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Another Southern contractor joins the recruitment trail. Essex-based Elvanite has become the latest south east of England contractor to throw its hard hat into the recruitment ring. The company is seeking an HGV Class II Lorry Driver/Site Operative. Candidates must have CPC, Digi Card, Hook Loader & CSCS card Eligible candidates will also be hardworking,…Read moreRead more

Your chance to join the fastest demolition contractor on four wheels. Hampshire-based R. Collard Ltd is seeking a contracts manager to join its fast-growing team. The role will include, but will not be limited to, the following responsibilities: Produce contract programmes of works from contact /construction information. Ensure on time delivery within budget forecasted costs….Read moreRead more

Former Christchurch police station set for implosion. Christchurch’s former central city police station will most likely be brought down by implosion. Earlier this year Ngai Tahu Property (NTP) confirmed the former Christchurch central police station on Hereford St could be demolished by either implosion or traditional demolition. The Christchurch City Council has now issued consent…Read moreRead more

Should the demolition industry’s fallen not have a lasting monument…? Like most right-minded British citizens, I am wearing a poppy today; I will mark Remembrance Sunday with an appropriate minute’s silence; in fact, I am planning to visit the spectacular poppy display at the Tower of London. But for all this, I feel generationally disconnected…Read moreRead more

Chinese demolition firm hires man to knock down structures one brick at a time. The following story comes from the UK’s Daily Mail “newspaper” and should, therefore, be read with a hefty side order of sodium chloride (that’s salt to the non-scientists among you). According to the story, a Chinese demolition company has decided that…Read moreRead more

UK’s largest demolition company to start demolition of Earl’s Court exhibition centre in New Year. Developer Capital & Counties has today confirmed that Keltbray will start demolition in February of the famous Earls Court exhibition halls in West London. The vast job is due to take 18 months to two years to complete, paving the…Read moreRead more

Building collapse claims the lives of eight workers. At least eight construction workers have died in Ivory’s Coast’s commercial capital Abidjan in a botched building demolition, a municipal official said Thursday. The accident took place on Wednesday at Attecoube, a working-class district of the port city, when 20 workers demolishing a four-storey building that had…Read moreRead more

Who is really to blame when a non-professional demolition goes awry. The construction industry news portal The Construction Index (TCI) today carries a story about a company that has been fined £8,000 after a botched demolition sent masonry crashing into a neighbouring property through a skylight, narrowly missing an occupant. That story comes courtesy of…Read moreRead more

Conversation be damned; winged rats delay demolition. The demolition of Holy Trinity Church Hall in Motherwell has been delayed due to fears there could be roosting bats in the building. The church hasn’t used the hall for six or seven years due to it falling into a state of disrepair that would cost too much…Read moreRead more

Financial Times correspondents nominate buildings they’d like demolished. Come the glorious day when I am made God of Everything, my first job will be to order the demolition of Stamford Bridge, all tax offices, and the local Indian takeaway that once gave me Delhi Belly so bad that I was willing (happy, even) to choose…Read moreRead more