Latvian company NEXT LEVEL DEMOLITION dismantles grain elevator in Lithuania
NEXT LEVEL DEMOLITION, a member of the European Demolition Association, has carried out the demolition of a particularly complex Soviet-era structure in Lithuania – a grain elevator in Marijampolė. More than 60 years old, the structure was part of a production complex.
Rihards Muižnieks, board member of “NEXT LEVEL DEMOLITION”, says that this was one of the most technically challenging projects the company has faced in recent years.
“The object to be demolished was more than 40 metres high and in the immediate vicinity was a building that needed to be preserved, which required special precision in the execution of the work,” says Muižnieks. To complete the task, a Volvo 700 was used – the only excavator-demolisher in the Baltics currently designed specifically for such tall structures.
The demolition process was organised in several stages, starting with the delivery of the equipment to site. “To ensure safe transport, we delivered the more than 90-tonne demolisher on three heavyweight trailers in partially disassembled state,” explains Muižnieks. Several thousand tonnes of debris were disposed of in the project – some of it will be recycled and reused, while the rest in accordance to the regulations will be taken to waste management sites
Taking into account the growing demand for high-rise demolition solutions in the Baltic region, the company continues to expand beyond Latvia’s borders. “Immediately after the Marijampole site, the excavator-demolisher has already gone to the next site in Lithuania,” adds Muižnieks.
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