Crushers hard at work on development of stadia for 2014 World Cup.
Here at DemolitionNews Towers, we receive dozens of press releases each and every day, some of which make it onto our hallowed pages, and a good many that – for one reason or another – don’t.
So what makes a good press release? Well, if it’s easy to read, technical and accompanied by a decent photograph, you’re certainly in with a shout. But the odds of it being run increase exponentially if it manages to combine our dual loves of demolition and football.
So when thoe fine folks at Powerscreen sent us news that their crushers are playing a key role in the development work on stadiums for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil, we were sold.
Construction work has already begun in Cuiabá, Salvador and Belo Horizonte, Brazil, where Powerscreen Metrotrak and XA400S models are crushing demolition waste to produce materials for new stadiums and roads. According to Ayres de Azevedo Barreto from the contractor ‘Detronic Construction,’ “one of the contracts was scheduled to take six months, but the job was concluded in just four due to the high capacity and performance of Powerscreen’s tracked crushers.”
The recycling of construction and demolition waste is being treated as a high priority following the adoption of national solid waste policy legislation in 2010. This law assigns shared responsibility for waste management between companies and public authorities. The Brazilian government has said that recycled materials will contribute to a forecast US$104 billion in increased economic activity surrounding the 2014 World Cup, meaning there is considerable room for growth in the sector.
