Demolition work is well underway at the Manchester Road flats DEMOLITION work got underway this morning on the blocks of flats off Manchester Road overlooking Bradford city centre. A 62 metre tall, 140 tonne excavator, which was brought into the site yesterday, is being used to tear the buildings down by contractors Thomas Crompton. The work is expected to last into the new year pulling down the five blocks of flats on the south site, before work begins pulling down the three Y-shaped blocks on the northern site. Once the flats are demolished, work can begin on a new housing development for families on the site.