KHL Group - Demolition Summit 2012

Translation:

Demolition in Action

(PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME)

MORNING SESSION

08:00 – 08:50
Registration, networking and morning coffee.

08.50 – 09:00
OPENING REMARKS:
CHAIRMAN OF THE MORNING SESSION: Howard Button, Chief Executive, National Federation of Demolition Contractors, UK

09:00 – 09:30
SPEAKER: Chris Sleight, Editor, International Construction
TOPIC: Trends and forecasts for the global construction industry.

Current construction market conditions around the world
Overall economic outlook and how this will impact on construction activity
Forecasts for the construction industry
The world’s largest contractors and their profitability
Trends in international work and regional hotspots

09:30 – 09:55
SPEAKERS: Øyvind Omnes, Project Manager, and Eirik Wraal, Manager, AF Decom
TOPIC: Caring for the environment during deconstruction of the ex-Russian Navy light cruiser Murmansk on the coast of Norway

The “piece small” idea
The environment friendly plan and innovative dry dock design
The implementation
Various challenges
The outcome/result

09:55 – 10: 25
SPEAKER: David Sinclair, Safedem
TOPIC: Redevelopment of Central State Hospital, Milledgeville, Georgia, USA

Central State Hospital (CSH) Reuse Initiative Executive Summary
The CSH Campus - History and Layout
The Walker Building
Hazardous Materials Abatement
Facade Retention System
Partial Demolition
Recycling
Education and Skills Training

10:25 – 10:35
Q&A

10:35 – 11:00
Morning coffee

11:00 – 11:30 SPEAKERS: Andy Dyson, Project Manager, Erith & Steve Jack, Programme Manager, Magnox
TOPIC: Coordinating nuclear decommissioning in the UK

Magnox Ltd is in the process of decommissioning and demolishing its 10 nuclear power stations in the UK. A 10 year framework contract has been set up with 6 contractors and Erith are one of these.
This presentation refers specifically to the deplanting and demolition of the Turbine Hall at Bradwell Power Station carried out by Erith in collaboration with Magnox.
It looks at the bureaucracy that caused problems with the project
How the problems were overcome
How the project was completed safely, on programme, within budget.

11:30 – 11:55
SPEAKER: Piyush Gandhi, Managing Director, Genesis Engineering, India
TOPIC: Challenging urban demolition in Mumbai, India

Method of urban demolition in India.
Case study on one urban demolition project (Atrium II) executed by Genesis Engineering.
Application of manpower versus machine power against cost.
Demolition methodology.

11:55 – 12:20
SPEAKER: Stefano Panseri, Managing Director, Despe, Italy
TOPIC: The first outing for the TopDown high rise deconstruction system in Lyon, France
Key challenges:

Demolish of the Uap Tour skyscraper, next to a market, the Exhibition Centre and in the business district
Minimising noise and pollution, reducing dust and vibration, creating no disturbance for shopping malls and roads, while doing the job faster than traditional methods.
We invented the TopDownWay ® to meet this challenge. This is a modular system installed on the top of the skyscraper, encasing three floors at a time, and which descends as the demolition proceeds by mechanical means enclosed within it.

12:20 – 12:45
SPEAKER: Patrick Frye, Project Manager, Cardem, France
TOPIC: Simultaneous Dismantling of 3 chimneys in RICHEMONT (FRANCE)

Unusually short schedule
Structure diagnosis
Risk analysis
Static and visual representation of forces and constraints in interim phases
Customized and adapted techniques

12:45 – 13:00
Questions

13:00 – 14:00
Lunch

AFTERNOON SESSION

CHAIRMAN OF THE AFTERNOON SESSION: William Moore, Brandenburg Industrial Services, USA,

14.00 – 14:45
SPEAKER: Diana Stil, President of the New Zealand Demolition and Asbestos Association and Managing Director of Nikau Contractors, New Zealand
CASE STUDY: Overview of the demolition work currently under way in Christchurch following the February 2011 earthquake.

The event and the search and rescue operation
The scale of devastation
Challenges for the demolition industry
Key lessons and the implications for procedures and best practice
The road to recovery

14:45 – 15:10
SPEAKER: Dick Green, Managing Director, IndEx, UK
TOPIC: Imploding Sheffield’s Chantrey Tower – a textbook concrete structure blowdown

Demolishing by the controlled use of explosives a 15 storey residential tower block in Sheffield, UK
The tower was situated within 6 metres of a newly built 4 storey elderly person’s residential home with 70 residents.
20m away was a 22 bed care centre for patients who required after care whilst recovering from hospital treatment and needed constant access and minimum disruption.
Design of collapse had to ensure building fell precisely as predicted to avoid damage to services and properties

15:10 – 15:20 Questions

15:20 – 15:45 Afternoon tea

15:45 – 16:10
SPEAKER: Fabio Bruno, Director of Operations, Fabio Bruno Construçöes, Brazil
TOPIC: Implosion and emergency plans – real time training

Implosion and emergency plans – the real time training
The importance of one leadership
Explosion inside a building in Rio, 2011
Collapse of a building in Rio, 2012

16:10 – 16:35 SPEAKERS: John Woodward, IDE President, C&D Consultancy & Hardy Worsey, Director, HDI (Heavy Decom International)
TOPIC: Demolition of the ship Jolly Amaranto, run aground on the coast of Alexandria, Egypt

Demolition of a ship that ran aground outside Alexandria, Egypt
Use of heavyweight machine and attachments
Paperwork required for such an unusual contract
Working the attachments under water
Dealing with local customs and permits

16:35 – 17:00 SPEAKER: Noel McLean, Rail & Civils Director, Armac, UK
TOPIC: Dismantling the Catthorpe Viaduct: a major challenge at the M1/M6 motorway interchange in the UK.