Скачать или смотреть Demolition of Avenham Tower Blocks in Preston | WOLFF Luffing Crane & Hyundai Excavators in Action

This drone footage captures the controlled top-down demolition of the Avenham Tower Blocks in Preston, Lancashire, carried out by Rhodar.

From ground level, the operation appears relatively quiet — but from above, the scale and coordination involved in this high-rise dismantling process becomes clear.

The demolition is being carried out using a progressive top-down method, with the upper floors systematically broken out and removed section by section.

Equipment in Operation:

🔴 WOLFF Luffing Jib Tower Cranes
Two high-rise configured luffing tower cranes are used to:
• Lift muck skips filled with demolition arisings
• Lower skips to ground level for emptying
• Reposition empty skips back to roof level
• Assist in controlled removal of structural wall panels using chain slings

🏗 Hyundai HX17Az Mini Excavators (Roof Level)
Two 1.7-ton zero tail swing excavators are deployed on the roof slab, fitted with various hydraulic attachments including breakers and grabs. These machines:
• Break out reinforced concrete
• Strip internal walls and structural elements
• Load rubble into crane-lifted muck skips

🚜 Hyundai HX330AL Excavator (Ground Level)
A 33-ton crawler excavator fitted with a hydraulic concrete pulveriser processes the lowered wall sections and slab material, crushing concrete and separating steel reinforcement for recycling.

🔥 Hot Works / Steel Processing
Oxy-propane cutting is used to sever exposed rebar and embedded steel during structural separation.

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The reinforced concrete walls are drilled, chain-slung, and lifted clear by the tower crane before being lowered to ground level for processing.

This method ensures:
• Controlled material removal
• Reduced dust and vibration
• Maximum recycling of demolition materials
• Safe dismantling within a confined urban environment

Seeing the project from the air truly highlights the complexity and constant activity involved — something that simply isn’t visible from the ground.

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