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Stockholm set for Swedish show. The Scandinavian trade show DEMCON – said to be the world’s largest dedicated trade show for demolition – will be held on the 4-5 September. This year will be the third edition of the DEMCON demolition show held at InfraCity in the suburb of Upplands Väsby, north of Stockholm. During…Read moreRead more

Scottish contractor puts faith in Doosan brand. Edinburgh-based Daltons Demolitions Limited has purchased a new full demolition specification Doosan DX300LC-3 30 tonne crawler excavator from Scotia Plant Ltd, the Authorised Doosan and Bobcat Dealer for the central belt of Scotland. The new Stage IIIB compliant DX300LC-3 excavator has been supplied with a host of safety…Read moreRead more

New Zealand’s Jamon Demolition tackles meaty problem. It is now more than three years since a massive earthquake ripped through Christchurch in New Zealand and the surrounding areas. And while the majority of the demolition works within the city are now complete, work is ongoing in outlying areas and those that were initially difficult to…Read moreRead more

St Louis church crumbles and falls. Z&L Wrecking required no sheep horns, trumpets or divine intervention when it was charged with demolishing the Old Bethlehem Lutheran Church in St Louis. Instead, the company relied up a tracked loader, some steel cables and a great deal of pulling power:

R Thornton Demolition brings out the big Sandhurst guns. An impressive 5.8 tonne breaker supplied by UK Attachment Rental Specialist Sandhurst Equipment Rental, has recently been hard at work – this time in the North East for Morpeth’s R Thornton Demolition, during a dock extension contract near Hartlepool, for Able UK. R Thornton Demolition were…Read moreRead more

Dashboard cam captures moment Chinese police station collapsed onto busy road. This new video from North East China will have the average Western demolition contractor shaking his head in disbelief and the average health and safety inspector having palpitations. The film – captured on a dashboard camera in China’s Heilongjiang Province – captures the moment…Read moreRead more

EX1200 excavator headed for the Gold Coast. DemolitionNews can exclusively reveal that one of 777 Demolition’s EX1200 high reach excavators has been sold to an Australian contractor. The machine – so long a mainstay of the 777 fleet and a popular hire machine among UK contractors – has been purchased by Rosenlund Contractors and is…Read moreRead more

South Yorkshire contractor seeks Topman and Demolition Engineer. And the recruitment snowball just keeps on rolling and growing with the news that Rotherham-based Ron Hull Demolition is seeking both a Topman AND a demolition Engineer. You can find full details of each job by clicking the relevant link below: Demolition Engineer Topman For more top…Read moreRead more

JCB excavators spearhead Uruguayan demolition. Drone quadcopter? Check. JCB demolition excavators? Check. OK then, cameras roll and let’s capture the demolition of a former housing complex in the Uruguayan capital, Montevideo. Check it out below: Demolición y obra del Complejo CH 20 Aereo – Montevideo, Uruguay from TopQuad on Vimeo.

Ashton Gate stadium succumbs to Wring Group power. Fans of Bristol City football club – both of them – will be shedding a tear this week as work begins on the remodelling of the Ashton gate stadium with the demolition of the Wedlock Stand. But if there is any consolation to be had, it is…Read moreRead more