Work is set to start this week to demolish a quake-damaged office block as there are concerns that it could collapse. An 85t 鈥榰ltra-high-reach鈥� excavator has been moved onto the site ready to start initial demolition works once all services have been disconnected. Demolition is expected to take about two weeks, weather permitting. A hydraulically-powered 鈥�demolition shear鈥� at the end of the excavator鈥檚 boom will chew through the building鈥檚 concrete and steel structure.
Temporary strengthening of the multi-storey Reading Cinema car park in Tory Street is expected to start during the next few days. Steel props and framing will be installed along, possibly, with Kevlar 鈥榳raps鈥� on building pillars to stabilise the structure. This work may take up to a month.
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