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JMX Contracting about to start work on Canadian record-breaker. The demolition of Vancouver’s 42-storey Empire Landmark Hotel is set to begin this month, but onlookers eager for a major implosion are likely to be disappointed. The contractor in charge of levelling the former hotel and revolving restaurant, JMX Contracting, says it will be using “cutting-edge,…Read moreRead more

North West Region backs incumbent NFDC President. Embattled NFDC President Paul Brown will return to the UK buoyed by the news that the members of the Federation’s North West Region have reportedly given him a vote of confidence in a hastily-arranged Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM). Ironically, the North West is the home region of KDC…Read moreRead more

Tenure of NFDC President hangs in the balance. DemolitionNews reports

Demolition contractor prosecuted over destruction of roosts. Developer Christopher Wilson of Avante Ltd appeared at Bournemouth Crown Court for sentencing on Friday 16 February 2018 after admitting two offences of damaging or destroying a breeding site or resting place of a European protected species of animal. He was sentenced to £2, 500 Proceeds of Crime…Read moreRead more

Extraordinary General Meeting scheduled as Federation goes on defensive. The National Federation of Demolition Contractors has called only the second Extraordinary General Meeting of its 75+ year history. DemolitionNews understands that the EGM will take place at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham on 13 March. The precise reason for the meeting is not yet…Read moreRead more

Police expect to interview more people under caution. More people will be interviewed under caution in the coming months as a multi-million pound investigation into the collapse of the Didcot power station continues. Giving an update on the case, Thames Valley Police (TVP) and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have conceded that they never…Read moreRead more

Council report recommending demolition of 26 Dundee flats was “seriously misleading”. Former housing convener Jimmy Black and West End Community Council leader Peter Menzies are calling for a rethink on plans to demolish a housing block to make way for affordable homes. A report, submitted to the Neighbourhood Services committee in October, claimed that a…Read moreRead more

Equipment show to relocate in 2019. The Construction Equipment Association (CEA) has announced the venue and dates for their next PLANTWORX trade show. It will be held at the East of England Arena and Events Centre, Peterborough from 11 to 13 June 2019. The last two events were held at the Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground, near…Read moreRead more

New association launched to ‘fight Scottish demolition sector’s corner’   A new industry association has this week been launched to represent the interests of Scotland’s specialist demolition contractors and to make the most of future opportunities for employment and growth in the Scottish demolition industry.   The inaugural meeting of the Demolition Contractors’ Association took…Read moreRead more

Controlled Demolition Inc chalks up another successful implosion. Controlled Demolition, Inc. (CDI), acting as explosives subcontractor to Pacific Steel & Recycling of Great Falls, Montana, has carried out the successful explosives felling of a 140’ tall, structural steel boiler house with a multi-fuel hung boiler in Missoula, Montana.