Work restarts on multi-storey car park that collapsed earlier this year.
Workers are to restart the demolition of a town centre car park to make way for a new £27million library in the heart of Southend. Demolition work first began in February, but was halted when part of the scaffolding attached to the building collapsed.
Cranes are being brought in to demolish the remains of Southend’s Farringdon multi-storey car park, the site of the proposed new library.
Southend Council’s compliance officer, Stephen Harris, said: “The collapse in February compromised the structure of what was still standing, so for safety reasons we had to change the method of demolition.
“The cranes will be used to lift the concrete beams off the framework and not be destroyed in place and the concrete allowed to fall.”
Companies were asked to bid for the revised work, but the original contractors, Elvanite, of Colchester, are back on site to complete what they started.
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