Credit crunch could lead to failure of waste and recycling companies. According to MRW magazine, large waste and recycling companies could be at risk if the Government does not intervene to ensure access to new credit over the next three months. Business lobby group, the CBI, warned that a worsening credit crunch could hit companies…Read moreRead more
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Waste & Recycling firms at risk from credit crunch…
What is Twitter…
Demolition News offers a brief guide to Twitter, the latest online phenomenon. You will read a lot about Twitter online but the best description I have seen as yet is, quite simply: “…a 140 character text message sent to a selected, willingly-subscribed, global audience instantly that can respond with equal ease”. In essence, Twitter is…Read moreRead more
Twitter momentum grows…
Caterpillar and Dig A Crusher are the latest to join the Twitter revolution. It takes a forward-thinking company to embrace the latest technology in the fast-paced world of online marketing. So it is pleasing to note that two familiar names from the world of demolition have become the latest to join the Twitter revolution. Customers…Read moreRead more
EDA unveils draft seminar programme
The EDA has released draft details of its next seminar which takes place in Nice, France from 4 to 6 June 2009. Following the success of its most recent seminar in Istanbul, Turkey, the European Demolition Association has released initial details of its next seminar which is due to take place in Nice from 4…Read moreRead more
D-Drill debuts at The Shard…
Diamond Drilling specialist, D-Drill Master Drillers was the first drilling contractor to be involved in the Shard London Bridge project. Sub contracted directly by Barhale, the D-Drill team was brought in to help establish the make up of the ground underneath the 28 year old Southwark Tower before demolition work could start. Operatives trained to…Read moreRead more
Skip hirer fined over asbestos storage…
The owner of a skip hire company has been ordered to pay £5,048 in fines and costs for storing potentially dangerous asbestos at a site near Salisbury, Wiltshire after the case was brought by the Environment Agency. On 22 May 2008, Agency officers were carrying out a routine inspection of a waste transfer station when…Read moreRead more
Demolition causes mercury spills…
Demolition work in the Searles Valley Mineral Plant 170 miles North of Los Angeles has led to back-to-back mercury spills, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Together, the two incidents produced the West’s biggest spill of mercury – a potent neurotoxin – in two decades, said Robert Wise, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on-scene coordinator. He…Read moreRead more
Bats delay stadium demolition…
Demolition of Cannock Stadium in the UK delayed by presence of bats. The controversial demolition of Cannock Stadium has been delayed until at least July – after reports that there are bats on the site. The decision to bulldoze the stadium was made in December because it had become a magnet for yobs since closing…Read moreRead more
Blown Foam controversy rages on…
Blown foam argument rears its head again. The controversy over the processing and disposal of “blown foam” which we first covered back in October of last year continues to rage on as the subject makes the news in the Sunday Herald. It appears that this is one problem that just won’t go away.
Twitter following grows…
Following our recent decision to use Twitter to spread the word about the latest news here on Demolition News, we’re delighted to announce that our number of followers is growing slowly but surely. The latest to join us is Richard Dolman, subject of an article in our first magazine and newly-elected to the board of…Read moreRead more