UK trade magazine Contract Journal is reporting the theft of an unusual and VERY expensive item of equipment from its premises in Cannock just before Christmas. The machine in question is a gold-plated and diamond-encrusted Caterpillar Model Sixty dozer, and is one of only 500 in the world. Read the full story here.
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Equipment theft takes and expensive twist…
Caterpillar’s health and safety resource…
Having had a small dig at the plant giant (below) for its ill-timed “video of the week”, it seems only fair to redress the balance and highlight something that Caterpillar does spectacularly well. The company has created a dedicated health and safety website that is simply brimming with video and pdf download goodness. Anyone in…Read moreRead more
New Volvo high reach…
On Friday of this week, the world’s construction and demolition press will descend upon Paris for the pre-Intermat press conference during which the major manufacturers will afford them a sneak preview of the machines that will be on display at the show later in the year. One of the most interesting machines from a demolition…Read moreRead more
New Haven contractors face possible writ…
More than two years after the New Haven Coliseum was felled by controlled implosion, both the contractor and the city of New Haven are facing legal action over damaged caused to a nearby museum. Read the full story here and watch the implosion video below:
NFDC AGM…
The UK’s National Federation of Demolition Contractors will welcome its new President at its annual general meeting/luncheon in London on 6 March 2009. Anyone wishing to attend the luncheon can find a booking form by clicking here.
JCB job losses: supplemental…
Following on from the earlier post, here is the latest update on the latest JCB job losses: JCB GMB Works Convenor Gordon Richardson said: “The GMB at JCB UK are unfortunately informing their membership of a further wave of redundancies announced by the company today. Projected orders for the beginning of the year have not…Read moreRead more
Job losses continue at JCB…
JCB today announced a further 684 redundancies in the UK primarily as a result of the lack of credit available from banks to fund machine purchases and continuing low confidence. Production in the UK in the first three months of 2009 will be around 75 per cent lower than at the same time last year…Read moreRead more
Comply or face jail, trainer advises…
CDM2007.org, developer of the e-learning portal dedicated to CDM training, has warned UK construction and demolition companies that unless they ensure that their employees are fully and appropriately trained, with acceptable proof of competence, they could now risk a prison sentence in the event of a health and safety breach. The warning comes as the…Read moreRead more
A spiky problem…
Standing beside the City of Manchester Satdium at 58 metres in height and leaning at a more acute angle than the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the B of the Bang sculpture was commissioned at a cost of almost £1.5 million to mark the 2002 Commonwealth Games and beginning takes its name from a quotation from…Read moreRead more
NDTG AGM…
The UK’s National Demolition Training Group has announced the date for its annual general meeting. The meeting will take place at the Novotel in London’s Docklands on 5 February 2009. Full details are available from training co-ordinator Sophie Francis on Tel: 01784 456799 or via email: ndtg@demolition-nfdc.com
