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UK demolition industry mourns passing of former IDE president. It is with great regret that we must report that sad passing of former Institute of Demolition Engineers president and industry stalwart, Tony Hurley. According to sources, Hurley passed away at his home in Spain in the early hours of this morning. Hurley was a former…Read moreRead more

Is IDE CPD all it’s cracked up to be? In November 2012, on the eve of his appointment as Institute of Demolition Engineers’ president, Steve Jack afforded DemolitionNews an exclusive video interview during which he laid out his hopes and ambitions for his presidency. During the course of that interview, Jack said that one of…Read moreRead more

Mr Rammer comes out of retirement to guide Avant. Following some 40 years working within the construction plant industry, the last 20 or so in demolition as UK business line manager for Rammer, Alan Matchett has recently taken the position of sales manager for demolition and construction equipment at Avant Tecno (UK). ​Matchett brings an…Read moreRead more

Protracted battle ends as city gives go ahead to demolish Las Vegas folly. Foster + Partners’ Harmon Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip is being razed without ever opening. Owner MGM Resorts International received court approval on April 22 to demolish the unfinished 27-floor, oval-shaped tower following a protracted legal battle with its contractor, Tutor…Read moreRead more

The new DemolitionNews merchandising store is open for business. Ever since we launched our new Demolition magazine just over a year ago, we have been inundated with praise for the unique and sleek look of the publication, and readers have clamoured for an opportunity to use the distinctive logo. Well, after considerable trial and error,…Read moreRead more

Extreme temperatures and a 50 hour disposal round trip on Canadian contract. DemolitionNews reports.

Cemex to demolish 21 buildings at flood-hit South Ferriby site. The Mexican owners of the Cemex cement-making factory at South Ferriby are seeking planning approval to start work next month(June) on demolishing a number of buildings which were damaged by the tidal surge last December. Among the buildings scheduled to be flattened are the canteen,…Read moreRead more

Scientists prove that Miley Cyrus could not “come in like a wrecking ball”. Scientists don’t get out much. So it is not entirely surprising that they seized the opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge of physics by studying – at length – the video of a scantily/barely clad Miley Cyrus swinging from a wrecking ball merely…Read moreRead more

Investigations underway at site of steel plant collapse. Federal, state and county officials are investigating after a building collapse at the former Sparrows Point steel mill in Baltimore County injured nine workers, four of them critically. County police and fire departments responded to the former Bethlehem Steel Corp. plant in Dundalk around 10 a.m. Monday….Read moreRead more

Our children and grandchildren will not believe what passes as demolition safety today. There will come a time when our children and our grandchildren will look back at the demolition industry of today in a collective disbelief; the kind of disbelief with which we view our forebears’ decision to send children down mines. But such…Read moreRead more