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Large-scale demolition.One level at a time.
A multi-storey concrete structure taken down with long-reach and standard excavators — on a tight site surrounded by live buildings, with day and night working fronts.
- LocationPalm Jumeirah, Dubai
- StructureMulti-storey concrete
- MethodLong-reach & mechanical
- OperationsDay & night fronts
- Photo recordApr 2025 – Jan 2026
A big structure on a small footprint
The site held a multi-storey reinforced concrete structure with sections at very different heights, sitting close to neighbouring buildings and access roads on Palm Jumeirah.
Work was split into fronts: long-reach machines took down the high sections from outside the structure, while standard excavators processed the lower levels, separated the concrete and steel, and kept the work face clear for loading.
Three challenges, one site
The photos make the constraints obvious: work at height, very little room around the structure, and dense reinforcement in every element.
Height & reach
The upper sections were well beyond a standard machine. Long-reach equipment worked them from outside the structure, with the breaking point controlled from the ground.
Tight surroundings
Neighbouring buildings, boundary walls and access roads left little space for machines, stockpiles and trucks — so every zone had to be planned.
Dense reinforcement
Thick concrete and heavy rebar slow down breaking and processing. Concrete and steel were separated on site before loading out.
Elevated connections, scaffolding and occupied neighbours define where machines can stand and how each section can come down.
Control at every work front
Exclusion zones & banksmen
Barrier lines kept people away from the breaking face, with a banksman guiding machine movements.
Work split by height
Long-reach machines on the high sections, standard excavators on lower levels and processing.
Concrete & steel separated
Concrete and steel separated at the work face before loading out.
Planned load-out
Truck access and loading positions organised around the active fronts.
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The project, month by month
Dates come from the site photographs themselves. Click any photo to enlarge.
The full length of the structure, with the first sections already removed.
Long-reach machines working the high sections, day and night.
Large concrete areas and remaining elements being processed.
Work continuing next to an elevated structure behind barrier lines.
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The work behind the photos
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