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Delaware planning department working on plans for demolition of the Delaware Hotel. Delaware City is currently accepting bids for asbestos removal and demolition and an appraisal contract has been completed, city spokesman Lee Yoakum said. The city plans to complete the bid and appraisal process by the end of November. The city is using grant…Read moreRead more

Angelo State University expects huge crowd at University Hall implosion this weekend. As many as 25,000 people are estimated to attend the early morning implosion of University Hall Sunday, Oct. 25, according to the University Police department. UPD and the residential programs department, as well as other local law enforcement agencies, are preparing to deal…Read moreRead more

Controlled Demolition, Inc sets date for chimney tower to topple. The old PRR steam plant (now owned by Amtrak), located next to 30th Street Station in downtown Philadelphia, is in its last month of existence. At 7:30am on Sunday, November 8 (back-up date November 15), the plant’s towering chimney, a landmark behind Penn Coach Yard…Read moreRead more

Implosion brings end to life of 77-year old steel truss bridge. A Louisiana bridge is no more. Demolition experts imploded the 77-year-old U.S. 190 bridge connecting Livingston and East Baton Rouge parishes on Wednesday. The center span collapsed right on target into the Amite River. The Louisiana State Police Emergency Services Unit and the Department…Read moreRead more

Norwich company fined after fall breaks employee’s spine. The UK’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecuted Tim Philpott, trading as Philpott Demolition and Recycling, of Spinney Close, Long Stratton, Norwich, for his role in the incident on 20 April 2007. Philpott pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc…Read moreRead more

Demolition News has placed the first item on its Christmas wish list. Dear Santa, I know it’s only October but I wanted to get in real early to make sure you saw my letter. In the main, I have been a really good boy this year. I have tried, whenever possible, to write only nice…Read moreRead more

Buried oil tanker leads to pollution prosecution. A demolition company which buried an oil tanker loaded with heating oil on its premises has pleaded guilty to pollution offences. L A Moore was prosecuted by the Environment Agency for allowing toxic chemicals to pollute a controlled water- course at its premises near Wells. The company is…Read moreRead more

Demolition News is backing a new campaign to raise awareness of Prostate Cancer. As someone who works in and around the demolition business, an almost exclusively male environment that is often too macho for its own good, I am all too aware of the potential dangers of poor health care and, in particular, the threat…Read moreRead more

Demolition News unveils its brand new Used Equipment listing. These are exciting times for Demolition News. Not only are subscriptions on the rise (particularly in the US and Australia) but our visitor levels are rising almost daily. And so, apparently, is our reputation in the industry. We were delighted when Caterpillar and JCB joined our…Read moreRead more

Two suspended in Indian “premature demolition” investigation. The Chennai Corporation on Wednesday suspended an assistant executive engineer and a junior engineer of the Basin Bridge zone for their alleged involvement in demolishing nine blocks of the communicable diseases hospital in Tondiarpet last week before tenders were finalised. According to official sources, the two and the…Read moreRead more