Armofer with Liebherr R980 in UHD set-up (60 m telescopic boom at the pivot) demolished in a few weeks the massive building in Lyon, for Demcy, Eiffage Group.The modular structure of 35×35 m floor plan for an impressive 54 m height (13 floors above ground plus basement) for an estimated 55,000 tons of concrete was tackled with the telescopic boom. At the tip Zeus mounts an NPK S16XCR shear weighing 1.8 tonnes and with an 850 mm opening.
The 'traditional' approach, i.e. mechanical demolition from the ground, made it possible to speed up the demolition process and to avoid personnel at height altogether. In the booth Andrea Cinerari, a lifelong enthusiast for demolition machinery and technology.