Kurri Kurri

Hydro Australia

Sector: Industrial, Manufacturing

>150,000Total Workhours
>60,000tC&D Waste Recycled
>220,000tConcrete Crushed & Screened Onsite
50,000tAsbestos Contaminated Soils Remediated
>4,000Heavy Crane Lifts

Enviro Controls & Monitoring
Mechanical Demolition
Engineered Modelling & 3D
Temp Works Engineering
Ferrous Steel
Non Ferrous Steel
Concrete
Waste Transfer
Bulk & Detailed Earthworks
Ground Improvement
Slope Stabilisation
Full Site Remediation, Rehabilitation & Revegetation
Screening & Abatement
Capping & Containment
Backfilling & Compaction
Contouring & Drainage

Unique Attributes

Multi-stage, integrated demolition, civil and environmental works programme
Demolition of smelter infrastructure; 2.2km of Potline plant and buildings to ground level or top of plinth or slab level
Salvage of 10,000t of aluminium busbar beneath the potline suspended slab, including anode and cathode flexes
Onsite concrete crushing and screening; earthworks associated with profiling the final landform into a free-draining site

Key Challenges

Asbestos and hazardous waste removal, including asbestos contaminated soil abatement
Explosive demolition of three concrete stacks and one water tower, including removal of all slabs, retaining structures, plinths, foundations, roads, footpaths and services down to 1.5m below existing ground level

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