Demolition of a three-storey building located at 62-68 Hindley Street, and demolition of an adjacent two-story building and single-story building undertaken in Blyth Street, in Adelaide’s CBD.
The iconic site, situated over 1,785 square metres is being transformed into a new 245 room ‘Holiday Inn Express’ hotel focusing on limited services at reasonable prices for business travellers and short-term stays.
Demolition is a high risk activity, which is heightened when working in restricted CBD locations, with limited access and continual interaction with the public. Site establishment was critical to ensuring a safe work site with heavy duty hoarding providing a delineation between the public and work activities.
Demolition of the buildings began with the removal the underside of the slabs and footings, and all nominated pavement surfaces including bitumen, kerbs and gutters. The specialist demolition crew then removed the redundant retaining walls and all demolition waste from the site.
Excavation to the underside of the new basement / ground slab level was completed making allowances for compaction of surfaces where required. Backfill of the existing northern basement was required also with approved fill material and compaction in accordance with geotechnical requirements.
‘Demolition is a high risk activity, which is heightened when working in restricted CBD locations’
By adopting a collaborative approach, the works were successfully delivered by the McMahon Services project team. Potential issues associated with the surrounding stakeholders and stability of adjoining structures were successfully managed throughout the works. The risks associated these works were successfully managed without incident or damage to property, personnel or the environment.
