Lights, camera, action - Husqvarna wall and floor saw used to remove concrete water tank from film set

The concrete tank had to be removed within a very tight program to allow the Film Company to hand back the studio on time. It was also essential it did not cause any disruption to other filming activities and day to day operations of the studio complex. Because of this, traditional methods of breaking the concrete with Robotic Demolition machines was not an option due to the noise and vibration disturbing others and damaging the studio floor.

To work within these restrictions Castle and Pryor choose to cut sections using a Diamond Sawing technique to allow removal out of the studio and disposal off site.

Firstly, the walls were removed with the Husqvarna WS 482 track mounted saw, forming a cut around the perimeter of the tank at the bottom of the walls flush with the floor. Then, vertical cuts were made at each end of the wall, again, with the track mounted saw. The walls were then removed by using a telehandler to waiting flatbed lorries for disposal off site.

Once the walls were removed the floor was cut into sections using the Husqvarna FS 7000 floor saw. These were then removed using the telehandler for disposal. A handheld Husqvarna K6500 Ring Saw was then used to finish any end of cuts that the larger track and floor saws couldn't reach.

Castle and Pryor had a five day program to remove the tank and working alongside their customer they completed the job within four days and more importantly within budget.

The Film Company were very impressed with what they saw as a titanic task completed at such speed and with minimum disturbance.