In today’s show: Caterpillar demonstrates shear power; Hitachi goes hybrid; there’s a new Chinese manufacturer to get to know; and a Kobelco excavator is flourishing in the fjords. PLUS we will be finding out what Steelwrist has in store for Intermat 2024. Join us LIVE for your daily fix of news, views, video and comment…Read moreRead more
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The Break Fast Show #680
The cull continues
First Squibb, then McCormack, Wooldridge, Blucon and Rye. And now Essex-based Type Ten Limited has gone to the great demolition graveyard. The company appointed a voluntary liquidator on 10 February. According to an estimated statement of affairs listed at Companies House, the company was showing a £2,471,539 deficiency in its accounts when Begbies Traynor was…Read moreRead more
And Rye makes five
Demolition downturn claims another high profile victim. Hertfordshire-based Rye Demolition has become the latest UK demolition company to call in the administrators amidst increasingly difficult trading conditions within the industry. The news comes hot on the heels of the demise of demolition peers Squibb Group, McCormack Demolition, Wooldridge Demolition and Blucon, and brings to five…Read moreRead more
London demolition to be “discouraged”
New plan places London demolition contractors on notice. Demolition should be actively discouraged to help reduce carbon emissions in the nation’s capital. That is just one of the recommendations of a new report from the London Assembly entitled Retrofit vs Rebuild – Reducing Carbon in the Built Environment. This report looks at the new approach…Read moreRead more
Blucon gone
West Midlands-based contractor the latest in liquidation. Solihull-based contractor Blucon Demolition has slipped into liquidation. Following hot on the heels of the collapse of Squibb Group, McCormack Demolition and – most recently – Wooldridge Contractors, the demise of yet another demolition company will be cause for wider concern for an industry seemingly beset with financial…Read moreRead more
Breaking News – Another one bites the dust…
Wooldridge Contractors to appoint administrators. It has been one of the worst-kept secret in the UK demolition industry for several weeks now. But industry news portal – Construction Enquirer – is reporting that Wooldridge Contractors has become the latest UK demolition company (and National Federation of Demolition Contractors member) to slip into administration. The company…Read moreRead more
Embodied carbon vice tightens
11 Trade bodies call for regulation of embodied carbon Influential trade bodies including the Chartered Institute of Building, Construction Industry Council, Royal Institute of British Architects and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors have joined forces to warn political leaders about the urgent need for regulation of embodied carbon emissions in construction. They warn regulation…Read moreRead more
The Break Fast Show #629
In today’s show: We’re saying bonjour to a small but perfectly formed new model from Manitou; there’s no business like snow business for Bobcat; get set for the Kentucky bridge blast; and CASE cleans up the Ivory Coast. PLUS someone is for the chop from Madame Guillotine. Join us LIVE for your daily fix of…Read moreRead more
The final nail in the coffin
Construction News is reporting that Squibb Group has been officially wound-up. It brings to an end 75 years of trading for one of the UK’s best-known demolition contractors. The court appointed the official receiver as provisional liquidator of the company despite pleas from the Squibb Group barrister to appoint two individuals that have been dealing…Read moreRead more
Biffa acquires Hamilton Waste
Biffa has today announced the acquisition of Hamilton Waste and Recycling Limited (HWR), Scotland’s leading construction and demolition collection and processing business. HWR, a family-owned company that has been incorporated since 2002, is one of the leading independent recycling and resource management companies in Scotland, processing over 135,000 tonnes of material annually. Its processing and…Read moreRead more