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Never A Bridge Too Far


Hughes and Salvidge recently completed an intricate and time-critical
project to demolish the North Fareham Farm Footbridge over the M27 motorway in
Hampshire.

Situated between Junctions 10 and 11 of the M27, we were
contracted to demolish the bridge in its entirety within a 24-hour window to
allow the client to minimise disruption to users of the major trunk road.

The motorway was shut at 10.00pm on the Friday night and was
required to be re-opened again by 9.00pm Saturday night.

Our scope of works included protecting the duct work and
grass areas under the bridge, along with the motorway road surface itself, both
underneath the bridge and in the immediate vicinity of the works.

We started our works at 11.00pm and within the first 4 hours
had laid all the protective measures – which included a layer of gauge terram, topped
with 18mm ply sheeting, and further covered with 300mm of crushed material to
6F2 specification.

Immediately under the bridge itself, the layer of 6F2
crushed material was increased to 500mm and on the grass verges a 100mm layer
of Ekki Mat was also added to the protection system.

Once the protective measures were in place, at 3.00am 4 x
50-tonne excavators then rolled in and began the structural demolition of the
bridge itself.

By 10.00am Saturday morning the bridge was down and the
processing of the arisings and clean-up operation began.

We had 10 operatives on the night shift and 10 more on the day
shift, and by 6.00pm on Saturday the project was completed and the road surface
handed over completely clear and ready for re-opening - ahead of schedule.

The project was an impressive operation and a credit to all
involved within the company, as pinpoint organisation and planning, combined
with consistent and accurate communication and collaboration allowed this project
to be completed safely, within the required timescale, and to the client’s
satisfaction.

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