UK rental company moves LEGO pharaoh. This isn’t demolition-related but, knowing the industry’s love of equipment and its use in delicate operations, we simply couldn’t resist sharing this with you: Click here to see a 4 metre, 200,000 piece LEGO Pharaoh being moved.
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Just when you think you’ve seen everything…
Cuddy bags demolition Oscar…
Neath-based Cuddy Group has been named Demolition Contractor of the Year. International demolition contractor Cuddy Group has scooped an Oscar of its own for ‘demolition contractor of the year’, at one of the construction industry’s most prestigious awards ceremony. Triumphing in their fiercely contested category, the Neath-based company beat off competition to pick up the…Read moreRead more
demolition-jobs.co.uk video introduction…
Exclusive video introducing the new demolition-jobs.co.uk website. Mark Anthony, press officer of the National Federation of Demolition Contractors and the editor of Demolition & Dismantling magazine, narrates an introduction to www.demolition-jobs.co.uk, a new website developed to help the demolition industry’s unemployed back into employment.
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO – NDTG Update…
Sophie Francis & Howard Button provide update on NDTG training. The National Federation of Demolition Contractors took the opportunity to update its members of progress with a multitude of training-related matters at the Annual General Meeting on London on Friday 6 March. In this exclusive video, NDTG training officer Sophie Francis and NFDC chief executive…Read moreRead more
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO – Inaugural speech of new NFDC President…
New NFDC President David Darsey gives his inaugural speech. On 6 March 2009, David Darsey of Erith Group became the youngest-ever president of the National Federation of Demolition Contractors. In this exclusive video, Demolition News captures Darsey’s inaugural speench:
demolition-jobs.co.uk goes live…
Demolition News launches demolition-jobs.co.uk to help demo workers back into employment www.demolitionnews.com and the National Federation of Demolition Contractors have today officially launched demolition-jobs.co.uk, a FREE website designed to allow newly-redundant and long-term unemployed demolition workers to advertise their skills and qualifications to prospective employers. As the worldwide economic crisis deepens, demolition workers have started…Read moreRead more
Donnington’s Dunlop Bridge Downed…
World famous Dunlop Bridge bites the dust in controlled demolition contract. The iconic Dunlop Bridge that has straddled the race track at Donnington Park, home to both the British Forumla 1 Grand Prix and British Motorcycle Grand Prix, is no more. Midlands-based specialist contractor Armac has used a Caterpillar high reach excavator to safely remove…Read moreRead more
Unlucky 13 in running for London Crossrail…
13 of the UK’s highest profile demolition companies are competing for the Crossrail works. UK trade magazine Contract Journal is reporting that 13 companies are vying for the £20 million demolition works associated with London’s controversial Crossrail project that is due to commence in April. Read the full story here.
Sector backs Gold medal Taekwon-Do prospect…
Taekwon-Do campaign hits the £800 mark, thanks to the generosity of the UK demolition industry. The campaign to send British Taekwon-Do champion Leanne Evans to the European championships in Croatia has picked up pace. Thanks to the generosity of AR Demolition C&D Consultancy, Cantillon, Demolition News, Erith Group and one sponsor who has chosen to…Read moreRead more
Lightening the load…
Engineers are pre-weakening and lightening a disused Ohio bridge in readiness for implosion. The Pomeroy Daily Sentinel newspaper reports that demolition engineers have set to work to strip back the disused Pomeroy Mason bridge in readiness for its eventual implosion. Although no date has yet been set, the Ohio Department of Transportation is trying to…Read moreRead more