Robots will soon begin dismantling the plant which gave Dounreay the title of being the world’s nuclear dustbin. Details can be found here.
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Robots to attack nuclear dustbin…
EXCLUSIVE – Blown foam interview…
In an exclusive video interview with Demolition News, CA Group Ltd commercial director Brian Watson reveals the true scale of the problem of foam panels that were produced with ozone-depleting CFCs and HCFCs.
General collects construction “oscar”…
UK demolition and recycling contractor General Demolition has won the Demolition Contractor of the Year award at the Contract Journal Construction Industry Awards 2008, the Oscars of the construction world, which were held on Monday, 22 September at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London. “We are extremely proud to have won this prestigious award in…Read moreRead more
Cancer cluster building demolished…
An old house at the centre of a cancer cluster scare at Atherton Fire Station in Cairns, Australia has been demolished. Cairns-based demolition experts began removing asbestos from the house adjoining the fire station on Friday and finished the job yesterday with an excavator. Read the full story here.
Smokestack slow to fall…
It might be purely due to camera angle but this smokestack seems to take an age to finally fall.
The colours of demolition…
Not sure I know quite what this is all about. It features a very odd soundtrack and some special effects that appear to have been borrowed from a 1980s pop video but the lasting question is why use a high reach excavator for a single storey demolition project?
High reach time-lapse…
This is a really good time-lapse video showing a high reach excavator in operation in Dublin, Ireland.
Profits up at Brown & Mason…
Brown & Mason, the UK contractor known for its power station demolition capabilities, has enjoyed a rise in pre-tax profit to £1.4m. Turnover ran to £31m which was £5m higher than the previous figure of £26m. Pre-tax profit in the previous year ran to £850,000. Full details can be found here.
Lagos demolition completed safely…
It was a scene to behold as the 18 storey Bank of Industry building was recently brought down in 10 Seconds The site of the demolished Bank of Industry, (BOI Tower), at Broad Street on Lagos Island has become a tourist centre of sorts. Many Lagosians now visit the place to have a glimpse of…Read moreRead more
