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Agenda released for 5th Annual Nuclear Decom Conference. With ageing nuclear power stations coming offline or being upgraded or replaced, the nuclear decommissioning and deplanting business is set to be a major source of income for the world’s demolition contractors in the coming years. To ensure that you don’t miss out on this potentially lucrative…Read moreRead more

If all else fails, throw a sledgehammer at it. You have to admire the guy’s consistency, and his stamina. Repeated sledgehammer blows fails to make much of an impression until he switches sides. And even then, the glory is short-lived. But rather than throwing in the towel, he chooses to throw in the hammer –…Read moreRead more

Friday blast for defunct river crossing. Tennessee Department of Transportation contract crews imploded Friday the old State Route 109 Bridge that stretched across the Cumberland River at the Sumner County line. TDOT officials briefly stopped traffic on the newly built bridge for the bridge implosion. Lanes were reopened to traffic shortly after the blast. Demolition…Read moreRead more

Planning approved for derelict Bracknell landmark. Plans to demolish Bracknell’s derelict former 3M building and replace it with a £50m development have been approved. A 19 storey building housing 311 homes will be built on the site of Winchester House, last occupied by technology company 3M. Bracknell Forest Council gave the go ahead to the…Read moreRead more

LVI and NCM join forces to create industry behemoth. LVI Services Inc and NCM Group Holdings Inc have announced that they are to merge. The news comes just 24 hours after Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation sold NASDI, LLC and Yankee Environmental Services, LLC and marks another significant step in the consolidation of the…Read moreRead more

The Top 5 machine launches of April 2014. Our buddies over at Diggers and Dozers has just released its new Top 5 show to round-up the hottest new equipment launches of the past month. The countdown – sponsored by Pirtek – features a number of names familiar to the demolition sector including Hitachi, Brokk, Caterpillar…Read moreRead more

Debris to be removed from botched implosion that injured onlookers. The large, toppled boiler towers sitting across from a popular northwest Bakersfield shopping centre will finally be hauled away. Pacific Gas and Electric Co. said Wednesday that the California Public Utilities Commission granted it permission to move forward with the remaining demolition work at the…Read moreRead more

Great Lakes Dredging divests demolition business. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation, the largest provider of dredging services in the United States and a major provider of environmental and remediation services, today announced that on April 23, 2014, it completed the sale of NASDI, LLC and Yankee Environmental Services, LLC, its two subsidiaries that comprise…Read moreRead more

NFDC Corporate member involved in accident. DemolitionNews reports.

Three demolition deaths in just over a week is an industry scandal. DemolitionNews reports.