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A large section of the original Victorian facade adjacent to the high street also needed preserving.
In order to facilitate the work, 777 Group deployed a fleet of demolition equipment to
delicately dismantle the antiquated structure housing the two swimming baths. Initially a 14 tonne excavator was utilised to create space on site for a 45 tonne high-reach machine which was in turn able to fell the roofs and walls of the building in a safe and controlled manner.
Manual labour was deployed to soft-strip door frames, skirting boards and other furnishings from the Kings Rooms to prepare for the
internal re-development of the building. A heavy-duty steel frame was constructed around the front portion of the site in order to preserve its imposing Victorian facade.
Throughout the project the location and size of the site presented several unique
challenges according to David Willcott, 777 Group’s contracts manager.
“A restrictive one-way road network around three sides of the building and a busy high street on the fourth side meant managing access to and from the site was critical. With only one usable access point available to us, delivering machinery and removing demolition arisings had to be carefully choreographed to ensure vehicle and pedestrian traffic at the front and sides of the site were not disrupted.
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