Erith bags Ratcliffe power station demolition mega-job
05-06-2026 08:17 via constructionenquirer.com

Erith bags Ratcliffe power station demolition mega-job

Erith has been appointed to dismantle the former Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station in a vast four-year demolition programme that will eventually bring down the site’s iconic cooling towers.
The contractor will mobilise this summer before starting demolition works later this year on what remains one of the UK’s largest industrial clearance projects.
Over the next four years Erith will strip out and demolish all former structures, remove waste materials and leave the 700-acre site ready
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