Southend car park demolition provides good test for new addition to fleet.
The demolition of a multi-storey car park in Southend-on-Sea is providing a baptism of fire for Elvanite Recycling’s new Komatsu PC350HRD-8 high reach excavator.
Principal contractor Elvanite is working directly with Southend on Sea Borough Council on the site that is in the centre of the town, next door to Southend University. The structure is a split-level car park that has four levels at the front but goes to five levels at the rear, and which also has a lower ground (basement) level at the rear.
The company is demolishing the entire structure, recycling and reusing arisings in the next phase of the development programme. The first phase of development on the site will include a new Central Library, digital gallery, art studios for South Essex College, and teaching space for the University of Essex. In addition, a new public square will be created on the site.
Spearheading this development is the 22 metre high reach Komatsu machine that carries a three-section Komatsu demolition arm. The 48.5 tonne unit also features Komatsu’s unique roll-over cab, specifically developed for hydraulic excavators.
