In today’s episode, sponsored by FHOSS Illuminated Safety Solutions: Tragedy compounded as teenage worker succumbs to injuries sustained in accident that killed his father; a sneak preview of the next product launch from Bobcat; and a Kobelco high reach excavator demonstrates its boom change capabilities. All that and more, in The Break Fast Show.
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The Break Fast Show #64
The Break Fast Show #63
In today’s show: DSR Demolition’s double detonation; a Luton car park is earmarked for demolition; the eyes of the construction equipment world turn to Maltby; and Doosan steers towards an electric future. All that and more in The Break Fast Show. You can find extended show notes for today’s show here: https://tinyurl.com/3h9279pb
Perry Barr reaches final destination
End of the line for eyesore Midlands railway station. In a week that saw the biggest shake-up of the UK rail sector for decades, the 1960s eyesore Perry Barr Station has been demolished and work is now underway on new building.
Video – If at first you don’t succeed…
Ohio stack falls at second time of asking. Demolition crews were forced to rethink the demolition of a 121 metre tall stack at the former Ohio Edison Generating Plant in Niles, Ohio when an estimated 38 kilogrammes failed to bring down the structure. After a quick rethink, the crew opted to hit the stack again,…Read moreRead more
The Weekend Wrap #7
Doosan unveils TWO new wheel loaders; Yanmar launches THREE mini excavators; and JCB takes ONE giant step on the road to zero emissions. Join us as we look back over another massive week for the combined demolition and construction sector.
DSR detonates…
Earlier today, DSR Demolition‘s Simon Ogden once again followed in the footsteps of his late father and brother Dominic to bring 2 brickwork chimneys safely to the ground at Saxon Works in Whittlesey. Despite high winds, the blast went ahead without a hitch, just shortly before 10am the 50-year-old chimneys were brought down in sequence,…Read moreRead more
The Break Fast Show #62
In today’s show: Father killed and son critically injured in site incident; Yanmar rolls VT to introduce three new mini excavators; there’s demolition work to be had in Oldham; AR Demolition is recruiting excavator operators; and Aggrecycle is letting the train take the strain. All that and more on The Break Fast Show.
The Break Fast Show #61
In today’s show: A lift incident in Liverpool leaves two workers seriously injured; a community centre in St Albans requires the attention of a demolition contractor; the roll-out of Doosan’s new wheel loaders gathers pace; and we look back at a forward-looking show in which we posed the question: Who will be the Tesla of…Read moreRead more
The Tesla of construction equipment…
The construction equipment industry is a mature market in which changes and improvements are largely incremental variations on a proven theme. The same was true of the automotive sector until Elon Musk and Tesla rode the crest of the electric vehicle revolution and turned the car market onto its head. So where is the construction…Read moreRead more
The Break Fast Show #60
In todays show: A trans-Atlantic co-operation comes to the field of explosive demolition; Volvo unveils its new hydrogen fuel cell test lab; and CASE Care comes to the UK. Oh, and guess who has been named as the world’s Number One demolition podcast? All that and more in The Break Fast Show.
