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THSP launch new range of CDM2015 Advisor Services. Construction Health and Safety experts THSP Risk Management have launched a range of CDM2015 Advisor Services to complement the introduction of the new regulations. Designed to guide and assist contractors in complying with their duties under the new Construction (Design and Management) Regulations ,THSP’s CDM2015 range provides…Read moreRead more

Hackers exploit server vulnerability to expose porn viewers to demolition images. We received word overnight that DemolitionNews.com had been “hacked” by a specialist porn website that, coincidentally, was hosted on the same server. Due to the fact that some of the subscribers to DemolitionNews were also subscribers to “Hot Demolition Babes”, hackers were able to…Read moreRead more

Iconic structure marked for demolition? Work to demolish the landmark Dounreay Fast Reactor dome could start in seven years’ time. The structure, also known as the sphere and the golf ball, has been a feature of the north Caithness coast for almost 60 years. The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has recommended that the DFR be…Read moreRead more

Armac Group is looking to fill two key roles as part of expansion process. Solihull-based Armac Group, one of the UK’s most-respected demolition companies and a recognised leader in the field of bridge demolition, is seeking to enhance its performance with two key appointments. The company is actively seeking two experienced industry professionals to fill…Read moreRead more

Hard-hitting display highlights dangers of deadly fibres. Scores of heart-wrenching messages, written by people who have lost husbands, wives, fathers and children to asbestos-related diseases, are at the centre of a hard-hitting public art installation aimed at highlighting the dangers of exposure to the deadly fibres. Artist Joe Joiner, whose own great-grandmother died after being…Read moreRead more

2,000 Bermondsey homes evacuated and Tower Bridge closed after WWII ordnance unearthed. Industry news portal Construction Enquirer is reporting that Crawley-based demolition contractor Matthews has uncovered an unexploded 1,000 lb World War Two bomb on a south London building site near the Shard. A digger driver raised the alert triggering a widespread evacuation of over…Read moreRead more

Demolition firm sued over failure to pay demolition/asbestos fines. Federal workplace safety officials have sued Scarborough-based Downeast Construction Corp., seeking to collect fines for a series of safety violations during a demolition and asbestos removal operation at the embattled Forster Mill complex in Wilton. U.S. Attorney Thomas Delahanty on Sunday filed into the court’s electronic…Read moreRead more