The LDM (Lips Drunen Metaal) factory produced brass and aluminum bronze semi-finished products and was owned by LIPS, a well known name in Drunen. The decreasing demand, overcapacity and low prices of raw-metals; the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, forced the factory and its foundry to close for good. KOOLE took a big part in…

In the harbour of Ghent, Koole Belgium dismantled two parts of a production plant. The demolition had to be executed with extreme caution as the two parts were attached to other parts of the plant that need to be preserved. The team worked in shifts of 24/7 and finished it within the three-week timeframe. This…

Removal of industrial furnace and storage tanks in factory.

Dismantling of a complete chemical plant.

Removal of a damaged 1200T harbour crane at the port of Antwerp who has partly fallen in the water.

Dismantle a complete chimney consisting of 5 layers of bricked concrete blocks.

Demolition of 5 damaged train wagons polluted with chemical products.

Dismantling of a 3 storage high machine inside a production building.

Demolition of a jetty, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Demolition of a Melasse plant

Currently in execution of phase 2 of partial dismantling and demolition of Aluminium production plant located in Paranam, Surinam. Demolition works started in 2018 and is scheduled for 2019. Phase 2 of the work is in progress in 2021.

In line with the expansion of our services in Germany we had been assigned to demolish a laboratory building at a large chemical plant in Ruhrgebiet. Due the presence of surrounding operational installations the works had to be carried out by using low-vibration demolition techniques. After a precise preparation and the use of specialised equipment…

Disassembly and dismantling of a 38m long conveyor belt in Antwerp. Exceptional is that these operations took place at a height of 20 meters.

Meanwhile our clients know we welcome each challenge, in this case we were requested to create an entrance in a former World War II submarine pen. Nowadays this entrance, through 3 meters thick bombproof concrete, is naturally present.

The project comprises amongst others of the complete decommissioning, remediation and removal of all buildings on site.

Removal of Desulfurization installation.

With our new VOLVO truck we moved two heavy tanks from our client to the scrap yard.

A precise demolition of an external floating roof located on a tank terminal in Amsterdam.

We removed a reactor with a total weight of 65 ton. As work preparation we arranged special designed lifting points.

Removal and disposal of 5 former oil storage tanks

Removal of several tanks and pipes

At a site at Antwerp we removed a tank roof by using a sheerleg. We made preparations for removal and the sheerleg lifted the tank roof from water side.

KOOLE separated and shipped about 15,000 tons of mixed material in this project. The materials were HG contaminated.

We removed steel barge remainders (bottom sections) within a time schedule of 5 working days.

We have removed a complete production line of a former glass factory.

The demolition of buildings and disposal of contaminated soil

We did the dismantling and renewal of the cooling tower was provided.

Project consist of demolition works of downstream berth including several concrete mooring dolphins, concrete jetty and removal of several catwalk bridges.

Partial demolition of an Ethylene Cracker on a live chemical plant in a tight 8 week schedule, including structural reinforcement works. Part of the four year project of which KOOLE is contracted to dismantle the four furnaces for revamping.

Removal of quay wall Antwerp

Dismantling of three PVC-production lines in Schkopau, Germany.

Dismantling and removal of floating tank roofs in Amsterdam.

Leuze-en-Hainaut, Belgium - The removal of a production building of a potato processor. This project comprised of the dismantling of the entire production line, including conveyor belts, screeners, wash drums and pipelines.

Dismantling a recuperator for a steel manufacturer. Also the ventilation channels and fan were cut loose and removed. The large components were transported to the lay-down area using two crawler cranes.

Removal of thirteen oil tanks. The height of the tanks varies from 5 to 14 meters high. Some of the tanks contained a small amount of asbestos and waste product. This is also remediated by KOOLE.

Complete demolition/dismantling of a chemical plant in Rotterdam, including asbestos remediation.

Demolition of chemical plant.

The disassembling and relocating of multiple oil tanks.

Demolition of twelve oil tanks.

Disassembly of a mercury processing unit and various other equipment.

Removal of tanks and reactors at the chemical plants in Feluy and Antwerp

Cleaning of a dredge tug after asbestos contamination. The tug is part of the van Oord fleet.

Demolition of a chimney with our remote controlled demolition crane.

Complete demolition/dismantling of a power plant in Lelystad.

Rotterdam, The Netherlands - Complete demolition/dismantling of a 220 MW power plant in Rotterdam.

Removal of a water tank at a steel plant.

Demolition of several process lines.

Demolition several buildings and tanks, st. Georges.

Several dismantling and demolition projects.

Demolition of 5 tanks.

Dismantling of a terminal, including two LNG-tanks.

Demolition of a tank.

Lagos, Nigeria - Demolition of a bitumen plant at Oando PLC's Terminal 1. The bitumen plant consisted of four steel tanks, various buildings with asbestos contaminations, process related piping, loading gantries and various foundations.

Antwerpen, Belgium - Demolition chimneys and several installations.

Antwerpen, Belgium - Demolition chimneys and several installations.

Amsterdam, the Netherlands - Remediation of 8 buildings.

Le Havre, Belgium - Dismantling of several installations and tanks.

Beerse, Belgium - Demolition of a pilot plant.

Sagrex, Belgium - Dismantling of crushing line of the Quenast quarry.

Duffel, Belgium - Removal of railroad viaduct at Duffel Belgium.

Antwerp, Belgium - Demolition of several tanks.

Steenhuffel, Belgium - Demolition of several process lines.

IJmuiden, the Netherlands - Removal of two boilers (boiler 21 and 22).

Rixenart, Belgium - Dismantling cooling water lines.

Charleroi, Belgium - Soil remediation.

Olen, Belgium - Removal of the 74 meter high brouhon tower and part of the process installations.

Oevel, Belgium - Removal of the coldbox and installations.

Antwerp, Belgium - Demolition of the Hydrotreater at the Performance Intermediates Plant in Antwerp.

Ghent, Belgium - Demolition of EVRA.

Helmond, the Netherlands - Removal of theatre 't Speelhuis which was destroyed during a heavy fire.

Antwerp, Belgium - Creation of several concrete openings at the VTTI oil terminal.

Roermond, the Netherlands - Demolition of a watertank.

Antwerp, Belgium - Demolition of concrete constructions.

Beringen, Belgium - Demolition of an HDPE plant.

Seraing, Belgium - Demolition of a 600 T2 Nebulizer.

Geel, Belgium - Demolition of spheres.

Antwerp, Belgium - Remediation of buildings damaged by fire.

Feluy, Belgium - Removal of several installations and two chimneys with a height of 100 meters. The chimneys were removed by means of remote controlled unmanned demolition crane and FRACO system.

Feluy, Belgium - Demolition of several tanks at the NEOCHIM biodiesel and glycerine plant in Feluy.

Location: Rotterdam - Description: Remediation of control rooms various tunnels.

Heembeek, Belgium - Asbestos remediation & removal of complete tank complex with an area of 8 hectares.

Location: Lelystad - Description: Demolition and remediation Flevo 1.

Ghent, Belgium - Demolition of inlet duct.

France - Removal of a bridge by means of heavy lifting.

Removal of gas depot.

Demolition & asbestos remediation activities.

Several demolition activities.

Several demolition activities on the ZBW Plant.

Complete removal powerplant.