Outokumpo

Year Founded: 1910
Headquarter Location: Helsinki, Finland
Industry: Industrial
Website: https://www.outokumpu.com
Company Profile:
Outokumpu is a global leader in sustainable stainless steel, providing advanced materials that help industries reduce their carbon footprint and transition toward more sustainable solutions. With a carbon footprint up to 75% lower than the industry average, the company produces a wide range of stainless steel grades - from standard to high-performance specialty materials - used in infrastructure, transportation, and household products. Built on circular economy principles, Outokumpu’s mills recycle over two million tonnes of scrap steel each year to create durable, fully recyclable materials.

Hughes and Salvidge completed this £6 million, 50-acre Yorkshire demolition project six weeks ahead of programme, demolishing large mill buildings, offices, chimney stacks and tanks, and clearing extensive below-ground service tunnels. Located adjacent to the M1 motorway, the works required stringent dust and debris controls to protect surrounding infrastructure. Maximising sustainability and value, the project recycled 20,000 tonnes of steel, recovered 1,000 tonnes of non-ferrous materials, reused 10,000m³ of crushed concrete on site, and achieved a 98% overall recycling rate.

The buildings on this 50 acre site ranged from large brick and structural steel mill buildings to office buildings, these together with decommissioned machinery, unused tanks and several large industrial chimney stacks formed the above ground demolition scope.

There were also 30-40 service tunnels below ground level crammed with pipes and cables. In order to strip the tunnels of their precious assets safely and swiftly, large hatches, rescue winches and breathing equipment were installed to ensure that the operatives working in the confined spaces had natural light and were safe at all times and in the event of an emergency.

This project was located adjacent to the M1 motorway. Dust, debris and other potential disruptions were taken into account at tender stage and regularly considered throughout the works. We employed our approach and vast experience of dealing with dust and debris at airports to this project. Mitigating any risk to the motorway operations.

Having H&S Metals as one of our sister companies (specialising in non-ferrous/ precious metals recovery), Hughes and Salvidge were able to offer the client optimum return on the significant non-ferrous element of the project, maximising credit value throughout the contract.

20,000 tonnes of steel was recycled
1,000 tonnes of non-ferrous and other precious materials were salvaged and recycled
10,000 cubic metres of concrete crushed were used as backfill material on site
98% of materials from the project were recycled

“From day one communication with Greg Lannon and the Hughes and Salvidge team was excellent. Health and safety levels, environmental considerations, on site-standards and professionalism were all beyond expectations with the demolition team achieving over 50,000 accident free hours.

This multi million pound 48 week project, which commenced in May 2011, was carried out to our full satisfaction, with Hughes and Salvidge completing it 6 weeks ahead of schedule.

I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Hughes and Salvidge for future works.”

-Paul Lister | Project Engineering Manager | Outokumpu Stainless Ltd