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The UK’s Health & Safety Executive has hit a Scottish company with a prohibition notice following a site visit that identified “various hazards” including Whole Body Vibration, dust and noise. The prohibition notice, which can be viewed on the attached pdf document, comes hot on the heels of the publication of the National Federation of…Read moreRead more

Yesterday (19 November 2008) saw the long awaited implosion of the Dan Rive Dye Mill in Danville, VA. This video takes a while to get to the actual implosion but its worth sticking with it to see the left-hand chimney/tower shed its skin as it falls.

I would NEVER advise anyone to try to run an excavator down a ramp comprising a pair or unsecured I beams, particularly when they’re covered in snow!!

Here is an exclusive download of Mark Anthony’s presentation at the recent EDA seminar in Istanbul which contends that the EDA should have merely adopted the NFDC’s original guidance as its own. eda-presentation This presentation is best read after viewing Stefano Panseri’s presentation of the EDA’s own findings which can be viewed here:

I simply don’t have the words to express my feelings on this photo: My thanks to www.demolishdismantle.co.uk for drawing our attention to this image.

“…high reach excavators are like surgically enhanced breasts. They are unnatural; their cost is disproportionate to their additional utilisation; and our fixation with them does us no credit…” Mark Anthony

The implosion of the RCA Dome, former home of the Indianapolis Colts, is less than five weeks away. Since the roof was deflated on September 24, crews have been working to get everything out of the building. Now, the remainder of the conventional demolition is continuing, getting ready for the implosion which is scheduled for…Read moreRead more