Contractor behind last week’s carbon monoxide incident has keen ordered off the site.

The subcontractor authorities said accidentally caused high carbon monoxide levels that sickened nearly a dozen people Monday has been removed from ongoing construction at the Giant Food Store.

“As a result of this incident, Diplomat Demolition has been removed from the job,” said Giant spokesman Christopher Brand.

The store was evacuated Monday about 9:30 p.m. after carbon monoxide gas reached dangerous levels due to the use of a propane-powered tile cutter in a confined area inside the store, authorities said. Fire officials compared it to running a car inside a closed garage.

Eleven people were sent to hospitals after the incident, at least three with potentially life-threatening conditions, authorities said. Ten were released by Tuesday, and the final patient was discharged from the hospital Wednesday, Brand said.

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New video shows inside of Presidio Frei Caneca implosion.

A few days ago, we posted a very raw video showing the implosion of the eight buildings that made up Rio’s oldest prison.

Thanks to our friend Fabio Bruno Pinto, we now have the more professional version to share with you.

Enjoy!

A sudden but prolonged upturn in visitors to jobs website could be another green shoot.

As much as we’re in the demolition business, we’re in the website business; so like demolition companies watch their profit, loss and turnover figures, we take an eager (almost obsessive) interest in the number of people visiting the various industry websites with which we’re involved.

Of course, demolitionnews.com continues to grow and is now adding new subscribers on a daily basis. But, perhaps more telling is the number of visits to our demolition-jobs.co.uk website.

As you may recall, this website was created as a joint venture between demolitionnews.com and the UK’s National Federation of Demolition Contractors to help short and long-term unemployed demolition professionals industry back into gainful employment within the industry. The formula was simple – Unemployed demolition workers could register their details and advertise their availability to work free of charge; demolition companies seeking workers could view those details and contact those umemployed individuals directly.

Although like most websites demolition-jobs.co.uk sees regular peaks and troughs in the number of people viewing the site, there has been a sudden and prolonged burst of interest over the past two weeks. Indeed, the number of visits in the past seven days was more than the total number in both October and November 2009.

Could this be a sign that demolition companies are rebuilding the workforces decimated by the recession? We’d love to hear your views.

And if you are either seeking employment or seeking employees, please be sure to join the growing numbers looking at demolition-jobs.co.uk.

New video features demolition and a rock guitar soundtrack; what’s not to love?

Jewel Attachments 2010 Promo from Stephen SetteDucati on Vimeo.

Reports from China say machine operator behind death of protestor is being questioned.

A Chinese dozer driver is being questioned by Wuhan police after a 69-year old woman died trying to stop her home being demolished.

Her family said Wang Cuihua was buried alive when she fell in a pit and the driver dumped earth on her, today’s Southern Metropolis Daily reported. But Wuhan authorities in central China’s Hubei Province say her death was an accident, although the driver is being questioned by police.

Wang’s son Chen Yongfa said his mother was arguing with the demolition crew of about 30 young men armed with cleavers when she fell into a pit. He told the newspaper that the bulldozer moved slowly and dumped earth over her.

Read more here.

Use of tile cutting equipment blamed for carbon monoxide sickness among residents.

The day after 11 people went to hospitals after being sickened by carbon monoxide, the Giant Food store in Forks Township was back to normal, with shoppers bustling about and the grocery continuing with a building face-lift inside and out.

Officials say workers from Diplomat Demolition used a propane-powered tile-cutter inside a plastic construction tent in the store, which allowed the buildup of potentially lethal amounts of carbon monoxide.

Read the full story here or watch the video below.

HSE investiagtes after teenager is injured by attachment.

A 19-year-old worker has suffered serious arm injuries in an accident on a demolition site in Cambridgeshire.

The Health and Safety Executive is investigating the accident involving what the BBC describes as “the claw of a demolition rig” at an old cinema on Great Whyte, Ramsey.

Read more here.

As Texas Stadium is made ready, explosives expert counsels caution over outcome.

Dykon Explosives’ Jim Redyke has warned that the Texas Stadium may not fall in one hit when the button is pressed on 11 April. He says this is the most complicated take down of his career and has already identified some potential trouble spots.

“The elevators were added in at a later date and some of them have a negative weight in the wrong direction and the sky boxes are on top, so I won’t be at all surprised if one of them stands. I don’t want you to be surprised either. It’s not going to affect anything here,” he said.

More than 2,200 holes are being drilled into the columns of the stadium for the 2,000 pounds of dynamite that will be used to level the iconic structure within seconds, Redyke said.

To read more, please click here. Alternatively, view the Fox News video below:

Remarkable photos of construction and demolition work for Shanghai Expo.

Construction and demolition workers in Shanghai, China are busily completing tasks ahead of the planned opening of the 2010 World Expo on May 1st – planned to be the largest World Expo in history.

The theme of the Expo is “Better City, Better Life”, and is scheduled to run until October 31, 2010. In recent months, large construction and renovation projects have dominated much of Shanghai, in preparation for becoming the World’s stage on May 1st. Up to 800,000 visitors are expected each day – a total of 70 million visitors in all visiting exhibitions from nearly 200 participants around the world.

The photo (above) is just one of a number of remarkable shots of the preparatory works. Click here to view the rest.