Excellent opportunity for ambitious estimator. McFletch Ltd are seeking an experienced Demolition Estimator to join our Management Team. The right candidate will becoming a valued and senior member of the company. The ideal candidate must be technically strong, client focused, able to work under pressure and determined to help in the growth of the company […]

Demolition News Towers has relocated. After several years and countless false dawns, Demolition News has finally relocated to a larger premises. The new premises reflects the significant changes in Demolition News’ content which has shifted from words to words, audio and video. Thew new premises has space to accommodate these new disciplines, allowing us to […]

Rail programme could offset protracted Brexit concerns. At a time when the UK construction industry is starting to demonstrate a severe case of the jitters over the protracted and seemingly endless Brexit negotiations, one major covil engineering project might just provide some welcome respite for those in the UK demolition industry. Almost 900 homes, 1,000 […]

Ferrybridge and Slough power stations set to fall to Keltbray might. Keltbray Decommissioning has been appointed by the energy company SSE as its principal contractor for two major power station demolition projects at Ferrybridge and Slough. Ferrybridge is a conventional 2,000 megawatt (MW) coal fired power station where a combination of machine working and controlled […]

Your chance to join a recognised UK demolition leader. Squibb Group, one of the UK’s most respected demolition and dismantling companies, is seeking Demolition and Asbestos operatives for prestigious projects in the nuclear industry, starting at LLWR (Drigg) and then on to Sellafield. Jobs are scheduled to start in December 2018 and February next year. […]

Alcoa to take another tilt at razing Anglesea power plant. The owner of the former Anglesea power plant will try again to demolish the massive structure amid calls to compel the company to reveal why its first attempt with explosives failed. Community fears persist about whether the seaside township was exposed to toxic substances, including […]

Health & Safety Executive prepares for dustbuster site blitz. The Construction Index is reporting that a Health & Safety Executive (HSE) blitz on construction sites during October 2018 will focus on occupational health, and especially the causes of occupational lung disease. Asbestos, silica, wood and other dusts are commonly found on construction sites but are […]

Demolition worker accused of calling city workers N-word. A prominent company within the Detroit Land Bank Authority demolition programme that is already under investigation is facing new scrutiny after one of its workers allegedly called two black Detroit Building Authority employees the N-word and physically threatened one of them at a job site earlier this […]

Bid to demolish historic Aberdeen landmark moves a step closer. Planners have recommended flattening a historic Aberdeen landmark to make way for a £100 million “urban village”. Broadford Works, which was once home to the largest collection of category A-listed buildings at risk in Scotland, has been taken over by developer Inhabit, which plans to […]

Demolition company snatches vacuum excavation firm from jaws of administration. Manchester-based demolition specialist PP O’Connor has bought the vacuum excavation trucks business of failed rival GPL from administrators. Headquartered in Salford, the Galvac business operates nationally, employing 28 staff. The acquisition provides growing £33 million turnover PP O’Connor with an industry-leading fleet of vacuum excavation […]