Hotel and training centre removed

Some 6,000 cubic metres of rubble were created during demolition of the 1922 hotel and training centre,” reports site manager Bernhard Radler. This material was sorted on site and then prepared for recycling.

Heavyweight employed

With a height of 22 metres, the 7-storey building and cellar called for a heavyweight demolition machine. The demolition excavator (CAT 345) with its 31-metre boom and grappler weighs in at some 65 tonnes. That was the only way of demolishing the building with its 20,000 cubic metres of built space in just three weeks. And that had to include the meticulous separation of the rubble. In addition, the attached chapel had to be retained. Says Radler: “The chapel is a protected building and will be integrated into the new structure.” The starting gun for construction of a new retirement and nursing home was fired at the beginning of February with the excavation of around 5,000 cubic metres of soil. The work was carried out by the Felbermayr Civil Engineering division.