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70 YEARS OF DEMOLITION
Our dismantling services are designed to meet the unique requirements of all our clients.
We witnessed the industry evolve over the course of over 70 years and acquired time-tested demolition methods to tackle even the most complex projects.
Our demolition division, Tilley & Barrett, was established in 1951 and became a founding member of the prestigious National Federation of Demolition Contractors in 1971. So, it’s fair to say we understand what commercial demolition is all about: beyond what we do directly on site, the environment and surrounding areas are paramount.
That’s why we invest in the best equipment and people, use eco-friendly biofuel, and have developed a demolition process for optimal results and minimal disruption to the area.
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Demolition & Dismantling
Through our industry-leading division, Tilley & Barrett, we carried out major demolition projects on landmark buildings in London and across the country, including Wembley Stadium, New Scotland Yard, and Alexandra Palace – to name a few.
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Asbestos Survey & Removal
Our expert team is trained to identify and safely remove hazardous materials, from ozone-depleting substances and lead to radiological, chemical, and biological contaminants.
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Diamond Drilling/Cut & Carve Works
Over the past 70 years, Tilley & Barrett’s track record of successful diamond drilling and cut and carve projects has ensured our clients return to us time and again.
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Decommissioning
We bring the expertise needed to repurpose old buildings and sites in ways that benefit the local environment and economy.
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Façade Retention
An established leader in façade retention, our Tilley & Barrett division helps preserve a building’s original look and aura, even on historical sites.
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Listed & Historical Structures
With a long, successful history working on historical and listed buildings – from the Old War Office to the V&A Museum and high-profile London hotels – you can count on us to understand and preserve the heritage of any site.
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Soft-Strip/Strip-Out
Our experienced team excels in soft-strip work. Whether for intricate, smaller buildings or expansive high-rise developments, we always deliver precision and care.
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Structural Alterations
We offer specialist attention and expertise to all our structural alteration projects, and over the past 25 years we have picked up numerous awards and worked on a number of award-winning projects.
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Temporary Works
We work with the design teams from the outset to fully understand the project, this allows us to provide the best possible solution while minimising the disruption.
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Piling
As one of our key deliveries, we offer piling services in all shapes and forms, from standard sheet piling to mini, continuous, and driven piling.
Respecting the people around us
We’re committed to mitigating noise, dust, and vibration to ensure our dismantling projects won’t disrupt the people living and working near our sites.
To achieve this goal, our demolition experts leverage the latest mapping tech to visualise any anticipated noise from works and facilitate best practice mitigation methods.
Tough on buildings, gentle on the environment
Whether in commercial buildings, office buildings, or industrial facilities, any demolition project will prioritise effective waste management of hazardous materials and eco-friendly practices.
Across our divisions, we consistently meet our sustainability goals to reduce avoidable waste, minimising the energy and materials we consume to support our core operations.
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Noise, Dust, and Vibration
We are at the forefront of noise, dust, and vibration mitigation, using the latest technology, innovative enhanced acoustic mitigation measures, and monitors, to ensure our work does not disrupt the surrounding area and the people that live and work within it. We regularly review our procedures and ensure we have a close relationship with local stakeholders, communicating on the works taking place and addressing any concerns. Our inhouse experts can use noise mapping technology to visualise any anticipated noise from works and facilitate best practice mitigation methods and sequencing of works, reducing any impact to the surrounding area.
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Resident Engagement
Engagement with local resident and business is crucial to any successful project. We often work in constrained sites that are within, or adjacent, to residential homes and live operating business, including hotels. Before any project starts, we speak to our neighbours and detail the works that are happening and why. We address any concerns they may have, and we lay out a communications plan, providing various means of contact, including a direct line to site managers, a dedicated website, letter drops, and regular meetings.
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The Environment
Both the local environment we work within, and the wider global environment are at the forefront of how we operate. We are an industry leader in using biofuels, electric vehicles, and machinery on our sites. The technology used in other Toureen divisions, such as Toureen Retail that are experts in EV charging, is filtered across the business and utilised where possible, this ensures that our regularly reviewed practices and procedures are aligned with our Net Zero target. Our environmental team visits each and every site, and they are involved as early as the planning stages to ensure that all of our work is achieved in the most sustainable way.
Sustainability
Tilley and Barrett pride ourselves on being a forward-thinking business with sustainability central to the delivery of all our operations; from top-down deconstruction, soft stripping materials out of a building to increase their lifespan elsewhere, urban mining, reuse of existing structures and specialist services including asbestos removal, façade retention, remediation, and resource management.
We are committed to deliver a legacy we’re proud of, being a business that is considerate to both the environment and communities in which we work, while investing in our teams and younger generations coming through the company, to ensure that we’re a resilient business for years to come.
Throughout our divisions, we perpetually raise the environmental standard and consistently deliver on our sustainability goals to improve our performance in relation to reducing avoidable waste, realising opportunities for circular outcome and urban mining of materials – to keep building materials in use at the highest value possible, as well as minimise the resources we consume to support our core operations covering energy, materials, and associated carbon. We support enhancement of local biodiversity where there is opportunity to, and key to all of this is the support, engagement, and increased awareness amongst our workforce.
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Material Re-use
We understand the importance of reusing materials. Deconstructing buildings in the right way allows the materials we have removed to be used in other projects, and when they can’t, they are transported to our in-house recycling centre for processing before re-use. On all of our projects, we aim to store, processes, and catalogue as much material as possible ready for re-use or recycling.
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Logistics
With our specialists in-house logistic team, we plan in advance how our projects will operate, and we communicate these to all stakeholders. We take into account local business, residents, pedestrians, and traffic, including cyclists. We understand that logistics is a vital part of any successful project, and from our long history of working in London, often on constrained and challenging sites, we do our utmost to be as discrete and safe as possible.
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Party Walls
As part of all major inner-city demolitions, an understanding of the party wall condition is paramount to a successful floor by floor demolition. The main areas of focus are our neighbours’ expectations regarding noise and vibration transmission, an understanding of the construction and connectivity of the adjacent buildings, the foundation details, and connectivity. Once these areas are investigated and understood the design the deconstruction can commence, along with constant engagement with third party wall surveyors. Key to the success of any project involving party walls is investigation, planning, concept design, engagement, construction drawings, and delivery. This can then be further enhanced with reactive design from our in-house engineers and engagement is conditions change.
