Jun 27 in Company, Waste management, Demolition
Gary Short and his management team paid a visit Hillhead 2018 in Derbyshire. Hillhead is famous for its live demonstrations with a wide range of equipment being put through its paces in the quarry. The team were interested to see equipment from leading suppliers such as Caterpillar, Volvo, JCB, Doosan, Hyundai, Komatsu and Hitachi – …
Apr 23 in Company, Demolition
We’ve now completed the demolition of a car showroom and workshop in Bagshot on behalf of Kirkby Homes. This site was a former petrol station so a large amount of work was carried out underground to remove the five 25,000 gallon fuel tanks. This site was on the ground within three weeks making way for …
Apr 07 in Company, Demolition
This month, our demolition division has been buying new attachments which will make light work of the big upcoming demolition works scheduled for spring. Our new attachments include, 2x Rammer Hammer, 4 x Dehaco – Selector Grabs, 1 x MBI – Rotating Shear , 1 x MBI – Hydraulic Pulveriser. These new attachments will accompany …
Feb 28 in Company, Demolition
Following the demolition of The Perfume Factory in North Acton, the prestigious Imperial College London has awarded us another new project. As pictured, the former Unigate distribution centre site in London, is a very large (approx 14,800 m2) steel framed and steel clad building. We are five weeks into an eight week programme and are …
Dec 20 in Company, Demolition
The former Perfume Factory in North Acton, London is progressing well. Within two weeks, we’ve completed the hard and soft-strip, including removing internal rooms, doors, electrics and asbestos from the ceilings and now this three storey factory is being demolished to the ground. All materials from the building are being segregated for recycling. We expect …
Dec 05 in Company, Demolition
The former Perfume Factory in North Acton, London is our latest demolition project on behalf of Imperial College London. This three storey, art deco factory will be demolished and turned into London’s biggest ever “build-to-rent” housing development. Shorts Demolition have moved in and completed a hard and soft strip- removing internal rooms, doors, electrics and …
Nov 21 in Company, Demolition
Shorts have started the demolition of a former care home in Maidenhead on behalf of Feltham construction. This 47-bedroom facility, sat in the middle of our housing estate involves a soft strip, asbestos removal and finally complete demolition works of this 90s style brick building. All this will be complete within the next six weeks. …
Aug 04 in Company, Demolition
Our demolition team are all systems go on the former Brakes warehouse on Suttons Business Park. We are four weeks in to a seven week project, working on behalf of Christopher Smith Associates. The works involve remote and soft-strip demolition with onsite crushing.
Jul 21 in Company, Demolition
Shorts Demolition’s new shear made a debut appearance at our latest demolition projects this week. Our new 3.4 tonne shear is being put to the test as we carry out remote demolition and asbestos removal at former Queen Elizabeth Foundation Residents in Leatherhead on behalf of Berkeley Homes. The shear is cutting through steel and …
Jul 12 in Company, Demolition
Time lapse video of the demolition of two former houses and shops plus out buildings on Crowthrone Highstreet, Berkshire. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5md525mWZec&feature=youtu.be
Jun 29 in Company, Demolition
Shorts Demolition have recently started demolishing a former garage car show room and workshop at Sevenoaks. As you can see, the team are cracking on with this job and we’ve had some great feedback from the customer: “I thought the site looked very professional on Tuesday when I was on site. Matthew and the team …
Jun 09 in Company, Demolition, Plant and tool hire & shops
Shorts Management team paid a visit to Plantworx, the UK’s live showcase event for construction professionals, held in Leicestershire this month. The team spent the day looking at the very latest plant and construction machinery on the market and speaking to different manufacturers, as Steve our Plant Manager explains: “The show provided an excellent opportunity …
May 30 in Demolition
Shorts Demolition have been awarded the contract as Principal Contractor for the safe removal of three units on Sutton Business Park in Reading. The business park provides office, warehouse and industrial units to let and three of the business units are to be pulled down and be replaced with three new units, commissions by Standard …
May 16 in Company, Waste management, Demolition, Plant and tool hire & shops, Commercial trade waste, Agriculture, Composting, Products
We’ve just launched our first e-newsletter. Here it is: http://mailchi.mp/538be…/shorts-group-newsletter-spring-2017 Future editions will contain some great offers on our products and services. To get this e-newsletter by email, please subscribe: http://shorts-group.us15.list-manage.com/subscribe…
Mar 09 in Company, Waste management, Demolition, Plant and tool hire & shops, Commercial trade waste, Agriculture, Composting, Products
“There is no force equal to that of a determined woman” At Shorts, we celebrated International Women’s Day by paying a visit to all the women that work at Shorts and caught a glimpse of what they were doing on this particular historic day where we remember the movement for women’s rights. In a traditionally male …
Mar 06 in Company, Waste management, Demolition, Plant and tool hire & shops, Commercial trade waste, Agriculture, Composting, Products
Shorts Group is proud to be sponsoring the upcoming Pride of Bracknell Awards 2017: ‘Business of the Year category’ for the second year running. Now in their twelfth year, the Pride of Bracknell Forest awards showcase the very best and brightest people in the borough, from teachers and volunteers to teams, charities and businesses. If …
Feb 24 in Company, Waste management, Demolition, Plant and tool hire & shops, Products
Crowthorne based construction developer, Eco Ben Williams is one of many customers that make use of all that Shorts has to offer. Ben Williams, Managing Director of Eco Ben Williams has been using Shorts for many years; finding that our mix of services including skip hire, demolition, plant & tool hire, works very well for his …
Feb 06 in Company, Waste management, Demolition, Plant and tool hire & shops, Commercial trade waste, Agriculture, Composting
Shorts are proud to be supporting local charity Sebastian Action Trust. This Easter, Shorts will be donating Easter eggs with support from customers and staff to give to children suffering with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions in Surrey, Hampshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. Sebastian Action Trust was set up in 2003, following the death of a …
Feb 06 in Company, Demolition
We love a bit of photography here at Shorts and we were lucky enough to capture the final day at one of our demolition sites on Sutton Business Park in Reading. We’ve been working on this site since December, Commissioned by Standard Life Assurance Limited. We are the Principal Contractor for demolishing three business units …
Jan 20 in Company, Waste management, Demolition, Plant and tool hire & shops, Commercial trade waste, Agriculture, Composting, Products
This is a very special year for Shorts Group as we celebrate our 60th year in business. Here’s how it all began: For over a half a century, Shorts Group has supplied a quality, local services throughout Berkshire, Surrey and Hampshire. Founded in 1957 by the late David Short, the small business known as Shorts …
