Yorkhill Hospital, Glasgow

Client: NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde

Duration: November 2023 - December 2024

Building construction:

Scope of works:

• Installation of protection to boundary, Heras fencing with debris netting, solid on ground hoarding to front façade due to live hospital

  •Removal of all asbestos from the building by NHS Term contractor

  •Cut down of basement to separate from basement of live hospital

  •Formation of demolition mat

  •Mechanical demolition of structure utilising high reach and standard reach demolition specification excavators

  •Crush all material to 6f2 specification for reuse onsite

  •Separation and segregation of all material into relevant waste streams.

  •All excess arisings taken offsite to licenced recycling facility

  Challenges

  • Laisse with neighbouring hospital on deliveries and upcoming works due to within live hospital and restricted access to site

  •Carried out works in residential area with restricted site access.

  •Works carried out in close proximity neighbouring properties.

  • Works carried out staged with asbestos removal to allow reduced programme for the asbestos removal and demolition working side by side onsite.

  •Demolition of structures and breaking out and infill of 2 storey basements throughout the site

  •High publicity building with high volume of break ins required additional security measures installing double layer of encing, additional security, boarding up all entrances to building after each shift

Key Challenges

• No road closures were used during works, to the front of the structure was a shared roadway utilised by the live hospital.

• Works were carried out next to a live hospital, requiring the careful management of site traffic, dust, vibration and noise.

• the building shared access tunnels within the 2 storey basement that ran under the shared access road into the live hospital these had to be divorced and blocked up prior to demolition works.