ABLE Demolitions & Excavations - ABLE Projects

Cold Cutting Demolition

Asbestos removal & demolition - redundant catalytic cracking unit, Shell Corio refinery, Geelong, Victoria

Lifting a 40 tonne section of the 60 meter high concrete chimney stack. This stack was 3 meters from live plant.
This 1.2 meter diameter stainless steel pipe has been cut from the catalytic cracker using high pressure water and garnet injection.
Heavy concrete demolition using specialist 100 tonne demolition machinery.
An induced controlled structural failure of a section of heavy reinforced concrete structure. The sections weighed approximately 400 tonnes each.
Shell and Able management together with the two Shell operators of the redundant CCU posing under the boom of Able's second largest demolition tool. This machine has the operating weight of approximately 107 tonnes.
Able's Managing Director and the two shell operators at the Shell Refinery Catalytic Cracker Demolition Site.
Able's work crew and site management with the two operators at Clyde Refinery Catalytic Cracker demolition at Corio Refinery
A shot of Able's 100 tonne demolition machine with two Shell operators, Shell and Able management.
This 120 tonne plus section of refractory lined vessel was cut around the circumfrence and separated from the base at a height of approximately 30 meters using high pressure water and garnet injection. The section was lowered to the ground using a 4100 Manitowoc and ringer attachment.
Final section to be demolished