Let’s start with a simple question: Why does the demolition and construction industry get such a bad press?
Why is it, in a world built quite literally by people in hard hats, high-vis vests and steel-toe boots, that those very same people are so often overlooked, undervalued, or outright disrespected?
It’s a strange contradiction. Because without this industry, there would be no hospitals. No schools. No homes. No supermarkets, stadiums or roads. No high-rises or railways. Not even the power stations or data centres that keep our lives ticking.
Demolition and construction are not a necessary evil to tolerate and castigate. They are the foundations – pun absolutely intended – of everything modern life depends upon.
So why, then, is this industry so often on the receiving end of public scepticism, media criticism, and even political indifference?
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