Showcasing our 60th year

2024 saw Hughes and Salvidge celebrating 60 years in business! To mark our Diamond Anniversary, we had a gorgeous 60th Anniversary Xanita Diamond created. The graphics were designed by our marketing partner, Serenity Digital, and the structure was designed and produced by A3M Designs. The diamond took pride of place at many of our 2024 projects, showcasing to all our longevity in the demolition industry.

Last year we worked on over 100 live projects, including long-term and multi-year endeavours continuing into 2025. Check out our 2024 project montage video, which gives a great round up of many of the projects we undertook for a wide range of clients across the UK and beyond.

2024’s major projects

Saudi project completion

We celebrated the completion of our flagship global project in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). The project was our client’s first major demolition project, and was undertaken whilst the surrounding plant and Industrial City remained operational. 

Our Senior Management team alleviated any concerns by producing work and area-specific Method Statements and attending daily meetings with the client’s team. The project was completed by our skilled machine operators, cost engineer, project manager and site team, who fully embraced life in KSA during the 8-month project. 

Portugal project kicks off

We are the principal contractor for demolition works at Matosinhos Refinery, Porto, Portugal, with works getting underway in July 2024. The project is expected to take around 18 months to complete and is being managed by our experienced management team.

The scope of works include the removal and disposal of all cement-based asbestos and all other regulated materials, a soft strip of the buildings pre demolition, and the demolition and dismantling of all above ground structures to include brick, concrete and steel structures within the selected zones of works.

Ford Bridgend

We commenced demolition works at Bridgend Ford in June, a project that is expected to take around 18 months to complete. We’re thrilled to be working on this large-scale, multi-year project, which will see us building on our working relationship with Ford.

The project involves the demolition of their engine plant, which was the largest single storey building in Europe when it was built. The work started with asbestos removal, followed by a soft strip of the offices. The superstructure demolition will be undertaken in 14 stages, followed by the substructure demolition, finishing up with on-site crushing so that all the inert risings can be reused as aggregate.

Read our 2024: Year in Review for further details, and explore the range of services we offer…