Each sector imposes its own governing constraint — permit throughput, energised equipment, corrosion uncertainty, refractory volume, a penalised handover date. The method adapts to it. The discipline behind the method does not.
- Sectors served
- 13
- Countries
- 11
- Packages delivered
- 640+
- Material recovered
- 412,000 t
Oil & Gas
Refineries, terminals, offshore support and upstream facilities.
Hydrocarbon environments allow no margin for improvisation. We work inside operating refinery and terminal boundaries under permit regimes that constrain daily throughput more than manpower ever does — so we plan around permits, default to cold cutting, and treat gas-freeing certification as an absolute hold point. Our crude unit, tank farm and pipe rack experience covers de-inventory through to regulator-accepted clearance.
- Crude and process unit decommissioning
- Tank farm cleaning and demolition
- Pipe rack and utility corridor removal
- Vessel, column and exchanger dismantling
- Gas-freeing and isolation verification
- Hydrocarbon-impacted ground remediation
9,100 t
Recovered from a single crude unit programme
Steel & Metals
Integrated plants, rolling mills, foundries and processing lines.
Steel plants are the most material-rich dismantling environments in industry, and the most valuable to get right. Alloy separation at the work front — mill roll material, drive components, structural sections, refractory metallics — is what separates a good recovery outcome from an average one. We routinely work inside producing plants, alongside live casters and rolling lines, without forcing unplanned outages.
- Rolling mill and caster dismantling
- Blast furnace and converter removal
- Reheat furnace strip-out
- Coke oven battery demolition
- Alloy-grade segregation at source
- Overhead crane and gantry removal
18,400 t
Rolling mill complex removed with zero adjacent outage
Power Generation
Thermal stations, boiler houses, switchyards and grid infrastructure.
Power station demolition is dominated by proximity to energised equipment that cannot be taken out of service. Chimney and cooling tower work near live switchyards demands controlled, low-vibration, low-plume methods and continuous monitoring against thresholds agreed with transmission engineers. We have executed 120-metre chimney demolition 60 metres from an in-service 220 kV yard without a single outage.
- Boiler house and pressure part removal
- Chimney and cooling tower demolition
- Turbine hall dismantling
- ESP and ductwork removal
- Ash handling system clearance
- Transformer removal and oil management
120 m
RCC chimney taken down top-down beside a live switchyard
Chemical & Petrochemical
Process plants, reactors, storage and specialty chemical facilities.
Chemical facilities present a residual-content problem before they present a structural one. Unknown sludge composition, uncharacterised residues and legacy contamination below repaired containment are routine discoveries. We characterise before we remove, revise waste routing as reality emerges, and hold structural work behind clearance certification rather than schedule pressure.
- Reactor and process vessel removal
- Chemical cleaning and neutralisation
- Residual product and sludge recovery
- Containment and bund demolition
- Hazardous waste consignment
- Ground investigation and remediation
890 t
Characterised sludge treated under hazardous consignment
Construction & Building Works
Structural frames, machine halls, industrial buildings and site clearance.
Construction and building scopes divide sharply between what is being demolished and what is being recovered or relocated — and the two demand opposite methods. We survey to establish which is which before a single connection is broken, then dismantle recoverable structure and equipment to reassembly tolerance with full match-marking while routing the remainder to graded recovery.
- Structural frame demolition and clearance
- Heavy plant and machinery handling
- Machine hall and industrial building demolition
- Services and utilities disconnection
- Temporary works and access design
- Site clearance and redevelopment handover
42,000 m²
Building footprint cleared and handed over redevelopment-ready
Mining & Minerals
Processing plants, kilns, crushers and bulk material handling.
Mining and minerals sites combine heavy abrasive-service structures with long conveyor runs and substantial refractory volumes. Structures are typically extended and modified far beyond their documentation, so we resurvey and model rather than trusting the drawing set — a discipline that has repeatedly identified transfer arrangements whose assumed load paths were wrong.
- Kiln and preheater tower demolition
- Crusher and mill dismantling
- Conveyor and stacker removal
- Silo and bunker demolition
- Refractory removal and recovery
- Processing plant clearance
78 m
Preheater tower removed beside a producing kiln line
Marine & Shipyard
Shipyards, dry docks, port structures and vessel dismantling support.
Marine environments add corrosion uncertainty and dropped-object consequence to every structural decision. We test rather than assume section thickness at critical connections, engineer sequences against measured steel, and design so that no component is ever supported by a single load path over a dock. Work is delivered in windows around vessel programmes.
- Goliath and gantry crane dismantling
- Dry dock structure removal
- Port and jetty demolition
- Vessel dismantling support
- Barge-based material removal
- Corrosion-condition structural assessment
Zero
Dock days lost across an 11-window gantry programme
Automotive & Transport
Vehicle facilities, workshops, depots and end-of-life processing.
Automotive work spans plant-scale relocation and high-volume end-of-life vehicle processing. Both are documentation-heavy: relocation demands complete control-system mapping before disconnection, and ELV processing demands depollution records and destruction certification. We handle the paperwork with the same discipline as the steel.
- Press shop and body shop relocation
- Paint line dismantling and decontamination
- Conveyor and automation removal
- End-of-life vehicle depollution
- Component and material recovery
- Destruction certification
320 t
Single indivisible press bed skidded and relocated
Heavy Engineering
Fabrication yards, forging shops and heavy component facilities.
Heavy engineering facilities house the largest single components we handle — presses, forging hammers, heat treatment furnaces and the crane infrastructure built to serve them. Foundation depth and mass are usually the governing constraint, and removing them properly is frequently a larger scope than the equipment above.
- Forging hammer and press removal
- Heat treatment furnace dismantling
- Heavy crane and runway removal
- Deep foundation and pit removal
- Component-level heavy lifting
- Fabrication yard clearance
750 t
Lift capacity accessed through project crane partners
Infrastructure
Bridges, industrial buildings, utilities and redevelopment sites.
Infrastructure clearance is usually programme-governed: a fixed, penalised handover date with construction following immediately behind. We run concurrent work fronts from day one and, where the redevelopment can use it, crush concrete on site to a certified graded aggregate — removing haulage movements and eliminating imported fill.
- Industrial building demolition
- Bridge and structure removal
- Hardstanding and slab clearance
- On-site concrete crushing and grading
- Buried services removal
- Redevelopment-ready handover
4,100 t
Certified aggregate retained on site for redevelopment
Energy & Renewables
Transition assets, substations, and renewable infrastructure repowering.
Energy transition is generating a wave of retirement work — legacy generation coming down, substations being rebuilt, first-generation renewable assets reaching end of life. These scopes reward recovery discipline: the material content is high-value and the sustainability reporting requirements attached to them are unusually rigorous.
- Legacy generation asset retirement
- Substation and switchgear removal
- Transformer handling and oil management
- Renewable asset repowering support
- Cable and conductor recovery
- Carbon and diversion reporting
94%
Average diversion from landfill across all programmes
Logistics & Warehousing
Distribution centres, racking systems and storage infrastructure.
Warehouse and distribution clearance is fast, high-volume and driven by racking recovery value. Systems removed intact retain substantial worth on the secondary market; the same systems cut out carelessly are worth scrap price. We strip out for resale wherever the condition supports it.
- Racking system removal for resale
- Portal frame demolition
- Mezzanine and fit-out strip-out
- Conveyor and automation removal
- Hardstanding clearance
- Rapid programme site handover
42,000 m²
Logistics complex cleared in a twelve-week window
Defence & Public Sector
Ordnance facilities, dockyards and government industrial estates.
Public sector and defence work carries heightened security, clearance and audit requirements alongside the engineering scope. Personnel vetting, controlled site access, documented material destruction and unusually detailed evidence packs are treated as core deliverables rather than administrative overhead.
- Secure site dismantling
- Vetted personnel deployment
- Controlled material destruction
- Dockyard and facility clearance
- Full chain-of-custody documentation
- Audit-grade close-out evidence
100%
Audit-grade close-out documentation on every programme
Sectors differ in hazard profile and regulatory framework. The engineering discipline underneath is identical.
Survey before assumption
Structures are measured and modelled in actual condition. Drawing sets are treated as a hypothesis to be tested, never as evidence.
Engineered sequences
Load paths traced, temporary works designed, lifts calculated — all before mobilisation, in every sector without exception.
Permit as hold point
Isolation, gas-free and entry certification are absolute gates. Programme pressure never advances a work front past a missing certificate.
Recovery at source
Grade separation happens at the work front regardless of sector, because mixed material loses value that no downstream process recovers.
Not listed? The engineering still applies.
If it is heavy, industrial and has to come down safely near something that must not, we have almost certainly solved a version of it.