Workers exposed to radioactive particles during plant deconstruction. Dozens of workers demolishing a plutonium processing plant from the 1940s have inhaled or ingested radioactive particles in the past year, and even carried some of that radiation into their vehicles, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. Seven decades after making key portions of the atomic…Read moreRead more
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Radiation halts nuclear plant demolition…
Challenging contract ahead…
Tallest remaining Ronan Point-style block to be demolished due to structural concerns. The tallest remaining tower block built using the same system as the ill-fated Ronan Point is set to be demolished due to concerns about its “long-term structural integrity”. Leicester City Council is expected to approve proposals to knock down Goscote House on 16…Read moreRead more
Comment – Time for members to speak…
Surely now NFDC members should be asking who REALLY controls THEIR Federation? I would like to think that when newly-ousted NFDC President Paul Brown woke this morning, he did so rested and rejuvenated; the heavy burden of his troubled presidency having been lifted – albeit unceremoniously – from his sturdy shoulders. I would like to…Read moreRead more
Ousted…!
NFDC President succumbs to internal war of attrition. The National Federation of Demolition Contractors (NFDC) has announced that embattled President Paul Brown has resigned. Despite having the vocal support of several of the Federation’s regions and many of its individual members, Brown’s presidency has been beset by a series of attempts to oust him, including…Read moreRead more
Councillor calls for end to tower blocks…
Birmingham could kiss goodbye to tower blocks if councillor gets his way. If the Conservative Party are keen to secure the support of the likes of DSM, Coleman and Company, Armac and other Birmingham-based demolition contractors, they are going the right way about it. According to a report on Birmingham Live, Conservatives will get rid…Read moreRead more
Video – BAM goes another icon…
Medway skyline changed forever as Kingsnorth Power Station stack is imploded. Power station demolition experts Brown and Mason now seem to be carrying out controlled blasts with almost monotonous regularity. And the company has this morning chalked up yet another with the successful and spectacular implosion of the giant stack at the Kingsnorth Power Station….Read moreRead more
Seeking to give something back…
NFDC Region presses for members to receive more value. Although the members of the National Federation of Demolition Contractors are preparing themselves for what threatens to be a tempestuous Annual General meeting, the Federation’s senior officers have another hurdle to overcome first with a meeting of the National Council on Thursday. And one of the…Read moreRead more
Video – Brown and Mason blasts back…
Another successful implosion at Tilbury Power Station. Brown and Mason has cemented its position as one of the world’s leading exponents of power station demolition with another successful implosion at the Tilbury Power Station. A controlled blast on Friday felledbunkers 9 and 10 and the disused power station, along with the transfer tower:
FBI intensify Detroit investigations…
Alleged bid-rigging and collusion under scrutiny. The FBI has reviewed a report that suggests bid-rigging and collusion among Detroit demolition officials and contractors, documents obtained by the Free Press show. Contractors’ bids to tear down Detroit’s blighted homes were manipulated, the documents say, as part of a scheme concealed from state overseers yet known by…Read moreRead more
President fights on…
Compromise the order of the day at NFDC EGM. Anyone anticipating a verbal bloodbath at today’s Extraordinary General Meeting of the National Federation of Demolition Contractors will have been badly disappointed as all sides of the internal furore that has gripped the Federation for the past few weeks appear to have called a temporary cease…Read moreRead more
