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Demolition of old buildings which could be residential buildings or official ones is quite common, since demolition can be essential for renovation works, reconstruction and even to secure the risk of sudden fall down or collapse of an old and shattered building. In both cases there are loads of safety measures that need to be taken. The Health and Safety Organization defined safety and precautionary norms, in case of residential, industrial or even office demolition, the company operating the demolition work must adhere to the recommended safety guidelines.
Need for Safety during Office Demolition
As per common understanding it is an evident fact that constructional works like that of demolition is directly related to extensive scopes of accidents, sudden collapse of specific parts of the building in most damaged condition, or fall of heavy constructional concretes from a height and damage to any property or human etc. Since the list of potential hazards linked to building or office demolition works are plenty, even the safety measures are also thorough. Most importantly, since in most cases the need for demolition occurs from renovating requirements, constructional requirements or even due safety need when a building is in completely deteriorated state. In all of these cases, one must be very cautious about taking every required step to avoid labor injury, neighboring property damage, damage of government properties like roads, pathways, footpaths etc, as well as injury of passerby.
Essential Safety Measures in Demolition Work
In generally some of the basic precautionary measures include thorough inspection of the site and building, vacating the building, informing neighboring property owners to close their windows to avoid the mess of dust and constructional debris, removing the electrical wires, combustibles items, checking all potential hazards, etc. Moreover, a supervising manager must always be present at the site of demolition to supervise the entire work and manage any kind of potential risk.
In case the demolition site is found to have asbestos, according to the Health and Safety Organization recommended precautionary measure, asbestos should be removed before the demolition work is started as per Asbestos regulation 1992.
If the office building for demolition has a vertical height of more than 4m then as per regulations any adjacent footpath or public pathway must be covered properly with an overhead protective shed, it could be a cover, a shed, may be completely restricting the pathway from access of public.
In case the property is immediately close to public access roads, properties etc within the distance of 2.4 m a banner should be projected to publicly notify that demolition work is under progress.
Another essential factor is cleaning up of debris. The Health and Safety Organization recommends clearance of all office demolition debris, and thorough checking of the debris weight and calculate if the floor on which they are left is capable of carrying that weight or not. In order to ensure the safety of public as well as government properties around, health and safety of public, the organization prefers immediate evacuation of all the debris. Moreover, leaving behind the constructional debris can pose difficulties in public passing through the region; it will also cause the emission of excessive dust from the debris, etc.
In case of office demolition, you essentially need to be more cautious, since many offices are particularly located in official or commercial areas of the city. Leaving behind all the debris can often be a threat for swift communication, and transport of public. To be more specific being alert and pertaining to the recommended safety measures in case of demolition work can also help you to avoid injuries, property damages, public damages, etc a wide range of protests which can occur when you accomplish unsafe demolition works.