• Removal and disposal of Asbestos Material psychiatric ward
• Careful hand separation works from the psychiatric ward
• Works taking place on live mental health facility
• Mechanical demolition of Stonefield House
• Removal of existing floor slab & foundations
• Leave site level for future development

Connell Brothers Ltd was employed by Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust to carry out an extremely sensitive project at St George’s Mental Health Hospital in Stafford.

The project involves extensive Asbestos Removal along with both hand and mechanical Demolition works at the live mental health facility.

The Midlands NHS Trust wanted to demolish Stonefield House which was adjoined to the live-occupied Norbury House building.

The demolition site is located in the centre of the hospital and is surrounded by live foot paths, roads and buildings.

Due to the HospitaI being a live mental health facility, works are sequenced to ensure safety is maintained at all times as patients, staff and visitors can be walking a round the perimeter of the site. Other measures w ere implemented to mitigate the impact of noise, vibration and dust to the surrounding buildings.

Extensive Asbestos Removal works are to be carried out within fully tented enclosures placed under negative pressure.

Careful hand demolition is then carried out to separate Stonefield House from Norbury house, followed by mechanical demolition works to clear the remaining building.

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The main challenges were:

– Very restricted live mental health hospital site

– Adjoined psychiatric ward

– Extensive asbestos removal