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Deconstruct UK awarded contract to take down Grenfell Tower
28 April 2025
DECONSTRUCT UK, the specialist demolition contractor, has been appointed by the Government to carry out highly sensitive work that will see the Grenfell Tower structure in London’s North Kensington carefully taken down.

In point of fact, the business has actually worked in the role of principal contractor at the site since 2017, duly taking on an array of tasks (among them propping, clearance and safety monitoring). At the present time, Deconstruct UK is involved in an annual protective wrapping of the site.
Announced on 25 April, the contract is worth circa £12.25 million contract and there will be no competition on the basis that “any change in contractor would cause significant inconvenience and a substantial duplication of costs”.
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has observed: “The published engineering advice is that the building should be deconstructed at the earliest opportunity as the best means to mitigate risks related to its condition. The building can currently be safely deconstructed. The longer the building is left in place, the risk of the structure’s condition deteriorating to an unacceptable level – and the risks posed to the site operatives who must go inside the building – increases.”
The planned dismantling work at the 24-storey building will aim to minimise disruption to the local community by controlling dust and noise, in turn avoiding the more aggressive methods often demanded during an emergency demolition.
Work is expected to begin later on this year (subsequent to the eighth anniversary of the tragic blaze on 14 June 2017 that accounted for 72 lives) and conclude in around two years from its starting point.
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