what3words: ///visa.gets.ashes – Sheffield City Crematorium
It’s not something a lot of us give a lot of thought to, but the business of the proper and respectful processing of the mortal remains of our nearest and dearest requires a good deal of engineering nous.
So it was interesting to get involved with a behind the scenes refit of Sheffield’s well patronised City Crematorium.
The site, at the somewhat Freudianly monikered what3words: ///visa.gets.ashes was in a partly demolished state in preparation for some monumentally heavy cremation plant to be installed. The team of engineers had broken a hole through the Victorian structure to the minimal size required to skate in the machinery. They, together with one of our highly skilled HIAB drivers, levelled and set two of our mighty 6x3x25mm plates, forming a lovely flat surface – ideal for skating plant across.
It goes without saying that the implications of this platform failing or being less than perfectly smooth and level, would have been very grave indeed.
