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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

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

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.

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

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

Trade magazine D&RI is reporting that the International Organisation for Standardisation has issued an end-of life directive for earthmoving equipment. To read the article and to view the guidelines, please click here.

The past three months has been an incredibly exciting and rewarding time for all of us here at Demolition News. In that time, our concept has evolved from an idea to a living, breathing website with its own magazine and a rapidly-expanding raneg of audio and video podcasts. During our first month of operation, this…Read moreRead more

During the past 12 months, www.demolitionnews.com has been lucky enough to have been given a number of very nice machine models by manufacturers including Liebherr, JCB and Bobcat. However, as one of our New Year’s resolutions is to keep the office tidy, the time has come to pass these on to some more deserving causes….Read moreRead more

In one of the most eagerly awaited implosions of the year, the former home of the Indianapolis Colts finally came down this weekend; and the US press was out in force to capture this historic moment. Details of the final moments of the RCA Dome can be found here: Canadian Press Indianapolis Star Associated Press…Read moreRead more