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Alfreton-based contractor appoints administrator. Derbyshire-based HCL Equipment Contracts Ltd has become the latest demolition contractor to join the dead pool. Although details are still being finalised, DemolitionNews can exclusively reveal that the company appointed administrators on Friday of last week. A statement from the as-yet-unnamed administrators is expected shortly. Interestingly, at the time of writing,…Read moreRead more

NFDC corporate member involved in fatal accident. DemolitionNews reports.

Red Road implosion dropped from Commonwealth Games opening ceremony. The BBC is reporting that Commonwealth Games organisers have dropped the demolition of the Red Road flats from the Glasgow 2014 opening ceremony. Five of the blocks were to be brought down at the start of the Games in July. The plan proved controversial, with an…Read moreRead more

Facade removal on Ghent tower block reveals spectrum of interior colours. Diggers and Dozers reports.

Multiple positions vacant as Technical Demolition Services gears up. Things must be looking up for Merseyside-based Technical Demolition Services. The company has just posted six (count them SIX) new positions vacant ads on our sister website, Demolition-Jobs.co.uk. Top of the heap is a Senior Estimator/Bid Manager but other jobs include: • Demolition Manager • Machine…Read moreRead more

Maylarch becomes latest to put weight behind Design for Deconstruction. UK demolition contractor Maylarch has become the latest company to tie its colours to the Design for Deconstruction mast, posting an open letter to Foster & Partners design director Gerard Evenden in response to Evenden’s recent talk at the EcoBuild conference. Maylarch managing director Nick…Read moreRead more

Atlas Copco breakers go beneath the surface to demolish dams on the Cuyahoga River in Ohio

Another London cyclist death. But are we looking in the wrong place for the solution. Somewhere, as we speak, a man is currently enduring the emotional purgatory of knowing that he was driving a Squibb Group truck that killed yet another London cyclist. And, unfortunately, the media has already categorised him as guilty. With the…Read moreRead more

Shear cuts massive concrete beam during New Zealand demolition. Quite why a high reach excavator is working 10 feet above the ground is anyone’s guess. But there is no questioning the power of the attachment as it munches through concrete and steel to drop a massive beam section.

Safedem to take centre stage in Scottish sporting showcase