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BHP Bloom Mill Soaking Pits - Project No: 96526
Demolition & asbestos removal. Bloom mill soaking pits. BHP steelworks, Newcastle, NSW
| Soaking pits' external structure prior to demolition. This structure supports gas pipelines of up to 2 meters in diameter containing hazardous residues. |  |
| Soaking pits' internal structures that consisted of heavy steel frames with 1 meter thick refractory lining. Structures also contained lid removal cars over the pits and underlining asbestos blankets. |  |
| Shot one of four showing controlled mechanical removal. This structure is held at approximately 13 m above ground and the 100 tonne machine moves forward to lay the structure over. |
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| Shot two of four shows the phase of controlled mechanical removal where the structure is laid over. |
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| Shot three of four shows the phase of controlled mechanical removal where the structure is laid over |  |
| Shot four of four shows the 100 tonne machine moving away from the structure after laying it over. |  |
| Inducing a directional structural failure away from the bloom mill building. |
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| Processing demolished steel in preparation for loading out. This steel is to be recycled into new steel. |
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| Internal and external works are complete and the site is handed over. |
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| Final cleanup after the internal and external structure demolition. |
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| Lifting a 2 meter diameter gas main to the ground after it has been cold cut free using an air driven milling machine. |
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| Lifting a 2 meter diameter gas main elbow to the ground that has just been cold cut free using an air driven milling machine. |
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| Cutting a 2 meter diameter gas main using our air driven, chain drive milling machine. In this instance, cold cutting is essential because the pipe potentially contains flammable gas residues. |
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| Cold cutting a gas main using our air driven, chain drive milling machine. This cutting method is just one from our list of options. |  |
| Operating our air driven milling machine - one safe way to sever a potentially flammable hazardous pipe. |  |