Drone captures ongoing work at former Barnsley Central Offices. It’s Friday afternoon and our thoughts are turning to the weekend. And so, to help you wind down, we’re delighted to bring you this excellent drone video showing the demolition of Barnsley Central offices: Barnsley Central Offices Demolition Update 25th January 2016 from Geoff Fox on…Read moreRead more
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Video – Looking down on Barnsley…
Video – Making an impact…
Time-lapse film details Salt Lake City demolition. I have long believed that Downwell Demolition in the UK had a monopoly on the best and most industry-appropriate name in the demolition business. But here’s a company that might just give them a run for their money. Our buddies at Impact DEmolition just sent us this time-lapse…Read moreRead more
Worsley sets out Southern stall…
Company hosts opening of new depot to serve the demolition sector in the South of England. Middlewich-based attachments specialist Worsley Plant has hosted a well-attended open day to celebrate the opening of its new sales and service facility in the South of England. The opening of the new depot, together with the appointment of former…Read moreRead more
World Book Day special offer…
We’re doing our bit for child literacy and industry engagement. Exactly one month from today (if you’re in the UK), while I am making ready to address several hundred schoolchildren at a Surrey school, you will likely be running around the house, desperately trying to find a suitable costume for your little darling who has…Read moreRead more
Taking a bite from chocolate factory…
Former Nestle facility is coming down. The central New York plant that produced Nestle chocolate products for more than a century is being torn down. Demolition is set to get underway at the former Nestle plant in the city of Fulton, in Oswego County 25 miles north of Syracuse. The 24-acre site along state Route…Read moreRead more
Facing down the industry’s biggest killer…
C&D Consultancy throws its weight behind the Working Well Together campaign. A West Midlands training specialist has teamed up with the ‘Working Well Together’ campaign to help prevent construction workers from being affected by the biggest single cause of work-related deaths. Experts from C&D Consultancy will provide three interactive ‘Asbestos Awareness’ workshops later this month,…Read moreRead more
Demolition power facilitates fire power…
Collard honoured for training facility input. Newly-appointed executive director John Watson presents Robert Collard with a Certificate of acknowledgement in recognition of the training facility of Frenchay Hospital, Bristol. The site, some 25 hectares, has been used to facilitate the training of 325 armed response officers, forces included Bristol & Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire. The…Read moreRead more
Date set for Hulton Bridge blast…
Century-old river crossing faces date with explosive destiny. PennDOT will implode the 107-year-old Jonathan Hulton Bridge in Oakmont, Pennsylvania on 26 January. The bridge, which spans the Allegheny River between Oakmont and Harmar Township, is being demolished because a replacement span built next to it is now open to traffic and substantially complete. “We’re looking…Read moreRead more
Gilpin check in at Quality Hotel…
Works underway at Plymouth “eyesore” hotel. Work to demolish the derelict eyesore Quality Hotel will begin this afternoon, the city council has revealed. The city council completed a deal to buy the site at the start of last week, and have now appointed Gilpin Demolition to undertake the work. Cllr Mark Lowry, cabinet member for…Read moreRead more
Cementing the deal…
Giant cement works chimney faces date with destiny. Work to demolish Tarmac’s former cement works at Westbury – including the 122-metre chimney – is due to commence in the next few weeks with Cuddy Group having secured the contract. The site, which was mothballed in 2009 and is currently owned by Tarmac, includes two kilns…Read moreRead more
