CDM implementation still “some way off” according to new impact survey. It is more than two years since the introduction of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 (CDM2007), in April 2007. Their purpose was to bear down yet further on unacceptable levels of avoidable accidents, injuries and deaths. According to the first CDM2007 Impact…Read moreRead more
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Survey reveals CDM implementation defficiencies…
HSE focus on bad vibrations…
The Health & Safety Executive rebrands vibration website to provide more information. Earthmoving News reports that the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has rebranded its vibration website with a new design and featuring advice and guidance on the risks of vibration. The website, which can be accessed here, features information associated with hand arm and…Read moreRead more
NDA calls for federal recycling regs…
National Demolition Association says US regulation is needed to encourage recycling. Michael Taylor, executive director of the National Demolition Association in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, outside Philadelphia, said there are about 14 different materials from a demolished structure that could be recycled. The association represents more than 900 demolition companies across North America. Taylor said the marketability…Read moreRead more
New contender for demolition video of the year…
Utterly beautiful new video showing a wrecking ball in action in Baltimore. This is absolutely stunning. Great footage, majestic soundtrack, and a wrecking ball used with accuracy and care. This could become a Demolition News classic! Let us know what you think or suggest your alternatives for video of the year in the Comments…Read moreRead more
Another Rusch monster…continued
More photos have just become available of the new Rusch Triple 34-25 in Norway. We would never suggest that you, our loyal readers, are predictable. But there are two things guaranteed to be popular here on Demolition News: video of demolition gone bad; and video and photos of big machines. Thankfully, unless our news sources…Read moreRead more
Another Rusch monster…
New photo showing the 34-25 high reach excavator from Dutch modifier Rusch. When your best-known machine has a working height of 90 metres, anything else is going to look pretty small by comparison. But don’t be fooled. The machine in the photo (left) might only reach a lowly 34 metres, but it can wield a…Read moreRead more
New Italian compact crushers…
The compact crusher bandwagon rolls on with two new Italian contenders. Picture the scene. You are the marketing manager of an Italian equipment manufacturer that is just a few months away from launching a pair of new but as yet unnamed compact crushers. It is your job to think of an appropriate name that will…Read moreRead more
What’s in a name…?
We are searching for the greatest name for a demolition company, real or imagined. Trawling through the vast, unmapped hinterlands of the Internet, we recently came across a New Orleans-based demolition company that goes by the marvelous name of Nutter Buster Demolition (apparently, the company is family-owned and the founder’s surname is Nutter). We doubt…Read moreRead more
We just hit a new record…
Visitors to the Demolition News website just hit a record high… When we first unveiled Demolition News approximately one year ago, we regularly monitored our traffic statistics on Google Analytics; and it often made for pretty depressing reading. Indeed, in our first month in operation, there were six days in which no-one at all visited…Read moreRead more
