In this week’s show, we take a look at Hitachi’s new wheel loader range; we check out a new line of quick couplers from Arden Equipment; and we get up close with the biggest dumptruck in the world. All that and much more besides, on The Weekend Wrap.
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The (new-look) Weekend Wrap #38
The Break Fast Show #224
In today’s show: Messiah Corporation enters administration; Downwell Demolition flies high in Cambridge; Radley to step down from CITB; and unboxing your Bell truck All that and more, on The Break Fast Show.
The Break Fast Show #223
In today’s show: The on/off demolition of the Berkman II building is apparently back on again…at least for now; Smart motorways stalled on the hard shoulder….that they don’t have; Liebherr lifts the lid on its upgraded compact wheel loader range that includes a brand new model; and is it a track loader or is it…Read moreRead more
The Break Fast Show #222
In today’s show: A House of Lords committee calls for the CITB to be “improved or replaced”; Chinese authorities are more environmentally aware than you might believe. And, as a result, 39 newly-built tower blocks face imminent demolition; and Hyundai gets set to change the world. PLUS stick around to the end of the show…Read moreRead more
The Break Fast Show #221
In today’s show: Eco-Warriior 2.0 – How the tree hugging protestors of old have been replaced; and how science is being used to prevent demolition; we wave an explosive goodbye to an Oregon University landmark; we get chilly with Hidromek; and Chinese SOCMA wheel loader goes all electric PLUS stick around for the end of…Read moreRead more
Comment – Eco-Warrior 2.0
There was a time when you could spot them a mile off. In fact, there was a time when you could smell them a mile off. Environmentalists and eco-warriors attempting to block demolition or construction works used to look like escapees from the Glastonbury Festival – Unkempt, pasty and with unwashed hair clumped into a…Read moreRead more
The Break Fast Show #220
In today’s show: We’re swapping kiss me quick hats for hard hats in Blackpool; machine paint jobs that will leave you green with envy; we go behind the scenes at Komatsu’s excavator manufacturing plant in the UK; and, if that wasn’t impressive enough, we bring you the world’s largest dumptruck. All that and more, on…Read moreRead more
The Break Fast Show #219
In today’s truly international show: We are off the Las Vegas to see Bobcat’s latest offering in the field of electric equipment; we say buongiorno to some stunning Italian demolition footage; we are dozing in China with Shantui; and before we say sayonara today, we take a trip down memory lane with a look at…Read moreRead more
The Break Fast Show #218
In today’s show: We have a stunning time-lapse film that charts the demolition of a tower block and its ultimate replacement; we get up REALLY CLOSE with the explosive demolition of a concrete silo; and we say a well-deserved congratulations to demolition veteran David Sinclair who is about to receive yet another industry accolade. PLUS…Read moreRead more
A national disgrace…
In just a few weeks time, it will be the sixth anniversary of the UK demolition industry’s darkest day – The Didcot Disaster in which four demolition workers were needlessly and tragically killed. Six years on, and the investigation has still presented no findings. There have been no prosecutions and no answers as to why…Read moreRead more
