{"id":32917,"date":"2025-10-24T11:46:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T18:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/partial-collapse-hits-manchester-demolition-job\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T11:46:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T18:46:06","slug":"partial-collapse-hits-manchester-demolition-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/partial-collapse-hits-manchester-demolition-job\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Partial collapse\u2019 hits Manchester demolition job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-502744\">\n\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Contractor PP O\u2019Connor is demolishing the 12-storey Alberton House in the city centre for developer Bruntwood SciTech who plan a new 18-storey office block on the site.<\/p>\n<p>Bruntwood SciTech told the <em>Manchester Evening News<\/em>: \u201cWe can confirm that this afternoon there was a partial collapse at Alberton House, which is currently undergoing a full demolition.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is what it\u2019s like at the moment. I\u2019ve been told that work is now being done to \u201cmake the area safe\u201d. Fire fighters are also on the scene. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MENnewsdesk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">@MENnewsdesk<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CMtbRClKhX\">pic.twitter.com\/CMtbRClKhX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rami (@RAMIMWAMBA) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RAMIMWAMBA\/status\/1981738233135337597?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">October 24, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWhile we appreciate the noise this generated may have caused some alarm, on a site of this complexity all eventualities are planned for meaning we were able to follow agreed safety protocols.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs such, there was no risk to the on-site team, neighbouring buildings or the general public.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cContractors PP O\u2019Connor remain on site and work will continue as planned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-info\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\">\n<div class=\"author-avatar\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/userphoto\/3.jpg\" alt=\"Grant Prior\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"photo\">\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .author-info -->\t\t\t<\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/2025\/10\/24\/partial-collapse-hits-manchester-demolition-job\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Contractor PP O\u2019Connor is demolishing the 12-storey Alberton House in the city centre for developer Bruntwood SciTech who plan &#8230; <a title=\"\u2018Partial collapse\u2019 hits Manchester demolition job\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/partial-collapse-hits-manchester-demolition-job\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about \u2018Partial collapse\u2019 hits Manchester demolition job\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1089],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction-enquirer","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32917\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}