King’s Reach Tower: Empty on the inside
A landmark building on London’s South Bank, King’s Reach Tower was designed by Richard Seifert and completed in 1972. For many years it was home of IPC Media, publisher of magazines ranging from Woman’s Weekly to Nuts, but has been empty since 2007. As plans for its refurbishment are now progressing, the building has been comprehensively stripped out in a five month contract by General Demolition.
Comprising a 32-storey tower plus adjacent six-storey podium building, the site has been earmarked for transformation into a mixed-use development, which will possibly include the recladding and extension of the existing tower.
General Demolition has carried out works to both buildings, stripping out all internals including the mechanical and electrical services, plant, fixtures and fittings. It has also demolished two covered link bridges that connected the podium with neighbouring 111m-tall tower... read more
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 General Demolition is one of the construction
industry's leading demolition and recycling contractors, serving
London, the Home Counties
and the
South
of England.
We provide a full range of construction site preparation
services, specialising in interior
soft stripping, façade retention,
asbestos removal, site
remediation, and
waste recycling operations.
Our demolition processes
are carefully planned to minimise noise and pollution and to maximise
the re-use
of materials. We have a reputation for providing
a value for money service, performing our work safely and efficiently.
Our
careful, considered approach consistently results in satisfied clients,
recommendations and referrals.
The company’s offices and plant yard are based
in Walton on Thames, 15 miles south west of London, where we also own
and operate
one of the UK’s largest environmental
resource parks.
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Skanska Award for John O'Brian
General Demolition has recently completed a high profile project for University College London Hospital (UCLH). Located in the heart of London’s west end it was important that the project created as little disruption as possible to the local community.
The main contractors, Skanska were so impressed with General Demolitions’ operations on site that they presented our Traffic Marshall, John O’Brian, with an award for his traffic management skills. Working in a confined area surrounded by some of the busiest roads in London, managing the flow of vehicles in and out of site requires huge awareness and attention of detail. Well done John!
CAPTION COMPETITION
Many thanks to all of you who entered the Caption Competition in our last Newsletter – The Leveller. I am pleased to announce that the winner, who will receive a bottle of Champagne is: Michael Murray of Parkeray
"Don’t you just hate it when you run out of glue!"
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