Need to demolish concrete inside a building, basement or other tight space?
If you’ve got concrete that needs to come down in a place where a full-size excavator can’t go — inside a building, in a basement, on an upper floor, in a confined plant room — a Brokk machine is what you’re looking for. Diamond Drilling UK operates Brokk remote-controlled demolition robots across London and the South East, and we use them on the jobs where conventional plant simply can’t fit or where hand demolition would take far too long.
A Brokk is a compact, electric-powered, remote-controlled demolition machine. It looks like a small tracked digger but it’s operated by a trained operator standing several metres away with a control unit. It can take a hydraulic breaker, crusher, shear, drum cutter or bucket, and it will fit through a standard doorway, in a lift, up scaffold stairs and into spaces where you couldn’t get a person and a breaker working safely.
When is a Brokk the right choice?
Demolition inside a building where access is tight
Refurbishment projects often involve removing concrete columns, slabs, walls or staircases inside an existing building. There’s no room to bring in a 20-tonne excavator and hand-breaking with a kango would take weeks. A Brokk goes through a normal doorway, works inside the building, and removes the concrete cleanly in days instead.
Basements, plant rooms and confined spaces
Basement extensions, plant room refits and underground works are typical Brokk territory. The machine works in low headroom, in confined spaces, and in poorly ventilated areas because it’s electrically powered — no diesel fumes.
Upper floors and rooftop plant
If you need to remove a concrete slab, plinth or plant base on an upper floor where you can’t bring heavy plant up, a Brokk can be craned into position or taken up in a goods lift and worked in place.
Occupied buildings where disruption has to be controlled
Hospitals, schools, offices and retail premises often need works carried out while parts of the building stay in use. A Brokk produces far less vibration than hand-breaking, dust is controlled at source, and the operator stands well back from the work — which lets us work next to occupied areas with less noise, less disruption and a safer separation.
Jobs where keeping operators away from vibration matters
HAVS — hand-arm vibration syndrome — is a serious occupational health risk for operators using hand-held breakers for long periods. A Brokk eliminates that exposure completely because the operator is at the controls, not on the tool. For long demolition runs this is increasingly the only acceptable approach.
Removing reinforced concrete bases, walls and columns
Whether it’s a machine base, a concrete column being taken out as part of a structural alteration, or a section of slab being removed for a new staircase, a Brokk with a hydraulic breaker takes reinforced concrete apart far faster than hand demolition — and far more selectively than an excavator.
Why use Diamond Drilling UK for Brokk work?
Brokk demolition is rarely a stand-alone job. Most projects need core drilling, sawing and Brokk demolition combined — cut the concrete with a wire saw or wall saw, drill the relief holes, then break out with the Brokk. Because we offer all of those services in-house, we can plan and run the whole job under one contract instead of you co-ordinating multiple specialists. All operators are CSCS registered and trained on the machinery, and every job is run with full method statements and risk assessments.
Who calls us for Brokk demolition?
Main contractors, demolition companies, fit-out specialists, structural engineers and facilities teams are our regular Brokk customers. We also take on larger residential and conversion projects — typically basement digs, structural alterations in older properties and pool removals — where a Brokk is the only practical way to get the concrete out.
Get a quote for wire sawing
Give us a call to talk through what needs to come down. Tell us the location, the access route, what the concrete is and roughly how much there is, and we’ll work up a quote. We cover London, Kent, East Sussex, Surrey and Essex from our Hastings base.