A Fulton Hogan tracked excavator knocks down the old Brighton Surf Life Saving Club building yesterday to make way for a new club building. Photo by Michele Newman. : Demolition starts on clubrooms

A Fulton Hogan tracked excavator knocks down the old Brighton Surf Life Saving Club building yesterday to make way for a new club building. Photo by Michele Newman. : Demolition starts on clubrooms

Maurice Bell : Demolition starts on clubrooms

Surf lifesavers Sam Arnold (left) and Seth McPhee keep watch from a temporary platform at the Brighton Surf Life Saving Club yesterday. Photo by Craig Baxter. : Demolition starts on clubrooms

An artist's impression of the new building. Image supplied. : Demolition starts on clubrooms