Exclusive audio interview with Alex Albon, operations director of Earth Exchange.
In the latest of our exclusive audio interviews, we spoke to Alex Albon, operations director of Earth Exchange, to hear how his company is facilitating the recycling and reuse of demolition arisings, reducing haulage costs, and lowering the industry’s environmental impact.

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Video/Audio of little Irish girl asking for her school to be demolished, along with her teachers.
The following has been doing the rounds on the Internet for quite some time now and, to be honest, we originally chose to ignore it. However, having now listened again, it just gets funnier and funnier [...]

C&D Consultancy’s John Woodward has suggested the compilation of a demolition music Top 10.
Demolition News is taking a short hiatus to visit the Glastonbury 2009 festival this weekend, drink too much cider and listen to bands that most people have never even heard of, all while standing in a muddy field wearing a kilt [...]

JCB recently hosted a demolition day for members of the NFDC. And here’s the footage.
Back in 2006 when it was the primary sponsor of the National Federation of Demolition Contractors’ annual convention in Barcelona, JCB hosted an impressive Demolition Day at its premises in Uttoxeter. Three years on, and the company has [...]

Exclusive podcast ont he subject of acoustic modeling, monitoring and control.
Along with dust and vibration, noise is one of the single biggest challenges facing demolition contractors. But it is a problem that has long been notoriously difficult to predict. Until now.
New software on offer from Riverside Environmental Services and most recently [...]

Demolition News discusses the impact of Hand Arm and Whole Body vibration.

Whole Body and Hand Arm vibration are a constant cause for concern on demolition sites across the globe. Indeed, the Health and Safety Executive’s decision to prohibit operators from being on board mobile crushers while they’re in operation, and the NFDC’s subsequent [...]

Interview with Nichola Elvy, founder and managing director of Building Health Ltd.
aving made huge strides to reduce the number of accidents and fatalities on its sites, the demolition industry is now turning its attention to the issue of occupational health and site welfare.
And that move could not be more timely.
An increasing number [...]

In our first Project Profile podcast, we look at the deconstruction of a gasholder near Liverpool.
The use of an 80+ metre crawler crane to dismantle an MAN gasholder in Southport near Liverpool has attracted considerable media interest. However, as our first-ever Project Profile podcast highlights, the use of the crawler crane was hampered [...]

The latest of Demolition News’ audio podcasts is now available here and on iTunes.
We promised you more audio content and we like to keep our promises. We have today recorded two new podcasts, the first of which – an interview with Dig A Crusher founder Sean Heron – can be downloaded below (and [...]

The first-ever NFDC/NDTG Working Wednesday mini seminar was oversubscribed.
aving recently moved to its new location in Hemel Hempstead, the National Federation of Demolition Contractors has both the determination and the space to host more events for its members; and last night saw the first of these events in the shape of its Working Wednesday mini [...]