UK demolition specialist Syd Bishop & Sons Ltd has donated almost £40,000 towards the restoration and extension of the nearby All Saints Church in the Parish of Fawkham and Hartley. Donated via the Community Credit Scheme, the money represents a significant proportion of the Landfill Tax taken at the company’s construction and demolition waste site…Read moreRead more
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Syd Bishop uses landfil tax for local community…
Bats block demolition…
A straightforward contract awarded to UK demolition contractor J Freeley Ltd to demolish a disused and vandalised building in Rochdale was delayed for more than 12 months; because it was discovered that bats had taken residence. A specialist bat ecologist put the demolition on hold until a new building was erected on site to provide…Read moreRead more
Demolition News “Webby” award goes to…
With the dust having settled on 2008 and 2009 now springing into life, we at Demolition News have taken a look back at our website traffic statistics to see what our readers have been looking at during the past year (well, the past three months – we only launched in October!) As is the tradition,…Read moreRead more
Demolition underway at Sportsman’s Park…
Demolition work is underway at Sportsman’s Park/Chicago Motor Speedway, the former dog track that was converted to a horse racing landmark by two of Chicago’s most famous sons: Edward O’Hare and Al Capone. For further information or to view a slide show of photos from the track’s glittering past and demolition present, click here:
Caterpillar’s loss is charity’s gain…
UK construction magazine Construction News is reporting that Staff at Caterpillar’s Desford factory in Leicestershire have been asked to do charity work and training for four weeks as production stops due to a sharp drop in orders. This news follows hot on the heels of recent reports of Caterpillar executives taking voluntary pay cuts. Read…Read moreRead more
Competition winners announced…
Three lucky Demolition News readers are celebrating a winning start to the New Year having won our New Year’s competition. The winners are: First Prize (a JCB JS 200W excavator model) goes to John Lee Second Prize (a Liebherr 435-13 telehandler model) goes to Karl Baxter Third Prize (a Bobcat S250 skid steer loader model)…Read moreRead more
New Year’s Message…
As we prepare to say goodbye to 2008 and herald in 2009, Demolition News has been speaking to some of the leaders on the demolition industry to gauge their personal, business and industry hopes, aspirations and fears for the coming year. These will be posted as they arrive, starting with this surprisingly bullish comment from…Read moreRead more
Attorney general to investogate illegal dumping…
The Pennsylvania attorney general’s office is to investigate how more than 20 tonnes of construction and demolition waste found its way into an operational cement works. Read the full story here.
Demolition News offers two forms of instant update…
When we set up www.demolitionnews.com, our sole intention was to bring our readers the very latest industry-related information as quickly and as seamlessly as possible in a variety of text, audio and video formats. However, while we’re often posting several new items each working day, the site has still required you to take the time…Read moreRead more
Aggregate Levy decision could impact upon recycling…
The Aggregates Levy, originally introduced as an environmental measure to encourage greater use of recycled or secondary materials, could be scrapped following a decision by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) that the justification for the charge should be reviewed. According to UK trade magazine Contract JOurnal, the ECJ overturned a 2006 decision of the…Read moreRead more