City of Albany Sleeman Landslide
Demolition
Project overview
Client
City of Albany
Location
10 and 12 Sleeman Avenue, Mira Mar, WA, 6330
Service
Demolition and asbestos removal
Unique attributes
- Moving land underneath the structures getting demolished.
- Structures already deemed unsafe due to landslide.
- Confirmed asbestos detected with one of the structures.
- Media and locals constantly watching the demolition works taking place.
Winner:
DIAWA 2022 Western Australian Demolition Awards
SCOPE OF WORKS
MACS’s scope of works will include the provision all required management, supervision, labour, transport and materials to undertake the Demolition works outlined as:
10 Sleeman Avenue, Mira Mar:
- Allow to remove house (double brick and metal roof) from the site, remove trip hazards at ground level.
- Bitumen to driveway to remain unless directed otherwise whilst onsite.
- Retaining walls to driveway to remain unless directed otherwise whilst onsite.
- House, brickwork, slabs, and verandas to be removed.
12 Sleeman Avenue, Mira Mar:
- Brick paving to driveway – to remain unless directed otherwise whilst onsite.
- Retaining walls to driveway – to remain unless directed otherwise whilst onsite.
- Brick garage to be removed.
- House and poles to be removed.
- Carport concrete base to be removed.
KEY CHALLENGES
- The continuous movement of land under the two houses throughout demolition
- Balancing weight distribution across sloped site
- Unknown contamination due to structural inadequacies preventing access
- Given the unknowns understood to be one of only a handful landslides of its kind to occur in Australia
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