Blaze rips through Cantillon site. Following on from our earlier report on the fire that swept through a demolition site in London’s Old Street, video footage of the blaze has now emerged. Social media feeds were abuzz with news of the fire as smoke billowed from the site where contractor Cantillon is demolishing the former…Read moreRead more
Accident
News update – Video captures massive site fire…
Breaking News – Fire at Old Street site…
Blaze now under control following demolition site fire. Eight fire engines and 58 firefighters and officers were called to a fire in a building on Old Street in City of London this morning. The fire affected five floors of a six storey building under demolition and our 999 call handlers received 26 calls to what…Read moreRead more
Swept away…
Pontoon being used for Glasgow bridge dismantling carried off by surging waters. A pontoon broke free from a Glasgow footbridge and floated down river, forcing workers at a nearby bridge to flee scaffolding amid fears it could crash into them. Strong currents and rising water levels are thought to have caused the structure – being…Read moreRead more
Union decries prosecution delays…
Eight years of prolonged suffering for family of man killed in 777 accident. As we reported yesterday, an electrician, working on a demolition site in Elephant and Castle in south London was killed in August 2007 when falling concrete joists crushed him to death. Only now – in November 2015 – has his employer been…Read moreRead more
Comment – Another life ruined…
Horrific accident robs man of hard-earned retirement To the best of my knowledge, I have never met David Whitfield. As far as I am aware, neither our professional nor personal paths have ever crossed. In fact, despite the length of time I have spent writing about this industry and my hard-fought online omnipresence, he probably…Read moreRead more
Breaking News – One killed in NYC building collapse…
Building collapse kills worker and injures another. A building being demolished has partially collapsed in the heart of New York City, killing one person. The fire department said the collapse was reported at a building on West 38th Street in midtown Manhattan. The fatality was a construction worker and another person was seriously injured. According…Read moreRead more
Developer cited over Biscayne Bay debris…
Implosion sent chunks of debris into environmentally-sensitive waters. A developer with plans to build a new waterfront high-rise will be cited by county environmental regulators after the implosion of an Edgewater apartment tower sent debris flying into Biscayne Bay over the weekend. Detonations exploded Saturday inside the 12-story Electra on the Bay tower, causing the…Read moreRead more
Video – Pirtek shows the love with new glove…
Pirtek combats fluid injection injuries with revolutionary PPE. The velocity of fluid forced through a pinhole break in a hydraulic hose can be in excess of 250 metres per second (600 ft/s) close to the muzzle velocity of a gun. Fluid, released in a fine jet at this velocity is sufficient to penetrate through protective…Read moreRead more
Fines over bridge accident that killed three…
Work continued despite concerns about barrier that crushed family of three. The state of Washington has issued workplace safety fines in a bridge demolition accident that killed a couple and their infant son. The fines announced Monday target four construction contractors. On April 14, workers were building a pedestrian walkway on a highway overpass in…Read moreRead more
Accused contractor asserts his innocence…
Griffin Campbell pleads innocence in collapse that killed six. For five hours Thursday, demolition contractor Griffin Campbell sat in the witness box and tried to negate 11 days of witnesses who blamed him for the 2013 collapse that crushed the Salvation Army thrift store in Center City, killing six people and injuring 13. It was…Read moreRead more
