which will enable remote operation making tricky demolition projects safer. Waikato Demolition undertakes large or small, mechanical or manual demolition from garages to multi-storey commercial buildings. Any products that can be recycled are then taken to the company’s recycling facility including aluminium frames and timber. The facility also accepts loads of aggregate from outside businesses: “We accept loads of waste concrete from commercial contractors by the domestic trailer or truck and trailer and offer the most competitive dump fees in the Waikato. “Crushing and screening of a range of aggregate products is undertaken with our fully computerised crushing and screening plant,” say Proudlock. Product is then sold as builders mix (numbers 1 and 2 grade) and drainage aggregate (gap 20/40, 40/65 & 60+ grades). Sometimes product can be crushed on site with the company’s mobile crushing plant then used as backfill on the same project. For example on a recent project the company crushed and reused 3000 cubic metres of aggregate. Proudlock says that demolition project prices are based on how many materials can successfully be recovered and on-sold. This keeps demolition costs down for clients. “The additional bonus is the fact that these items are also not going into land-fills affecting the environment.”
Waikato Demolition achieves 93% recycling on some projects. Around 60% of the company’s core business is demolition. Founded in 2006, Waikato Demolition is a sister company of Cavalier Construction, Hookbins and AP Investments. The company started primarily as a recycler of concrete waste into usable aggregates but has now established itself as a major player in the Waikato demolition market in both residential and commercial. Based in Hamilton the company works in the central North Island. Waikato Demolition achieves 93% recycling on some projects. Around 60% of the company’s core business is demolition.
The company has assisted with demolition in Christchurch and recently it has been working in the Waikato demolishing earthquake prone buildings. It has just landed a $1.5m project to demolish a seven storey building. Recycled materials have been sold to a wide range of customers. For example recycled timber has been made into
funeral caskets and furniture. But although there is a growing trend towards recycling Proudlock says there is still a long way to go. “It’s often a matter of finding markets for recycled products. But every year we find more people know about us and what we are doing and come to us for products they can re-use in their business.”
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