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Fort Gilkicker Redevelopment!
Dave Dougan and John Hall stand with
owners Wayne and Lee Johnson in the
grand entrance to Fort Gilkicker, which
stands majestically on the southernmost
tip of Gosport in Stokes Bay, Hampshire.
The semi-circular fort, with its 22-gun
emplacements fortified with massive
earthwork embankments, was originally
built in the 1850s to protect British shores
from invasion by the French Navy. Today,
after carrying out its defence duties over
the years, this grand structure recieves
a well-deserved and sympathetic
makeover...
Our BD Nuclear team undertook an
exceptionally technically challenging Cut
and Carve project that included working
on the roof to remove the concrete layer
that was added later in Gilkicker’s lifetime,
to expose the granite underneath.
8,400 tonne of concrete was removed
from the roof using a combination of
drilling, bursting, and the Brokk 400.
The methodology used included
the installation of vibration and tilt
monitoring on a live feed to ensure the
fort’s structural stability stays intact.
Operations Director, Jack Dougan,
proposed the technical procedure and
had it accepted by Heritage England!
More projects for Removing a
BD Nuclear... 2.5 x 3m x 2m
Floor sawing cuts deep section
carried out by of reinforced
one of our skilled concrete at the
operatives in end of a jetty in
sunny Eastleigh! Dorset!
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