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Billy Nabors Demolition faces legal action over demolition of wrong house. A Seagoville demolition company faces a lawsuit after it tore down the wrong Rowlett home following a deadly tornado outbreak in late December. Billy Nabors Demolition — whose slogan is “We could wreck the world” — tore down a duplex at 7601 and 7603…Read moreRead more

Company fined after workers are made sick by exposure to toxic material. Hazardous materials remediation workers removing mercury from a General Electric site suffered mercury exposure earlier this year and the contractor that employed them is to blame, according to a federal investigation. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Environmental Remediation Services Inc. of…Read moreRead more

Plans to create a north sea oil and gas decommissioning facility in Orkney revealed. DSM Demolition has released plans for the proposed site in Lyness, on the east coast of Hoy. The firm says it hopes to take advantage of the multi-billion pound decommissioning market expected as North Sea oil and gas fields reach the…Read moreRead more

Old Northam Hospital downed to make way for supermarket development. The old Northam Hospital in Western Australia was demolished yesterday. Northam Shire approved of the demolition in February this year, after the building was disused for the past two decades. Aldi and Coles Supermarkets and a petrol station vendor plan to develop on the site.

Robert Collard acquires father’s business. R Collard Ltd, the Hampshire based demolition, waste management and haulage company, today announced the acquisition of Reading-based M Collard Waste Management Ltd. The company will assimilate the business, assets and goodwill into its existing operations. The long-established family-run business will inevitably make a good fit with existing business at…Read moreRead more

TDS provides a look behind the scenes of Glasgow demolition project. Wirral-based Technical Demolition Services has provided the film crew from Glasgow City Council with a unique insight into the demolition process at the Sighthill, Scotland. The company, which has been very active in Scotland in recent years, is using its super high reach machine…Read moreRead more

Demolition continues on Multnomah Greyhound Park. Demolition work is ongoing at the former dog racing track Multnomah Greyhound Park in Oregon.

Old Victoria Infirmary campus in Glasgow sold for housing. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has announced that the the 4.0 hectare site is to be developed by the Worcester-based not-for-profit housing and care provider Sanctuary Group. A DemolitionNews source understands that leading Scottish demolition contractor Safedem has secured the asbestos removal, full demolition, facade retention…Read moreRead more

Famous sports stadium to fall before January 2018. Demolition of the Georgia Dome will be completed before college football’s national championship game comes to the new Falcons stadium next door in January 2018, according to a schedule outlined for a state board Tuesday. Leaders of the Mercedes-Benz Stadium construction team told the Georgia World Congress…Read moreRead more

Exonerated, but “angry as Hell.” An Oakland County jury today found a demolition consultant not guilty of attempting to overbill the Detroit Land Bank Authority of about $6,300. An angry Barry Ellentuck said after the verdict was read that he still hasn’t been vindicated because the corruption he reported in Detroit’s demolition program is still…Read moreRead more