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Work is underway to dismantle the controversial “B of the Bang” sculpture in Manchester. Regular visitors to this site will recall that the controversial “B of the Bang” sculpture had been earmarked for demolition following problems with the deadly-looking steel spikes. Manchester’s Key103 radio station is reporting that work is now underway on the dismantling…Read moreRead more

Video showing the demolition of oil tanks at Galway Docks.

Scottish prison demolition project exceeds recycling targets. A Scottish prison demolition project, managed by contractor Carillion, has beaten its own recycling target of 98 per cent by hitting 99.5 per cent. Less than half a per cent of waste from the site was sent to landfill meaning the project was very close to achieving Scotland’s…Read moreRead more

Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) to unveil a new high-reach excavator at Intermat. Visitors to the Intermat exhibition in Paris later this month will be able to view the latest demolition offering from Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) N.V. Key among the new products will be the ZX470LCH-3 equipped with a 27 metre, three-stage high reach boom…Read moreRead more

Presence of red-tailed hawks delays light tower demolition. In the past few weeks, I have written at length about the subject of demolition projects being delayed because of the presence of bats. However, they tend to do things bigger in the US so we were interested to read this story about an American project that…Read moreRead more

C&D Consultancy has kindly provided a link to a preview video from the Detonators series. Fans of demolition implosions – and let’s face it, who isn’t – should head over to the C&D Consultancy website where they have kindly posted a link to a new preview video from the forthcoming “The Detonators” TV series. Featuring…Read moreRead more

JCB has officially opened its new £40 million excavator factory. With its former excavator factory now being dismantled by Armoury Demolition, JCB has officially opened the doors of its new £40 million Heavy Products factory in the company’s traditional Uttoxeter home. That opening is captured here in the last (for now) of our exclusive JCB…Read moreRead more

The Health and Safety Executive has published an updated downloadable leaflet on leptospirosis. The short guide explains types, symptoms and prevention. The disease can be caught when the bacteria enters the body through cuts etc or mouth, throat and eye linings after contact with infected urine or contaminated water, such as in sewers, ditches, ponds…Read moreRead more

Armoury Demolition is taking down the former JCB excavator factory. NFDC member Armoury Demolition is using a host of JCB equipment to demolish the former JCB heavy products factory. Demolition News has exclusive video footage of the kit in action:

Demolition News was granted an exclusive video interview with JCB CEO, Matthew Taylor. To coincide with the official opening of its new Heavy Products factory in Staffordshire, equipment giant JCB granted Demolition News an exclusive video interview with CEO, Matthew Taylor: