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The Break Fast Show #705
The Break Fast Show #697
In today’s show: Wacker Neuson steps up site dumper safety; we go behind the scenes at the CASE mini excavator factory in Italy; a man’s reach should exceed is grasp – So meet the Maxi Reach Extension Arm; and we all float down here with this amphibious Komatsu excavator. PLUS we will be looking ahead…Read moreRead more
Half of English councils on the brink
If your demolition company works directly or indirectly for one or more English local authorities, please pay attention. In fact, in the words of Geena Davis’ character in the 1986 movie – The Fly – “Be afraid. Be very afraid”. According to a report from the Local Government Information Unit (LGIU), as many as half…Read moreRead more
The Break Fast Show #696
In today’s show: How Caterpillar builds durability into its products; who wouldn’t want a Blade Buddy? How a Liebherr customer is cutting to the chase; and the case of the disappearing French bridge. PLUS Dynapac gets set to shake up Intermat 2024. Join us LIVE for your daily fix of news, views, video and comment…Read moreRead more
Worker killed by falling attachment
A Kent-based company has been fined £175,000 following the death of an employee. Liam McArdle, from Gravesend, was fatally crushed by an excavator attachment while working for Erith Plant Services Limited on 21 September 2021. A demolition grab, attached to an excavator, fell onto the 24-year-old while it was loaded onto a lorry at Erith…Read moreRead more
The Break Fast Show #680
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
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
