Ross Smith Secondary School

Background
Royal Park Salvage were awarded the contract to clear the former Ross Smith Secondary School site, to make way for a $20 million development by CIC Australia, which in conjunction with Renewal SA will see a new childcare centre, 250 new homes, wetlands, parks and other recreation areas built across an 11 ha site. This is an extension of the existing Lightsview Housing Development, also developed by CIC Australia.

Brief
Clear the existing site for the extension of the Lightsview Housing Development.

Scope of Work

Demolish:

• 2 story 800 sqm building
• Gymnasium
• 4 single story buildings
• 2 story 800 sqm building
• Removed all asbestos, some of which was found as footings formwork which is not a common construction method and required additional expertise and supervision to safely manage.
• Cleared the site and prepared it for Civil works

Recycling
All waste from the project was taken to Adelaide Resource Recovery to be recycled.
90% of all C&D waste was recycled.