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A demolition operation in Burma has destroyed….a dozer and an excavator! A demolition operation by the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), an ethnic armed rebel group, has destroyed a Caterpillar D6 track-type tractor and a 20-tonne excavator near the village of Ta-ah Tah in Karen State in Burma. KNLA forward scouts strapped the explosives under…Read moreRead more

Peter Jones warns that foam panels could negate Kyoto environmental gains. Any environmental gains made by the Kyoto agreement could be wiped out if Governments fail to address Ozone Depleting Substance foam issue. That’s the harsh message that was delivered to the Institute of Demolition Engineers‘ seminar last week by expert Peter Jones of Peter…Read moreRead more

Demolition of oldest building at London’s Heathrow Airport to start today. The Queen’s Building at Terminal 2, which opened in 1955, will be knocked down by January 2010 when demolition of the rest of the terminal will begin. Terminal 2 currently serves eight million passengers per year but it will serve 20 million when the…Read moreRead more

Latest picture from our “what the hell were they thinking” series. I have no idea which contractor did this, why they allowed pedestrians so close to a clearly unstable and crumbling structure or even what country this was taken in. All I do know is that I’d be giving this building a wider berth than…Read moreRead more

Demolition of former laboratory disposal area brings unique challenges. The Los Alamos National Laboratories will begin a demolition project Wednesday that will help close its largest active disposal area known as “Area G.” The project will demolish a 22,500 square foot containment dome that once stored drums of radioactive waste. Lab officials said the project…Read moreRead more

Kent car park faces demolition after masonry fell from column, striking a car. The crumbling Westgate Car Park in Kent Road, Dartford, was closed immediately following the incident on August 19. Over the last six weeks, Dartford Council has commissioned an independent consultant structural engineer to undertake a full survey of the car park structure….Read moreRead more

Fear is rising that the cost of demolishing the K-25 building could hit $1 billion. At the end of last year, demolition work began to dismantle the K-25 Building at the East Tennessee Technology Park Heritage Center (ETTP), the first facility ever built to enrich uranium using the gaseous diffusion process and, in its day,…Read moreRead more

Contract to demolish 30 Ohio homes let at 40% less than previous asking price. There are some websites and publications that will have you believe that low pricing and bid undercutting is just “one of those things” that we all have to put up with. Not around here we don’t. We have just one interest…Read moreRead more

Edinburgh schoolchildren compete to demolish three housing blocks. A safety poster competition has been organised by the city council, with the winner getting to push the demolition button when the flats come down. The three blocks in Gracemount – Gala, Soutra and Fala Courts – are due to be demolished by Coleman & Co on…Read moreRead more

$3 billion earmarked for defence spending, with some of the cash destined for the demolition sector. Defence Professionals reports that multiple contractors have been awarded a $3,000,000,000 contract for environmental requirements that include completion of a conceptual design, construction, implementation, demolition, repair and operation and maintenance of installed systems prior to delivery to the government….Read moreRead more