Demolition of the old Frome Police Station

L A Moore Ltd has begun demolition of the old Frome police station.

We were chosen by Newland Homes to undertake the demolition job, which we expect to last about six weeks. Buildings we will be demolishing include the old police station and magistrates court, police houses, garage blocks and hard standings.  Newland Homes will build 61 new homes on the site once the demolition work is complete.

We aim to either re-use or recycle as much of the demolition waste as possible. Masonry produced during the demolition will be crushed using one of our mobile crushers for later re-use on site.  During the demolition we will segregated other materials such as wood and metal for re-cycling.

You can read more about this demolition in an article produced by Somerset Live

Congratulations to Luke Schroeder on passing his Driving Goods Vehicles Apprenticeship program.

Luke has been training since February 2015 with Somax and passed all the exams first time. His portfolio was deemed as ‘Outstanding’ by the course assessors.

See Luke’s news item on the Somax website here

Gas Cutting

Refurbishment works at Dominion House continue with the removal of the North staircase. Each of the steps are to be cut out using a gas torch. The process is called gas cutting and is similar in principle to welding.

Debris netting is used for the protection of personnel below.

The staircase in closer detail.  Cutting will start at the top and the stairs will be cut out sequentially.

Gas cutting in progress.  Each pair of treads are cut and removed from the top down.  Personal protective clothing is worn by the operators, who all receive Hot Works / Gas Cutting training prior to the work.  We employ our own in-house trainer to carry out the training and ensure safety standards are met.

 

Once all the steps have been removed they will be transported by our drivers to a local recycling facility.