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D-Drill (Master Drillers) helps eat 1.65 tonne concrete biscuits. On the fourth floor of a chocolate factory in Chester, D-Drill (Master Drillers) Limited got to work cutting out concrete sections for contractors Barry Callebaut Manufacturing UK Ltd. The job consisted of four 1,850 mm diameter x 275 mm deep heavily reinforced concrete ‘biscuit’ shaped sections,…Read moreRead more

High priority environmental demolition about to start…three years late. The company responsible for demolishing the PCB-laden Aerovox mill in Massachusetts is about a month away from signing a settlement agreement with city, state and federal environmental officials, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The agreement will pave the way for the long-awaited demolition of…Read moreRead more

Jail owner claims that demolition works damaged historic jail building. Demolition crews that removed a former auto parts store to make way for a new library in Newhall have damaged a historic building next to it, according to the owner. City officials challenge the claim and say they have no reason to believe the old…Read moreRead more

How many companies – demolition or otherwise – have their own brand of whisky? Even in these tree-hugging, muesli-knitting, green tea-drinking, teetotal times in which we’re living, it is pleasing to note that at least one company understands the importance of tradition. Leading UK demolition contractor Safedem has given a nod to its proud Scottish…Read moreRead more

Demolition of incomplete South Padre Island “leaning tower” throws up interesting challenges. The “implosion” of the faulty, 31-story condominium tower and interconnected four-level parking garage on South Padre Island in Texas is not going to be standard by any measure, says the demolition contractor. The razing by explosives is complicated by the failed structural elements—a…Read moreRead more

Eight years on, demolition of New York’s Deutsche Bank building will start in earnest. Three and a half years after demolition began on the 41-storey Deutsche Bank – nicknamed the Tombstone at Ground Zero – building damaged in the 9/11 attack on New York, workers next week will start the arduous job of dismantling its…Read moreRead more

Demolition work underway…on the wrong building! Demolition work began Tuesday morning on an Oklahoma building — right next door to the one that was scheduled for removal. The city advertised for bids for removal of the building at 108-110 N. Second St. after the building that used to house Shrimp’s Pawn Shop partially collapsed in…Read moreRead more

Demolition work well underway at Houston’s Savoy Hotel. In a fashion that will be all too familiar to demolition contractors around the world, Cherry Demolition was awarded the contract to demolish a 103-year old portion of Houston’s Savoy Hotel. That contract was then rescinded and subsequently reinstated. And yet, despite making the contractor jump through…Read moreRead more

Dundee City Council celebrate as bids come in lower than expected. For the past few months, Demolition News has been reporting the gradual erosion of bid prices Stateside. Well, as the old adage goes, when America sneezes, the rest of the world catches cold. So it comes as no surprise to learn that Dundee City…Read moreRead more

Supplier of detonators blamed for failed implosion issue denial statement. When a chimney failed to implode at Kirby Muxloe in Leicestershire just over a week ago, the finger of blame pointed quickly at what was said to be a faulty batch of detonators. However, having received numerous phone calls disputing this explanation, Demolition News can…Read moreRead more