The demolition work began last week and will take approximately 20 weeks.  PP O’Connor will remove several buildings, including the 1967 Faraday Building, the chimney and the link bridge to the Faraday Tower (the tower itself is being retained) at the 8,400 sq m site.  Charmaine O’Connor, chief executive, PP O’Connor said:  “We are proud […]

PP O’Connor have safely and systematically demolished four multi-storey office buildings at St Peter’s Square in the heart of central Manchester.  Century, Bennett, Sussex and Clarendon Houses have been removed to prepare way for the No.2 St Peter’s Square, a new 11 storey building comprising 161,113 sq ft of office space and 5,142 sq ft of […]

PP O’Connor have recently been appointed by Celtic Technologies to carry out the bulk earthworks, remediation and ground stabilisation required for the enabling works situated within the existing Davyhulme Wastewater treatment Plant. The site is located west of junction 10 of the M60 motorway, Trafford in Manchester and will form part of the larger site […]

PP O’Connor safely and systematically removed a timber and steel footbridge from the 134 year old Altrincham Rail Station now known as Altrincham Interchange, on Sunday 26th October between 01:30hours and 20:00hours. The bridge weighed approximately 30 tonnes in total and was removed using a 750 tonne capacity crane. The whole process involved a team […]

This month PP O’Connor was appointed by Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering to deliver extensive bulk earth works and major landscaping works for the 4.5km relief road which will provide a vital link between Thornton and Switch Island in Merseyside. The project will take approximately 44 weeks to complete and the new relief road is planned […]