Demolition Plan for Blue Mountains College: Techniques and Procedures for Safer and Resourceful Demolition

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Introduction
The role of this demolition plan is to provide the techniques and the procedures for Blue
Mountains College to follow for the safer and resourceful demolition of the New Facility for
Beauty Therapy and Complementary Health, Class Rooms and Offices. All the procedures of
work and demolition will be in line with AS2061 of the Australian Building Code (Bansal &
Singh 2014).
Description of the Building(s)
The project is inclusive of the demolition of Building Blocks B and E of WSI Blue Mountains
College both of which are single storey weatherboard buildings. The buildings have been
constructed off a concrete slab on the ground level with assumed strip and pad foundations. None
of the chosen buildings B and E has basement levels. Building Block E neighbours the Cascade
Street to the north, Block B to the south and just in front of it is Building Block F which is to be
retained. Building Block B is adjacent to Blocks A and C on the front and rear facades
respectively with Block E being adjacent on the side. Concrete ribbed floor parking slots is the
immediate neighbourhood of this block which is accessed either from the Cascade Street through
in between Blocks F and A or via the New Driveway. The available car park that is adjacent to
Block B is a concrete slab uncovered area.
A demolition of a building structure in a construction work involves dismantling a structure that
is load-bearing without removing utilities such as power, light and telecommunication poles,
dismantling the formwork, false work, and other structures designed or used to provide support
during the construction work.

Figure 1: Site Plan for Building Block B to be demolished
Block A
Adjacent
Vegetation to
be demolished
Hoarding
Barricades
Protective
awning
Adjacent to
Block E
Footpath between Blocks A and B
Footpath between Blocks E and B

Figure 2: Site Plan for Building Block E to be demolished
Hoarding
Protective awning
Block A
Block F
Barricade
Adjacent Vegetation to
be demolished
Cascade Street
Footpath between Blocks E and F
Footpath between Blocks E and B