The Break Fast Show #1020

October 21, 2025 Video

In today’s show: Small but perfectly formed – The new CASE compact high reach; excavator battery swaps made easy; no bridge is too far for Mammoet; and arachnophobes should look away – MBI has a new spider grapple.

PLUS in my morning monologue today: The death of ambition.

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  • Latest Industry News – the stories that matter, delivered fresh each morning.
  • Question of the Day – Sometimes serious, sometimes profound, often ridiculous.
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EXCLUSIVE – When the dust settles

October 21, 2025 General

Every demolition firm has insurance. Many have incident and accident protocols.

But when something goes wrong, very few are prepared for the mainstream and social media storm that follows an accident.

And that silence? It can be deafening, incriminating, and deeply damaging to a company’s reputation.

That’s why DemilitionNews and Demolition Insider have put together a guide on how to handle the media (mainstream AND social) in the event of an incident or accident.

You can find out more here.

No Kings, too many subjects

October 20, 2025 Long Form

On Saturday, across the vastness of the United States, more than seven million people took to the streets. Across six time zones, from California to Maine, from the deep South to the industrial Midwest, from the tiny towns to the sprawling metropolis of the cities, they gathered beneath banners that read No Kings.

It was, by every measure, a remarkable display of collective will; one of the largest coordinated demonstrations in modern American history. More than seven million citizens, roughly two percent of the nation, united not under a single political banner, but around a shared conviction: that the creeping authoritarianism of the Trump regime must not go unchallenged.

They marched against power abused and promises broken. Against the vilification of migrants and minorities. Against racism and sexism. Against lies peddled as truth and fear repackaged as patriotism.
They marched not because they expected immediate change, but because silence felt like complicity.

The protest spanned all fifty states. There were no borders on Saturday. Just people. Ordinary Americans who decided that enough was enough.

And yet, while millions raised their voices across the Atlantic, here in Britain’s demolition and construction sectors there is silence.

Deafening, obedient silence.

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The Break Fast Show #1019

October 20, 2025 Video

In today’s show: XCMG unveils its autonomous loader line-up; Limited Edition Bobcat minis; Formula 1 tech, Komatsu muscle; and Kobelco gets scrappy.

PLUS in my morning monologue today: No Kings, but too many subjects.

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  • Latest Industry News – the stories that matter, delivered fresh each morning.
  • Question of the Day – Sometimes serious, sometimes profound, often ridiculous.
  • Mark’s Morning Monologue – thought-provoking takes on the issues shaping our industry.
  • Interactive Chat – your comments, questions, and insights are a vital part of the show.

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How did we get here?

October 17, 2025 Long Form

How did we get here? Hauling ourselves out of bed at 4:30 am to beat the traffic and get to site? Because the industry, in its planning arrogance, chose to treat commuting misery as a non-issue. Because contractors, clients, site managers, and local authorities never built into schedules the chaos of rush hour and congestion. We nodded along, accepted the early starts, swallowed the long drive, and turned fatigue into normality.

How did we get here? Forced into self-employment, labelled as “independent contractors,” stripped of workers’ rights; all so firms can dodge payrolls, pensions, holiday pay and sick pay? Because somewhere along the line the narrative was hijacked: flexibility became a one-sided sword. Rather than a genuine freedom, it functions as a mechanism to shift risk and cost onto individual workers. In 2025, over one-third of the UK construction workforce are self-employed. That didn’t happen by accident. That happened by design. Now you pay your own tax, your own insurances, cope with the financial gaps, chase payments, get no safety net; all because the industry wanted you off the books but constantly on call.

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The Break Fast Show #1018

October 17, 2025 Video

In today’s show: The LiuGong T Series wheel loaders go global; Boliden embraces Komatsu autonomy; and we’re taking a trip back to Kentucky to visit the Utility Expo stand of Takeuchi.

PLUS in my morning monologue today: How did we get here?

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  • Latest Industry News – the stories that matter, delivered fresh each morning.
  • Question of the Day – Sometimes serious, sometimes profound, often ridiculous.
  • Mark’s Morning Monologue – thought-provoking takes on the issues shaping our industry.
  • Interactive Chat – your comments, questions, and insights are a vital part of the show.

Whether you’re on site, in the office, or on the road, The Break Fast Show is the smartest way to stay connected to the world of demolition and construction.

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What operators REALLY want

October 16, 2025 General

In the year 2000, Mel Gibson starred in a film called What Women Want. His character, Nick Marshall, was the kind of guy who thought he understood women because he’d once skimmed a self-help book in an airport. He wore too much aftershave, smiled too broadly, and assumed every woman within a five-mile radius found him irresistible.

Then, a freak household accident involving a hairdryer, a bathtub, and some questionable decision-making gives him an extraordinary gift. Suddenly, Nick can hear women’s thoughts.

All of them. All the time.

And it turns out, they think he’s a sleazebag. A fraud. A walking cliché in a designer suit.

It’s a painful but ultimately redemptive experience. Nick learns empathy, self-awareness, and the radical concept that listening might just be more powerful than talking.

Now, imagine that same miracle happening not to a smarmy ad executive, but to a construction equipment designer.

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The Break Fast Show #1017

October 16, 2025 Video

In today’s show: Demolition on the Deerfoot Trail; from extraction to restoration with Hitachi; and Shantui targets sustainability.

PLUS in my morning monologue today: What Operators REALLY Want.

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It’s news, debate, discussion, and insight all rolled into one, with a line-up that keeps you informed, entertained, and involved:

  • Latest Industry News – the stories that matter, delivered fresh each morning.
  • Question of the Day – Sometimes serious, sometimes profound, often ridiculous.
  • Mark’s Morning Monologue – thought-provoking takes on the issues shaping our industry.
  • Interactive Chat – your comments, questions, and insights are a vital part of the show.

Whether you’re on site, in the office, or on the road, The Break Fast Show is the smartest way to stay connected to the world of demolition and construction.

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The Break Fast Show #1016

October 15, 2025 Video

In today’s show: Volvo unveils its latest soil compactor; Epiroc demonstrates its InSite; and We’re taking a gentle stroll around the Caterpillar stand at Utility Expo 2025.

PLUS in my morning monologue today: Boots Theory and the false Start your day the demolition way!

Join us every weekday morning at 10am GMT for The Break Fast Show – the daily LiveStream that brings the demolition and construction industry to life.

It’s news, debate, discussion, and insight all rolled into one, with a line-up that keeps you informed, entertained, and involved:

  • Latest Industry News – the stories that matter, delivered fresh each morning.
  • Question of the Day – Sometimes serious, sometimes profound, often ridiculous.
  • Mark’s Morning Monologue – thought-provoking takes on the issues shaping our industry.
  • Interactive Chat – your comments, questions, and insights are a vital part of the show.

Whether you’re on site, in the office, or on the road, The Break Fast Show is the smartest way to stay connected to the world of demolition and construction.

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The Productivity Paradox

October 14, 2025 Long Form

I don’t know about yours, but my house is a haven of productivity. The coffee machine switches itself on before I crawl out of bed, greeting me with a heady aroma and a much-needed kick of caffeine. Thanks to the presence of a freezer and a microwave, I can prepare a meal in roughly the time it takes to set the table. A dishwasher ensures that our crockery and cutlery is clean and sparkling before that meal is even digested.


Everything in my house just works. Quietly, efficiently, almost invisibly.

Then I go to a demolition or construction site. And suddenly, productivity-wise, I’m back in the Stone Age.

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