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EPA moves to block “gagging dust” at Lorain High School demolition site. Residents, and others in the Cleveland town have been enduring the dust and aggravation almost since the demolition began in July. Conditions worsened in the past few weeks after brick walls were turned into huge piles of debris. Much of the blame for…Read moreRead more

JCB unveils demolition specification version of new JS360 excavator. JCB has introduced the JS360XD, a demolition variant on its newly-introduced JS360 excavator. A completely new model for JCB, the 36-tonne JS360 was the company’s first entry in the higher end of this weight class. The machine – which combines high torque, pump flow and bucket…Read moreRead more

Grant funding moves Plainwell paper mill a step closer to demolition. Wrecking crews may finally start demolishing parts of Plainwell’s vacant paper-mill complex later next year if city officials keep getting good news about funding. They learned Wednesday that an application for $1 million in Community Development Block Grant funds was approved by the Michigan…Read moreRead more

South Carolina contract is latest to broadcast demolition works live via the Internet. Harper Corporation has been hired as General Contractor to oversee the demolition at Main St. and Washington St. in Downtown Greenville, SC. This demolition project will make way for future downtown development. The Harper team has worked to coordinate with the City…Read moreRead more

Demolition worker killed when a slab of concrete fell on him at a work site. The man was working a stone cutter on a portion of the old Bronte Road bridge in Oakville, Ontario, which is being demolished to make way for a new bridge. Ontario Provincial Police say that section gave way, falling about…Read moreRead more

Demolition work starts on 100-year old Lynchburg bridge. The much-anticipated demolition of Lynchburg’s oldest concrete span, which was shut down more than a year and a half ago because of deterioration, got under way on Tuesday. Officials expect it will take approximately two weeks to raze the circa-1908 structure. The D Street bridge, which connects…Read moreRead more

Spanish demolition worker killed and another injured in house collapse. A 31-year-old man has died and a 23 year old has been injured when the house they were demolishing collapsed. The accident happened in Algemesí, a town of approximately 35,000 inhabitants in the Ribera Alta region of Valencia. Sources from the emergency services say that…Read moreRead more

Contractual fiasco sets worrying precedent for UK demolition industry. According to my trusty Oxford English Dictionary, a contract is defined as “a written or spoken agreement between two parties, intended to be enforceable by law”. Why am I telling you this? Well, apparently, this meaning of the word contract is either not understood in Staffordshire…Read moreRead more

UK contractor expresses anger as agreed contract is sent for re-tender. Brown & Mason has reacted angrily as the contract it had won to demolish the former Westcliffe Hospital in Staffordshire is to be re-tendered following an ongoing internal investigation into how council contracts are awarded. Stoke-on-Trent City Council officers are recommending the authority asks…Read moreRead more

One man’s trash is another man’s masterpiece, according to Lawrence Straughn. If you see Lawrence Straughn on a Saturday morning, he is probably at D. H. Griffin Wrecking Co. carrying a huge five-gallon bucket – of junk. But to him, the nuts, bolts, camshafts, propane tanks and more are not just junk, they’re the basis…Read moreRead more