Health & Safety Executive calls for thorough planning of demolition. Following the airing of the first episode of the Channel 5 documentary “When Demolitions Go Wrong” HSE is reminding demolition and construction firms of the need to review their processes with a particular focus on thorough planning, management and control of demolition and refurbishment work….Read moreRead more
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HSE reinforces guidance…
End of an era in Cumbernauld…
High-rise living laid to rest by Safedem. Cumbernauld’s last two tower blocks are being reduced to rubble, making space for more than 130 new homes. Safedem’s demolition of Stuart House and Elliot House in Burns Road by high-reach excavator marks the end of more than 50 years of high-rise living in the town. Affordable housing…Read moreRead more
Breaking News – Liston Group folds…
Birmingham-based contractor calls in the administrators. Liston Group, the Birmingham-based demolition, asbestos and civil engineering contractor, has called in the administrators following what the company describes as a “terrible year” in 2018. Although no official statement has yet been made, DemolitionNews understands that a mix of contract delays and subsequently poor cash-flow contributed to the…Read moreRead more
Hammer time at Kinshofer…
A meeting of minds as Kinshofer enters hydraulic breaker sector. Kinshofer and Hammer S.r.l. have announced that they have signed a definite agreement to merge. Under the terms of the agreement Kinshofer has acquired a majority shareholding of Hammer. Kinshofer is a leading manufacturer of attachments for excavators, skid steer loaders and truck-mounted cranes. The…Read moreRead more
Video – Demolition date set for Brayton Point…
Massachusetts cooling towers set to fall on 27 April. The iconic cooling towers at the Brayton Point power plant will be demolished in April. Representatives of Commercial Development Co., which now owns the former coal-fired facility, have informed local residents that the towers would be brought down by way of controlled demolition on April 27….Read moreRead more
Video – Border wall prototypes torn down…
The symbol of President Trump’s “No Entry” policy felled. A single excavator has felled the prototypes for President Trump’s controversial border wall. In a brief demolition programme in San Diego, the prototypes were laid to rest with an ease that surely calls into question the long-term efficacy of the real border wall.
Video – Pablo Escobar’s HQ razed…
Former fortress disappears – appropriately – in cloud of white dust. He was the working class man who became a billionaire. He was the drug overlord whose cartel was responsible for 80 percent of all the cocaine imported into the US. He is the “star” of the TV series Narcos and – in death –…Read moreRead more
Breaking News – Brazil takes on US…
Award winning explosive expert targets US expansion. Anyone that has been following the wider demolition industry on social media during the past week or two will probably have encountered a distinctive but unfamiliar logo together with a somewhat cryptic message. But the cat is now out of the bag, as they say. And we can…Read moreRead more
Hawk falls prey…
Plant hirer cites Carillion fallout as it slides into administration. More than 80 staff have been made redundant at a Shropshire-based Hawk Plant, which has been involved in landmark projects such as the 2012 Olympic Park and the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station, after it entered administration. Hawk Plant (UK) had a turnover of…Read moreRead more
Blowing the roof off…
Milwaukee arena braced for roof blast. Demolitions experts on Sunday will finish the work promised by rockers Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen and the Rolling Stones: Blow the roof off the Bradley Center. A ring of explosives will be detonated on the joints that support the massive roof trusses on the 30-year-old arena which closed last…Read moreRead more
