Constructive destruction…

We all have a picture of building demolition in our minds – noisy, dusty, dangerous work using lots of machinery and trucks with large amounts of unusable debris going to landfill somewhere – and the whole process looking pretty expensive.

This could not be further from the truth :

Not only is demolition often one of the least expensive parts of construction, it can be surprisingly sustainable – the UK demolition industry regularly achieves a recycling rate of 96% or higher.

Recycling can also be more diverse and innovative than merely smelting and crushing back-to-raw for re-fabrication. Materials like doors, windows and fixtures can be salvaged and reused “as is” in future construction projects, donated to local charities or non-profits for reuse or simply re-purposed for other uses such as making furniture and artistic installations.

Given the above, a sizeable downstream economy exists in the UK to process demolition debris : major market players include Aggregate Industries, Tarmac, CEMEX, Hanson, Breedon Group, and Lafarge…amongst others.

Vreeslik news snippet feed streams track all things demolition-wise for downstream processors in the UK :

This is a small sample over the last 24 hours alone…

…demolition via robot by Titan Demolition, demolition of existing buildings and the construction of a new property by FORM Design Group, award of the contract for demolition of the Darwin Tower by Rhodar, a former dance studio in Abingdon Oxfordshire to be demolished for new homes, plans submitted to demolish office buildings for Rugby to then get a new Aldi, a community centre set to be demolished to make way for new council housing in Cradley Heath, plans submitted to demolish Arethusa Venture Centre in Lower Upnor and build new flats, and finally demolition of the Victoria Centre in Paignton, which is set to be replaced by a new leisure centre…

Vreeslik is the news stream channel to help birth renewal from destruction…