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The Health & Safety Executive will target industry’s big killers in Lancashire next week. A large Lancashire industrial estate will be targeted next week as part of a new initiative to tackle the county’s three biggest workplace killers. Representatives from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and Wyre Borough Council will visit nearly 120 businesses…Read moreRead more

A press release from the CPA claims to set the quick hitch record straight. But does it? The launch of Demolition News towards the tail-end of 2008 was fortunate enough to coincide with the first murmurings of confusion over the safe use of semi-automatic quick hitches. Since that time, even when there has been a…Read moreRead more

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It’s been a long time coming, but we’ve finally unveiled our new C&D waste website, Wastelines. Since the beginning of the year, when Demolition News really began to take shape, we have been talking amongst ourselves about the possibility of replicating the success of this site with something similar based purely upon to contentious and…Read moreRead more

Ship scrapping prices see unrealistic rise, according to industry magazine, Tradewinds. The “unjustified” jump in demolition prices is creating a daunting situation for owners, US cash buyer GMS says. In its weekly report, GMS explained: “Chinese containers have jumped well in excess of $265 per ton, indications from Bangladesh (for tankers) crept up towards $330…Read moreRead more

C&D Consultancy is offering you the chance to press the button on an implosion. Ever wanted to be the one to press the button to implode a building or structure? If so, John Woodward at C&D Consultancy and Joe Childs at Bloom Plant is offering you the chance while raising money for the Bluebell Wood…Read moreRead more

Demolition News is going to the RWM 2009 exhibition…see us there. Following some lively discussions on Twitter, Demolition News is all set to participate in a “tweet-up” get together at the RWM 2009 exhibition at the Birmingham NEC on 16 September. Among those signed up to the meeting already are C&D Consultancy’s John Woodward, Dig…Read moreRead more

ConstructionSkills launches money-saving products to help companies through recession. In a bid to help construction firms stay safe and productive during the downturn, ConstructionSkills has launched a set of money-saving product bundles. Bringing together essential guides, tools and CDs into handy sets, the bundles focus on key areas of Health and Safety, and help firms…Read moreRead more

Demolition News is using the latest mobile audio technology to bring you daily news. The technology may have a silly name but AudioBoo is now allowing Demolition News to deliver brief, three-minute audio news broadcasts both here at the Demolition News website AND via iTunes. And, as this technology is designed to work via a…Read moreRead more