Basingstoke towers set to fall…

Demolition engineers making final checks before demolition begins on run-down towers.

Survey work has started this week at Basing View in preparation for the demolition of two of the town’s most run-down office blocks.

City Wall House (pictured far right) and Loddon House are being demolished as part of Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council’s ambitious plans to regenerate the town’s main business park.

Engineers are on site until the middle of next week to carry out tests which will include the removal of large panel sections from the buildings, to help decide the best way to demolish them.

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