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Contractor departs Florida site at centre of automatic weapons furore. Remnants of the “Round Building” will continue to linger near the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, after officials said Tuesday that the company hired to tear it down has defaulted on its contract. The city had initially hoped to demolish the Round Building…Read moreRead more

Price Waterhouse Coopers issues official statement on the administration of Scottish demolition company, Masterton. DemolitionNews reports.

Voluntary arrangement fails to save Masterton from inexorable slide into the abyss. It is a year, almost to the day, since I visited the Bacton Gas Terminal in North Norfolk to see Masterton demonstrating its demolition prowess in a challenging and spark-free environment. The resulting article never made it into print, partly because we were…Read moreRead more

Former IDE president decries lack of investment in demolition education. John Woodward, founder of C&D Consultancy and former president of the Institute of Demolition Engineers, believes his industry is in urgent need of ‘young blood’ if it is to meet its current and future commitments. The industry expert estimates that more than 600 positions need…Read moreRead more

Former Olympic venue to fall in preparation for 2020 Games. Tokyo’s National Stadium, the centerpiece of the 1964 Olympic Games, will be completely demolished by September and construction on a new facility for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics is to begin in October, according to details published on Thursday. The new 80,000-seat stadium is slated to…Read moreRead more

J. Bryan (Victoria) throws its award-winning hat into the recruitment ring. Fresh off the back of winning the Collaboration Award at the recent World Demolition Awards, leading North West of England contractor J. Bryan (Victoria) has set off on a recruitment hunt. With a series of high-profile, ongoing and upcoming contracts under its belt (including…Read moreRead more

Pair of fire stations face demolition as part of modernisation. Plans to demolish and replace two West Midlands fire stations – one of which is Grade II listed – are being considered by the authority. The futures of Aston and Coventry stations will be discussed by West Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority (WMFRA) on Monday….Read moreRead more

Stubborn lift shaft succumbs…at last. The elevator shaft of the Clarion Hotel and Casino that defiantly remained standing after an overnight implosion came down Tuesday afternoon. A spokesperson for the Controlled Demolition Inc., which was contracted for the project, said there was a chance the stout elevator shaft might “stall” during the implosion. The company…Read moreRead more