Safedem set for Sighthill return…

Company gets the nod on major tower block implosion contract.

Safedem managing director William Sinclair clearly hasn’t been spending ALL his time messing about with desktop Jenga sets.

His company has just been awarded the contract to implode the Glenalmond, Hermiston and Weir Court tower blocks in North Sighthill, Edinburgh. This latest set of implosions – which are set for the end of this summer – marks a return to Sighthill for Safedem which imploded the nearby Broomview Court back in 2008.

The three landmark blocks set to be flattened have been heavily associated with anti-social behaviour and among them are some of the hardest to let of the 23,000 council houses in Edinburgh.

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