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Demolition News is celebrating its 1,000th story with a contest to win 1,000 cups of tea. US and mainland European readers of Demolition News can look away now; we’re about to talk about a subject that is close to the heart of all Brits yet remains anathema to the rest of the world. Tea. The…Read moreRead more

Ohio house demolition contract let for 40% less than value five years ago. Cast your mind back, if you will, to 2004. The New England Patriots are celebrating the winning of Super Bowl XXXVIII; Madrid has been rocked by coordinated terrorist attacks on its rail network; and Lance Armstrong has just won an unprecedented 6th…Read moreRead more

Chicago presses on with demolition works, despite failing to win Olympic bid. Despite its failure to secure the right to host the 2016 Olympic Games, Chicago is pressing on with the demolition of the empty Michael Reese Hospital, the area once earmarked for an athletes’ village. However, the demolition is not without its opponents. The…Read moreRead more

Health and Safety Executive issues details of accidents and fatalities for 2008/09. First the good news. The number of people killed or injured at work in the UK during 2008/09 shows a marked decline on previous years. But before we all head for the pub for a celebratory (yet safe) drink, here’s the bad news….Read moreRead more

Asbestos exposure on factory demolition leads to prosecutions and fines. Recon Packaging Ltd, of Ashton-under-Lyne and Industrial & Commercial Building Services Ltd (ICBS) of Stockport have been ordered to pay £10k in fines and prosecution costs after ICBS employees came into contact with asbestos while demolishing part of the Recon Packaging recycling plant in early…Read moreRead more

Video interview with Ron Elliott of Pacific Blasting & Demolition. Here is a video interview with Ron Elliott who runs Pacific Blasting and Demolition in British Columbia, a man who clearly knows his blasting. And yet, for some inexplicable reason, Ron seems strangely distracted. We’re sure the attractiveness of the interviewer had nothing to do…Read moreRead more

Coastal erosion leads to demolition of Kauhola Lighthouse. The US Coast Guard has decided to demolish the Kauhola Lighthouse on the Big Island’s Kohala Coast because of eroding ground. The Kauhola Lighthouse sits on a 1.4 hectare federal government property north of Hawi in the Kohala area of the Big Island and is in danger…Read moreRead more

The first of a series of implosions marks beginning of river bridge demolition. Explosive charges were set off Tuesday morning, Oct. 27, to begin the process of demolition most of the Missouri River bridge at Miami, according to Missouri Department of Transportation officials. Charges were placed along sections of the bridge to maximize clearance of…Read moreRead more

Nibco Foundry demolition begins later today in Dayton, Ohio. The city of Dayton is gearing up for the next phase of redevelopment at the 12.5-acre Nibco Foundry site. On Wednesday, demolition of the remaining infrastructure will begin. The city has secured $900,000 in Ohio Issue II funds in cooperation with the Ohio Department of Development…Read moreRead more

Partial collapse brings Niagra Falls building demolition to a halt. Demolition of the old Rosbergs department store resumed Monday morning but ground to a halt hours later when an excavator fell through the floor into the basement. A Komatsu excavator was working in the middle of the demolition site pulling steel girders out of the…Read moreRead more