BT Computer Centre, Edinburgh

Location

Craiglockart, Edinburgh

Client

British Telecommunications PLC

Date commenced on site

Apr '14

Duration

5 Months

Accidents/Incidents

0

Recycling Rate

95%

Value

£520,000  [Including Credits]

Background

BT Computer Centre was formally an IT Facility for British Telecom which has lain empty for a considerable period of time. The site consisted of:

• A single storey computer office suite (in a heavily vandalized condition); Five Storey Office Building, steel framed, flat roofed concrete bison floors, with basement over full area of building (also in a heavily vandalized condition), a singles storey boiler-house and a freestanding steel chimney 7M high.

Specification

• Confirm isolation and termination of services to the structures – liaise with Client's representative
• Remove all asbestos containing materials in controlled conditions.
• Soft strip services, fixtures, fittings and non-load bearing structures to facilitate more efficient waste processing.
• Demolish buildings down to the top of the ground floor slabs.
• Remove all surplus demolition materials, rubbish and soft strip materials arising to a licensed waste transfer facility.
• Leave site level, clean and tidy on completion.
• Considerable care and attention had to be taken, including hand demolition, adjacent to adjoining properties.

Achievements & Successes

Asbestos containing materials (ACM's) were identified in the Refurbishment and Demolition Survey throughout the buildings. These had to be removed in controlled conditions, in accordance with the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012, and disposed of to a licensed tip. An analyst was employed during ACM removal to ensure all operations were in accordance with current applicable regulations. When all the identified ACM's had been removed, operatives remained vigilant in case previously undiscovered asbestos was identified.

The properties did not contain high volumes of reclaimable building materials however those that were recovered were removed off site to a licensed tip.

Dust and vibration suppression was of paramount importance and measures were installed to ensure levels were kept to an acceptable level – intermittent monitoring was carried out to ensure this.