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Councilman alleges EPA owes community $2 million. A city councilman in Libby said Thursday that the Environmental Protection Agency owes the asbestos-plagued Superfund community $2 million for the demolition of several contaminated buildings. The city-owned buildings included an export plant for asbestos-laden vermiculite that was shipped from the site across the country by W.R. Grace,…Read moreRead more

Company bids $1 to take down gas building; next stop, paying client to work for them. Mike Delucio & Sons wants to take down the former Richmond Gas Company building. Delucio officials bid $1 to take down the old gas building and $12,280 to haul the rubble away. It was by far the lowest bid…Read moreRead more

Not sure how to drop that tower? Ask a TV producer. Advanced Explosive Demolition Inc., an Idaho demolition specialist, is negotiating a deal to implode the condo tower at 1515 S. Flagler Drive that has been vacant and decaying since the 2004 hurricanes. The company’s owners, Eric and Lisa Kelly, are going to be the…Read moreRead more

Point Marion Bridge will be imploded on Monday, weather permitting. The Pennsylvania Department of Transport (PennDOT) has scheduled the demolition of the old Point Marion Bridge for between 7 am and noon Monday. Explosives will be used to drop the 79-year-old closed bridge into the Monongahela River. During the process, a mandatory 800-foot safety zone…Read moreRead more

NDTG issues safety alert after operator suffers horrific eye injury. During a recent training course hosted by the UK’s National Demolition Training Group, one of the candidates gave a graphic report of a serious accident in which he had lost the use of one eye. Whilst tracking the mobile crusher across the site to the…Read moreRead more

Liverpool-based MEES Group show their gentler side with charity calendar support. Liverpool-based demolition company MEES Group have teamed up with a Liverpool children’s charity for 2010. The MEES group have agreed to sponsor the KIND calendar to help celebrate its 35th year. Liverpool FC assistant manager Sammy Lee visited the charity’s centre in Back Canning…Read moreRead more

Video celebrating second anniversary of one of US’ most spectacular ever implosions. The New Frontier was demolished on Tuesday 13 November 2007 in one of the most spectacular implosions the world has ever seen. The 65-year-old casino, the second property built on the famous Las Vegas Strip, was the venue where Elvis Presley made his…Read moreRead more

A personal take on the imminent closure of UK trade magazine, Contract Journal. Non-UK residents and those with no interest in the vagaries of the UK business-to-business publishing industry can skip this article altogether. But I have today heard of the sad demise of the UK construction magazine Contract Journal which is due to close…Read moreRead more

Demo Boys merchandise is now available for the lady in your life. You might recall that I recently shot a video of myself modeling a newly-arrived Demo Boys t-shirt. Well, that video got a lot of attention and we were swamped with messages such as: “Isn’t your office messy?”; “With a face like that, I’d…Read moreRead more

UK and US separated by more than just an expanse of water. It is often said that the US and the UK are two nations divided by a common language; and it’s a fact that is borne out by any Englishman that has ever said to an American that he was “going for a fag”….Read moreRead more