What you must know before demolishing your building

According to wikipedia, demolition, also known as razing, cartage and wrecking is the science and engineering in safely and efficiently tearing down buildings and other artificial structures. The highlights of this definition are ‘safely’ and ‘efficiently’, It is to tell you that in order to achieve a safe and efficient demolition, it should not just be done by just anyone. Experts in demolition go through all the necessary measures and stages for a successful demolition. These stages are as follows:

1.    Organization and Planning

This is the first step that would be taken by the experts you hire for the demolition of your building. This step is important for a safe demolition. The experts will carry out an analysis on the building to be demolished, to know the tools and equipment to be used, the measures to take, so as to avoid the destruction of other structures within the building to be demolished. Experts during analysis, can also detect possible accidents that could happen in the process, which might not be possible to prevent in this first stage, and thus, make a safe plan, to prevent any damage during demolition.

2.    Identification of Hazardous Materials

In this stage, an expert in this field is called in to detect harmful materials that could cause environmental pollution once demolition starts. This stage is very important because, if existing hazardous materials are left to be, without proper recycling, and you start demolition, they are either released into the air or they get seeped into the soil, and then it becomes detrimental to the human health. So, for safety, this stage should be done by an expert.

3.    Unloading the building

In this stage, all the properties in the building are removed and stored away properly to be reused. It is also at this stage that all the hazardous material detected in the second stage is removed and recycled properly, to prevent environmental pollution. Every material that might get in the way of the building is removed.

4.    Decontamination of the Building

Even after all the hazardous materials have been removed from the building, it is still not safe to start demolition, for the safety of the workers. An expert uses a neutralizing chemical to decontaminate the entire building. It is until he observes all the decontamination processes and guarantees that the building is now safe to work in, that demolition starts.

5.    Demolition

All the processes above will now lead to the main thing, which is to begin a safe demolition. It is carried out according to the analysis done in the first stage. The appropriate tools and equipment will be used. Demolition will be done with utmost care, to avoid mishaps both for the structures and human beings within the building.

6.    Cleaning Up

You can imagine leaving behind all the remnants of the torn down building, it won’t be a good sight to behold. This final stage is important, and once it is done, the site would look like a building was never there. It involves clearing, leveling, smoothing of the land, and so on.

7. Green Demolition

It might be news to you that not all demolitions call for the use of huge machines, demolition can be done manually with demolishing tools. This manual demolition can be implemented when the structure in question is miniature or when the structure needs to be reused. This could be the unscrewing of louvers, doors, lamp covers, TV stands, wall mounted artworks, etc. These items are fragile and they are things you hardly want to get rid of, and this is where manual demolition comes in. Even though it is done by hand, it is still important to note that manual demolition should be done carefully and with the right tools, in order to keep your appliances or structure in good conditions for reuse, and this calls for an expert in demolition.

In Conclusion

When all the processes mentioned above are observed, then a safe and efficient demolition will be achieved, leaving the land good for your new project or for sale, now or later.

Whenever you want to get your structure demolished, probably because it is old and no longer suits your taste, or because you want to start a new building project, or due to an environmental disaster, such as a flood or a fire outbreak, then you should consult us, as we have certified and experienced engineers for your demolition.