An excavator trying to demolish a New England home flipped over Monday afternoon, crashing into the backside of another home. Read the story and see the photo here.
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Flipped excavator hits wrong building…
Demolition builder inundated…
A builder who demolished his handiwork after a customer did not pay has had more than £3m of unpaid bills registered on his website. Nigel Gray set up a website roguecustomer.com after he knocked down a £15,000 porch and conservatory in Shoreham, West Sussex when the tenant missed deadlines for payment. Read the full story…Read moreRead more
Smokestack demolition…
On Tuesday, November 25, 2008 at 10am, the Lovett Coal Plant, one of the dirtiest burning coal plants in the US, had its 475-foot smokestack demolished today by Mirant Corporation. View the video below:
Israel cracks down on C&D waste…
In light of the growing severity of the problem of construction and demolition waste in Israel’s open spaces and in the aftermath of a State Comptroller report on the subject, the Ministry of Environmental Protection and the Ministry of Finance have decided to set up a dedicated enforcement unit to deal with the problem. The…Read moreRead more
Asbestos fears over Dublin cinema demolition…
Plans to demolish one of Dublin’s oldest cinemas have been met with protests from neighbours who fear the building is packed with asbestos. Developers plan to knock down the 1923-built Stella Cinema in Rathmines and replace it with a fitness centre and apartment block. The historic building, which closed in August 2004, was famous for…Read moreRead more
Long Hall implosion…
The Implosion of Long Hall, November 22, 2008 at Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, Louisiana
Cherry picks up award…
Cherry Demolition, based in Houston, has received the 2008 Excellence in Construction award for its work and safety record during a six-month project dismantling sections of BP Amoco’s chemical plant in Pasadena, Texas. The award was presented to Cherry by the Associated Builders and Contractors of Greater Houston. Full story here.
Latest time-lapse video…
High reach excavator? Check! Hard hats and PPE? Check. Time-lapse camcorder in place? Check! It seems that no self-respecting demolition contractor can carry out work today without first installing a video camera to record the work in progress. That said, this one showing the Colorade Cleanup Corporation taking down the former Rocky Mountain Newspaper Agency…Read moreRead more
Demolition company fined following site death…
UK demolition contractor PC Richardson has been fined £100,000 following a fatal accident in which one of its workers was killed while working on nuclear decommissioning at the Sellafield site in Cumbria. Meanwhile PC Richardson’s client Sellafield Ltd was fined £150,000. The penalties came after 36-year-old Richardson employee Neil Cannon was killed in January 2003…Read moreRead more
Scottish company hit with crusher prohibition…
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
