The Grade II-listed pier has been closed for more than 30 years due to safety concerns.
North Somerset Council partners with a community interest company to recycle wood from the pier.
Specialist contractors will arrive at the site with a 100-tonne crane later.
Plans to restore Birnbeck Pier in Weston-super-Mare almost fell through, but are now back on track.
The project in Weston-super-Mare was set to be cancelled before a heritage organisation stepped in.
The council could drop its flagship project months after the RNLI - a key backer - pulled out.
More than £800k is set aside to restore buildings in Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and North Somerset.
A look at the stories trending across the West of England on Thursday, 3 July.
Plans for the pier included establishing a new RNLI station there, but will now no longer happen.
