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Brussels stadium to meet wrecking ball 30 years after night that lives in infamy. Forever tainted by the deaths of 39 football fans 30-years ago this week, there is movement afoot to demolish the old Heysel stadium altogether and build a brand new one nearby. Back in May 1985 as Liverpool took on Juventus in…Read moreRead more

Bridge implosion stumbles on scheduling speed=bumps. Implosion of the final section of the Donora-Webster bridge – initially planned for mid-spring – will likely occur in mid-summer. Under a “best case scenario,” the river span of the bridge will be imploded shortly after the Fourth of July weekend, said Scott Faieta, assistant construction engineer for PennDOT…Read moreRead more

Big win for North West contractor. Salford based PP O’Connor has been appointed by Celtic Technologies to carry out the bulk earthworks, remediation and ground stabilisation required for the enabling works for £170 million modernisation of the Davyhulme Wastewater Treatment Plant which is the largest of its kind in the North West. The site, located…Read moreRead more

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Kent-based contractor adds to trophy collection. Erith has achieved another notable success – this time at the ‘2015 National Grid Property Awards’ – scooping the ‘Outstanding SHE Performance Award’. Erith’s success was as a result of demonstrating an outstanding SHE performance across the past 12 months for works carried out for National Grid Property Holdings….Read moreRead more

If you’re going to PlantworX 2015, let this be your guide. PlantworX 2015 will be the biggest gathering of construction and demolition equipment this year. If you’re going to the show, the latest edition of Construction WorX magazine will be an invaluable guide to the must-see products and services that will be on display. If,…Read moreRead more

Save Britain’s Heritage protest at London demolition plans. University plans to demolish a row of Victorian buildings in central London are put on hold while government ministers consider the application. Thousands of people have signed a petition to stop King’s College London replacing the buildings on the Strand with a new, bigger academic building. Save…Read moreRead more

Contractor stands accused of preventing dust with “the wrong kind of water”. There was a time when local residents would have been grateful of any kind of dust suppression deployed on a demolition site. But, it seems, when you’re in the midst of a drought and there’s the potential for a legal suit, those days…Read moreRead more

Portsmouth company is world’s first carbon certified firm. Hughes and Salvidge have created history by becoming the first demolition company globally to be certified to the Carbon Trust Standard for Carbon. The Carbon Trust Standard for Carbon is an independent certification which recognises organisations that successfully measure, manage and reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, demonstrating…Read moreRead more

New company appointed to clean-up round building rubble. When the demolition company you chose shoots up the site with an automatic weapon and then abandons the semi-completed works altogether, you too would probably want a little peace of mind when selecting a suitable replacement. Well, that is quite literally what has happened in Orlando, Florida…Read moreRead more