Award Winning Industrial Demolition and Remediation Contractor

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Liberty Industrial carried out three key explosive demolition events during the course of the power station’s removal including the explosive demolition of the twin 155 metre high chimney stacks and the demolition of the power station four boilers; the largest boilers demolished in Australia to date.

Liberty Industrial mobilised an impressive array of plant and equipment to undertake the project, including a custom built 260 tonne Liebherr 994 excavator, modified to accommodate the world largest demolition shear, which was put to work processing large structural steel members associated with the heavy boilers, turbine hall, precipitators and filter fabric structures.

The removal of the power station was carried out safely, sustainably, and in accordance with stakeholder expectations. More than 100,000 tonnes of waste was recycled throughout the course of the project

The annual event is the major international awards event celebrating excellence and innovation within the demolition industry.

In addition to winning the Industrial Demolition Award, Liberty Industrial were also successful in three other World Demolition Award categories this year. A reflection of the high standard of projects that they are delivering for their clients throughout Australia.

Liberty Industrial’s Port Kembla Coal Terminal Stacker and Reclaimer Demolition Project was a finalist in the Contract of the Year Over US$1M category. The project involved the demolition of a 1,250 tonne bucket-wheel reclaimer and two 400 tonne stackers. Achieving minimal disruption to the operational coal terminal facility was critical to the project’s success.

Liberty Industrial’s Port Kembla Gateway Crane was shortlisted as a Finalist for Contract of the Year Under US$1M award category. This was a small but highly technical project involving in situ dismantling of a 200 tonne shore-crane located at the end of a Port Jetty using a mobile crawler crane situated directly alongside the redundant jetty crane.

Liberty Industrial was also a finalist in the Safety and Training Award category for establishing and implementing a comprehensive training and capacity building initiative including oxy cutting and excavator operator training packages that provide formal career pathways in the demolition and remediation industry.

Liberty Industrial are no stranger to international acclaim. This is certainly not the first time they have received accolades for demolition projects in the mining, resources sector. This is in fact the fifth World Demolition Award that Liberty Industrial has been awarded in recent years.

The first Australian company ever to reach the finals of the World Demolition Awards when their Boodarie Hot Briquette Iron Closure project was shortlisted as a finalist in 2012, Liberty Industrial have won five World Demolition Awards and been shortlisted as a finalist an impressive fifteen times since.