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BD Nuclear Fort Gilkicker Redevelopment!

Dave Dougan and John Hall stand with
The BD Nuclear team have been as busy as ever! Check out just some of our top jobs owners Wayne and Lee Johnson in the
since the last newsletter... grand entrance to Fort Gilkicker, which
stands majestically on the southernmost
West Sussex Fire Station and tip of Gosport in Stokes Bay, Hampshire.

Training Centre... The semi-circular fort, with its 22-gun
On this job, we were approached by a emplacements fortified with massive
company to assist with installing fireproof earthwork embankments, was originally
tiles for the new state-of-the-art training built in the 1850s to protect British shores
facility at Horsham Fire Station. from invasion by the French Navy. Today,
after carrying out its defence duties over
This fantastic new facility provides a the years, this grand structure recieves
highly modern training centre, working a well-deserved and sympathetic
environment for staff members, and a makeover...
24-hour operational fire station.

Our BD Nuclear team undertook an
exceptionally technically challenging Cut

Diamond Wire Sawing for and Carve project that included working
on the roof to remove the concrete layer
Northwest Galvanizing... that was added later in Gilkicker’s lifetime,
With this job, the metal finishing company to expose the granite underneath.
Northwest Galvanizing had an issue with
one of their galvanising baths that had
started to leak, leaving an abnormally 8,400 tonne of concrete was removed
high amount of material to solidify at the from the roof using a combination of
bottom. When the old bath was removed drilling, bursting, and the Brokk 400.
and replaced, 110 tonnes of material The methodology used included
was left! the installation of vibration and tilt
monitoring on a live feed to ensure the
BD Nuclear’s team were tasked with fort’s structural stability stays intact.
cutting 46 sections of 1.2m x 1.2m x
0.350mm, each weighing approximately Operations Director, Jack Dougan,
2 tonnes. They used the portal diamond proposed the technical procedure and
wire saw for this process, which saw cuts had it accepted by Heritage England!
vertically and horizontally.

The material in the bath was steel-zinc-
lead, which proved to be very difficult More projects for Removing a
to cut due to the softness of the lead. BD Nuclear... 2.5 x 3m x 2m
Floor sawing cuts deep section
This was overcome by using past carried out by of reinforced
experiences in nuclear power stations one of our skilled concrete at the
cutting lead. The job was a great operatives in end of a jetty in
success, resulting in a very happy client! sunny Eastleigh! Dorset!

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