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Skid steer loader giant Bobcat unveils new range of combination buckets. A new family of combination buckets is now available for Bobcat skid-steer, compact tracked and all-wheel steer loaders. Comprising five models with widths from 157 to 213 cm (62 to 84 in), the new combination buckets replace the buckets previously offered in these sizes…Read moreRead more

Video of wrecking ball cable being changed; far better than it sounds. We have been trying to get our hands on this video for months now but, with one thing and another, it hasn’t happened. However, our friends over at Stephen SetteDucatti Photography have just made this available. And we think you’ll agree it’s been…Read moreRead more

RICS launches guide to sustainability and the property life cycle. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is using official guidance to encourage members to use their expertise to promote sustainable approaches to their work in land, property and construction. Through its latest guidance Sustainability and the Property Life Cycle RICS details how sustainability can…Read moreRead more

Photos showing the demolition of the Dunkerton Viaduct in 1981 have come to light. I’m never sure why old photos and video footage of long-forgotten demolition works suddenly comes to light. But I am grateful, nonetheless, because it does give a useful insight into how our industry used to look. Take, for example, this set…Read moreRead more

Demolition of North Dakota landmark water tower delayed by high winds. Grand Forks officials said they’re delaying the demolition of the city’s old “Smiley” water tower because of the threat of high winds. The demolition of the 77-year-old tower with a painted smile and a wink had been scheduled later this week. A statement from…Read moreRead more

Getting Personal – New road signs drive the message home. The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) District 2 will remind drivers that workers on the Dana to Downtown project on State Route 44 in Redding are not just the crew, but someone’s family. Special safety/caution signs with the message “Please Slow Down My Dad/Mom Works…Read moreRead more

Demolition work is about to commence on Kentucky’s famous Executive Inn. Denney Excavating is about to start work on the controlled dismantling of the “Big E” Executive Inn Rivermont in Kentucky, which once hosted the likes of Frank Sinatra. Regular readers will recall that the contract to demolish the Big E was one of a…Read moreRead more

Exclusive video of Ruud Schreijer’s presentation to the Institute of Demolition Engineers. Ruud Schreijer, the engineer behind the world’s biggest high reach excavator, was in London last week to tell the members of the Institute of Demolition Engineers the background to his creation of a 90 metre monster. And Demolition News was there. The following,…Read moreRead more

The UK’s Health & Safety Executive issues safety warning over Liftlux scissor lift models. The Health and Safety Executive in the UK has issued a bulletin to alert employers and employees about recent structural failures of the main support structure (chassis) on Liftlux models SL260-25 and SL245-25 scissor lifts. This information is being provided in…Read moreRead more

Construction equipment “falling from the sky” in Vietnam. Motorists and pedestrians braving Ho Chi Minh City’s traffic-packed streets now have to face a new danger: falling construction cranes and scaffolding. As more high-rise buildings go up across the city, more pieces of construction equipment drop from the sky, endangering passers-by, with officials complaining that current…Read moreRead more