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Demolition and Salvage: Demolition Case StudiesThe Lizard, Cornwall - demolition of Goonilly Satellite Earth Station - Antenna 2Daily MirrorAntenna two at Goonilly Satellite Earth Station is being removed. It will take engineers three months to dismantle the 960-tonne dish, which has dominated the skyline on the Lizard, in Cornwall, since 1968.Sub contract, high reach work by Demolition and Salvage Ltd 
Article: Daily Mirror West Briton – Helston and The LizardEnd of an era: Second Goonhilly dish dismantledWork to dismantle one of the oldest antennae at Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station is going ahead. Antenna 2, the second dish to be built has reached the end of it's operational life. Engineering teams have begun the task of dismantling the huge land mark structure which weights almost 1000 tonnes. Parts of the antenna, such as the transmitters have been recovered for use by some of the other 60 dishes at the station. A 10-tonne, 10 metre long screw, which was used to elevate the dish will be recovered and put on display outside the Goonhilly visitors centre. Picture by CloSP Sub contract, high reach work by Demolition and Salvage Ltd 
Article: West Briton – Helston and The Lizard PMJ (Plant Managers Journal)Dish of the day: Surrey based Southern demolition (using sub contractor Demolition and Salvage Ltd for the high reach work) has demolished a giant satellite dish at the Satellite Earth Station at BT's Goonhilly Downs in Cornwall. Built in 1968, the 30m diameter satellite antenna is being demolished to make way for faster, more advanced fibre-optic transfer equipment.Sub contract, high reach work by Demolition and Salvage Ltd 
Article: PMJ (Plant Managers Journal) Contract JournalDish of the day: Southern Demolition has started the demolition of the Antenna 2 satellite dish at the Satellite Earth Centre at Goonhilly Downs in Cornwall. The complex 12-week contract involves the removal, processing and disposal of 1,000m2 of asbestos in the structure. A leibherr 944 excavator equipped with a 21m-high, high reach boom and a Verachtert shear attachment, needed to eat through the 27.4m dish, are being used to bring down the structure, which was built in 1968.Sub contract, high reach work by Demolition and Salvage Ltd 
Article: Contract Journal Helston PacketUther signals no more as demolition goes onIt was the end of an era at Goonhilly Earth Station on Monday with the demolition of the site's second oldest satellite dish. Engineers are now a month into the dismantling of Antenna Two – affectionately known as Uther, after Arthurian legend – with the whole process expected to take 12 weeks. On Monday the main section of the 960-tonne dish was removed, after it was decided the dish had reached the end of it's operational life. Jason Mann, BT's South West media manager, said. “ It actually had an original operational life of 25 years, but it's far exceeded that. That's really a tribute, I think, to the robust design and maintenance as well. It's long exceeded it's original expected life span but I'm afraid it's just at that stage where it's no longer possible to repair it. It is sad.” He added that there were no plans to remove any of the other 60 dishes on the site. Built in 1968, Uther is the closest to the main road along Goonhilly Downs. Although it has not been used for over a year now, in the past it carried pictures of the 1985 Live Aid Concert, along with the 1984 Olypmic Games and millions of telephone calls around the world. Sub contract, high reach work by Demolition and Salvage Ltd Picture: Keith Richard 
Article: Helston Packet Construction NewsBroken Dish: Southern Demolition has dismantled a giant dish at the Satellite Earth Station at Goonhilly Downs in Cornwall. The 30m satellite dish was built in 1968 and has been used to deliver images to the nations TV screens via the Intelsat satellites stationed high above the Atlantic Ocean. The dish has been demolished to make way for fibre-optic data transfer equipment.Sub contract, high reach work by Demolition and Salvage Ltd 
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