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Demolition News interview with Westquay’s Garry Adey on the new Rockhawg 1475. Warrington-based Westquay Trading recently unveiled the new Tesmec 1475 Rockhawg. Demolition News was on hand to discuss the new machine, and Westquay’s plans for introducing it to the demolition market with commercial manager Garry Adey. Click the play button (below) to listen now…Read moreRead more

The new website of excavator modifier Kocurek has gone live today. The launch of a new website isn’t normally the kind of thing we’d get excited about here at Demolition News. However, given that this new site has been produced for Kocurek, the market-leading supplier of high reach front end equipment for demolition excavators, and…Read moreRead more

A new white paper from DustBoss highlights the specific dangers of dust in the workplace. According to DustBoss, very few of the recent magazine articles on dust control discuss the specific hazards that can be caused by airborne particles. But a white paper originally presented at a recent IDE (Institute of Demolition Engineers) regional meeting…Read moreRead more

Demolition health specialist Nichola Elvy is urging demolition workers to book flu vaccinations. Building Health is now taking advanced orders for the flu vaccine. The company reports that its stock is all ordered and is due to arrive in the last week of September. “We cannot order any more stock of the vaccine now as…Read moreRead more

Caterpillar has made available a range of free equipment safety and maintenance checklists. Those good people over at Caterpillar have underlined their commitment to equipment safety by offering customers a free-to-download range of equipment maintenance and safety checklists. They cover the entire range of Caterpillar equipment – although they’re equally applicable to machines from other…Read moreRead more

Pinden Plant held an open day at its recycling facility on 3 July 2009. And we were there. Following significant recent investments in both equipment and vehicles, Kent-based Pinden Plant has thrown open the doors of its Dartford quarry, waste management and recycling business for an open day that was attended by more than 300…Read moreRead more

Demolition News attended the UK launch of the Tesmec 1475 Rockhawg; here’s the video. In order to improve the quality of our video output here at Demolition News, we are currently installing some new editing software which we hope to take live in the next few weeks. This has, however, limited our ability to edit…Read moreRead more

A local mayor has called a halt on an implosion after a first attempt went awry. Just over two weeks ago, a US demolition contractor attempted to fell a BASF chemical factory in Portsmouth, Virginia. But all did not go according to plan and a large part of the building was left standing. Possibly prompted…Read moreRead more

Big Brother follows Demolition News’ lead with Blaklader workwear. This is the last time I will mention my kilt-wearing escapade, I promise. But news has just reached us that the UK edition of the Big Brother television programme has also spotted the stylish qualities of Blaklader workwear and featured them heavily in last night’s episode….Read moreRead more

We’ve been so busy of late that we forgot to welcome our new sponsors! The Demolition News website, sadly, doesn’t generate much in the way of money and revenue. In fact, the entire website exists ONLY thanks to the kind contributions of our sponsors who (bless ’em) appreciate what we’re trying to do here. As…Read moreRead more