Case Studies

Sanctus was selected by the Leeds College of Art to carry out the combined remediation and enabling works to facilitate construction of a new building across the very limited area of their existing car park in the centre of Leeds.

The works included;

• Using our experience to assist the Environmental Consultant design the remediation and enabling works
• Asbestos control measures, including dust suppression systems and air monitoring, and deployment of our Asbestos Licence
• Controlled removal of identified asbestos contamination, including pipes covered in friable lagging
• Breaking out of historic 7m deep two-storey basement and swimming pool structure
• Excavation of demolition material used to backfill the basement structure
• Design and use of excavation support systems to protect adjacent buildings, party walls, and main carriageways
• Screening and crushing of excavated and broken out materials to recycle and generate a geotechnically suitable material
• Engineered placement of recycled material
• Environmental and Geotechnical conformance and performance testing
• Dewatering
• Offsite disposal of recovered asbestos waste and contaminated soil
• Construction of a multi-split level piling mat
• Verification reporting.

Sanctus received the Brownfield Briefing 2017 Winners Award for ‘Best Re-use of Materials on a Project’ for these remediation works, completed in conjunction with WYG Group.