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UK plant hire targets demolition with new attachments division. Plantforce is constantly on the lookout for new niche markets, and with many customers already demanding a wide range of attachments, the company recently identified a gap in the regional market. In April 2013 Plantforce invested £1 million and opened its Attachment Division that has been…Read moreRead more

Attachments maker adds another new model. Genesis Attachments expands its Demolition Recycler concrete processor product family with the new GDR 400. Fitting 40 to 55 ton excavators, the GDR 400 features a 48-inch jaw opening and 41-inch jaw depth, making it the line’s most powerful all-purpose processing and cutting attachment for high-reach and standard demolition…Read moreRead more

Pair of giant gas holders face uncertain future. They have dominated part of the Southampton skyline for more than five decades. For thousands of Saints fans they are a familiar sight as they head off to St Mary’s every weekend. Now the two enormous gas holders in St Mary’s could be consigned to the history…Read moreRead more

Deconstruct UK goes deep in West London. Deconstruct (UK) Limited was appointed by Shaftesbury Carnaby Ltd to carry out the second phase of a two phase development, with the combined value of £3,300,000, after successful completion of phase 1. The company carried out this enabling phase contract spanning between two busy roads and behind live…Read moreRead more

Work is well underway on Reading landmark. The iconic Metal Box building in Reading is coming down; and appropriately it is local firm J. Mould (Reading) that is carrying out the high profile works. Developer Bell Hammer and its development partner M&G Real Estate (formerly PruPIM) plan to start work clearing the site for the…Read moreRead more

Home of Northern Ireland football falls to demolition offensive line. It is a sight that will bring a tear to the eye of even the hardest Northern Ireland football fan as a pair of excavators tears through the defences of the lounge and social club at Windsor Park. Constructed in the 1970s, the bar area…Read moreRead more

Edinburgh-based demolition company becomes recession’s latest victim. DemolitionNews.com understands that Edinburgh-based Chamic Demolition Services – part of the Chamic Group – has placed into liquidation. Formed in 1985, the company – and its surviving asbestos removal sister company – became a mainstay of the Scottish demolition landscape. According to Companies House, director Charles Hunter’s appointment…Read moreRead more

Houses set to be demolished after discovery of carbon dioxide infiltration. Houses built on a former Midlothian coal mine are set to be demolished after carbon dioxide was discovered seeping into the properties. Officials are recommending all 64 homes on Gorebridge’s Newbyres Crescent estate are flattened before a special gas membrane is installed at the…Read moreRead more

Demolition companies face hike in disposal costs if soil is mixed with skip waste. Hampshire based L&S Waste Management is warning that skip hire costs will continue to escalate unless something is done to find an alternative and appropriate means of soil disposal. Soil, which is classified as ‘inert’, is relatively easy and inexpensive to…Read moreRead more

The sexy new lime green edition of Demolition magazine is hitting desks across the globe. Just when you thought you had your weekend mapped out…the new Demolition magazine has landed and is craving your attention. Decked out in a sexy green colourscape, the new edition (Number 8) is 60 pages of demolition gorgeousness with nary…Read moreRead more