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McGee’s non-executive chairman resigns citing “substantial difference of opinion”. UK trade magazine Construciton News is reporting that Ian Reeves has stepped down as McGee chairman after seven years with the company for reasons including a “substantial difference of opinion” regarding the group’s strategy. Reeves resigned as McGee non executive chairman and from the board of…Read moreRead more

Crews begin clearance of disused buildings as part of college expansion. Work is underway to clear redundant buildings to make way for a new city centre development. Demolition work is starting on redundant properties on Holmeside in Sunderland. It forms part of preparatory work on the wider Holmeside Triangle site. Asbestos and materials of value…Read moreRead more

Exclusive Behind the Levers footage of the new hydraulic hammer from Miller GroundBreaking. Want to see a product so new that it hasn’t even been launched yet? A hydraulic hammer that is so new that it still has that new hammer smell? A breaker so new that other breakers refer to it as the “new…Read moreRead more

Major Australian demolition company is seeking migrant project managers to aid expansion. Do you hanker for a life Down Under? Are you looking to switch the Great North Road for the Great Barrier Reef? Do you long to throw a shrimp on the barbie or to find out what a vegemite sandwich tastes like? Then…Read moreRead more

Work completed on Perkins engine office block. It is the company whose engines have powered demolition machines across the globe. And now that same demolition power is being harnessed in the latest stage of the development of Perkins Engine’s factory in Peterborough. Demolition began about four weeks ago and the work to level the building…Read moreRead more

With the show drawing inexorably closer, we look ahead at some more Hillhead Highlights. What was once a strictly quarry exhibition has slowly evolved to embrace both recycling and demolition equipment, exhibitors and visitors. And so, with the Hillhead 2014 show mow just a few shorts weeks away, we have got together with the fine…Read moreRead more

Dykon takes out Tradinghouse Power Plant in controlled blast. The remaining section of the Tradinghouse Power Plant in eastern McClennan County came crashing down with an epic implosion Friday morning. The plant’s owner, Luminant, plans to recycle roughly 95 percent of the materials, including steel, copper and parts and pieces of large equipment that had…Read moreRead more

Cleveland bridge to be partially dismantled, then blasted. Parts of Cleveland’s old Innerbelt Bridge are coming down piece by piece, but later this summer, the remainder will come down with a bang. Crews are dismantling four of the nine spans that make up the bridge. Those sections over four sensitive areas are being taken down,…Read moreRead more

DDS Demolition uses top-down techniques to raze Maidstone car park. DemolitionNews.com reports.

Men narrowly escape as silo collapses. DemolitionNews.com reports.