Managing Director, GNAT UK Limited

Nick Turnbull

Nick is the Managing Director and founder of GNAT UK Limited, with more than 40 years' experience leading specialist demolition on confined-access, structurally sensitive and live-environment schemes.

GNAT UK is the specialist remote demolition and contracting firm operating across Great Britain and Ireland. Under Nick's direction, the team delivers Robotic Demolition (Brokk and Husqvarna fleet), Diamond Wire Cutting and Concrete Sawing, Hydrodemolition and Abrasive Cold Cutting.

His project portfolio spans COMAH-regulated industrial sites, oil & gas, water infrastructure (AMP8), Highways, Offshore Decommissioning, Tunneling and Process and Manufacturing Industry environments.

Articles by Nick

38 pieces published.

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Articles by Nick

COMAH Projects: Bigger Jobs, Bigger Challenge

Wherever, Whatever — Taking On the Difficult Projects

When Only the Best Is Acceptable

Ready for the AMP8 Infrastructure Wave

Monday Loading — Brokks and Husqvarnas Heading Out

Highways to Hell — Or Heaven, With Gnat UK

A Masterpiece in Hydrodemolition

Precision Cold-Cutting & BROKK Debricking within the Complex Geometry of a Large Refractory Vessel

Hydrodemolition — A Case for Hand Lancing

Smarter Demolition: How Robotic Methods Cut Waste, Cost and Disruption

Turbine Hall Decommissioning — Bulk Concrete Cutting with HILTI Wire Sawing

Brokk 500 Heads to London for an Extended Demolition Project

Twin Brokk 800s with Atlas Copco Peckers Tackle Reinforced Foundations

Top-Down Deconstruction of the Shropshire Flax Mill Silo

Top-Down Robotic Demolition of a 19-Storey Leeds Tower

Large-Scale Facade Retention with Top-Down Deconstruction

Institute of Demolition Engineers Seminar at Leeds Armouries

Abrasive Cold Cutting for Volatile Pressure Vessels

Tunnel Benching Deconstruction in a 1.5m Sewer with Brokk 60

Hydrodemolition and Diamond Wire Sawing for Car Factory Floor Refurbishment

ERGO Hydrodemolition for Biomass Boiler Refractory Removal

A Sad Farewell to an Iconic Industrial Heritage Landmark

NALTA Remote Hydrodemolition System for Smaller-Scale Jobs

Brokk 800 Diesel Tackles Reinforced Foundations Off-Grid

Diamond Wire Sawing Live Sewer Flume Pipes in Glasgow

Robotic Hydroblasting for City Bridge Deck Renovation

Diamond Sawing a 2.6m × 2.6m × 575mm Reinforced Concrete Slab in One Shift

UK Highway Renovation: One-Stop Specialist Demolition for Civils Maintenance

Stitch Drilling Reinforced Concrete Foundations in a Confined Area

Brokk 800 with Atlas Copco Steel Shears: Girder & Trunking Removal

Bulk Hydrodemolition on Coastal and River Dockyards & Jetties

Brokk 330 with Steel Shears Removes Factory Roof Pipework

Leeds Factory Floor Refurbishment: HILTI Track Saws and Robotic Demolition

Aquajet Hydrodemolition Robot Deconstructs a Motorway Bridge Parapet

Conjet Hydrodemolition on a North Sea Coastal Jetty

Brokk 330 'Fillie' on the Farnworth Tunnel TBM Re-Bore

Diamond-Cutting a Bank of England Vault in a Grade I Listed Building

York Rougier Street Walkway Removal by Diamond Sawing

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