The DEMCON 2010 exhibition is taking shape with some major exhibitors already signed up.

It’s a full seven months away but the DEMCON 2010 exhibition in Stockholm is already shaping up to be a must-see for the global demolition industry.

The exhibitors’ list is growing rapidly and already includes key industry names such as Sandvik Mining & Construction, Brokk, Finmac, Conjet and Husqvarna and the organisers reports that there are plenty more big names to follow shortly.

Equally exciting for us is that Demolition News is one of the official partners of the exhibition. This means that, in addition to reporting from the show in September, we’ll be the first to bring you exhibitor and speaker updates between now and September.

To check out the full list of exhibitors, or to find out more about the show, please click here.

Pennsylvania demolition worker dies in fall from machine.

A worker at a church demolition site in Shenandoah was killed after falling from a bucket machine Monday afternoon.

John Martz, 53, Oneida, was pronounced dead at the scene by Schuylkill County Deputy Coroner Andrew Szczyglak at 12:25 p.m.

Read more here.

UK’s Health & Safety Executive issues updated asbestos surveying guide.

The HSG264 Asbestos: The Survey Guide is now available for purchase (hard copy) or free download from the Health and Safety Executive website.

This heavily illustrated publication replaces and expands on MDHS100, Surveying, sampling and assessment of asbestos-containing materials. It is aimed at people carrying out asbestos surveys and people with specific responsibilities for managing asbestos in non-domestic premises under the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006. The book covers competence and quality assurance and surveys, including: survey planning, carrying out surveys, the survey report and the dutyholder’s use of the survey information. It includes extensive appendices and references.

Click here to view or download your free edition.

Demolition News brings you exclusive details of three exciting UK job vacancies.

It is surely a sign of the times that the demolition recruitment business, which has been largely stagnant for the past year or more, has at last startled to spring back to life. And we’re delighted to be a part of it.

In this, our first job bulletin, we exclusively bring you details of three exciting job opportunities in the UK demolition business:

Managing Director – Heading up 7 divisions within the group company, this role will have a total of 8 people reporting directly, the Business Development Director, and the Divisional Directors of each business unit. We are looking for an excellent business manager that can forecast, write business plans and get the absolute best out of people. We ideally want someone that has fulfilled a similar role in either Demolition Business or from a Main Building Contractor. To apply for this position, please email Nicky@grassgreener.co.uk marking your message Managing Director Role via Demolition News.

Business Development Director – Working alongside the Managing Director and the Divisional Directors, this role will focus on the continued growth of the business. Must have experience in tendering at Senior Management level, securing multi million pound deals. This role will be split between the UK and Europe. Each Divisional Director will have a target to achieve and the Business Development Director will be responsible for working with each Divisional Director to achieve this target. To apply for this position, please email Nicky@grassgreener.co.uk marking your message Business Development Director Role via Demolition News.

Contracts Director – Our Client is making an appointment to the board, the Contracts Director is the main point of contact for all major clients. This person will have a team of contracts managers that will be responsible for running the jobs, the Contracts Director will be responsible for these people and ultimately be the person that pulls the whole operation together. Strong client and relationship management skill are essential as this person will be responsible for the retention of business. To apply for this position, please email Nicky@grassgreener.co.uk marking your message Contract Director Role via Demolition News.

All of these jobs are UK-based; however, we are currently in negotiation with several specialist recruitment companies that will see us widen our brief to include Europe and the US in the coming weeks and months.

Low-key dismantling will mark end for Vegas’ Queen of Hearts hotel.

Demolition in Las Vegas is normally accompanied by pyrotechnics and razzamatazz. But when the – admittedly small by comparison – Queen of Hearts hotel falls later this week, it will do so quietly and without fanfare.

The event won’t involve an implosion or a wrecking ball but an excavator with a claw, said Amy Maier, a spokesperson for Forest City Enterprises, the developer.

The demolition will make way for a new City Hall and office complex, beginning the process of bringing new development and thousands of jobs to the city’s downtown.

Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman and other city officials will be on hand to make remarks and watch the demolition begin at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the site, 19 E. Lewis Ave., which is at the corner of First Street and Lewis Avenue.

Read more here.

Movie shoot leads to long, slow death of Lafayette building.

Detroit’s Downtown Development Authority voted last June 25 to demolish the vacant office building. Seven months later, the building was still only half down this week, with a lot more work to go.

Waymon Guillebeaux, vice president of project management for the Detroit Economic Growth Corp., which oversees the demolition, said two major delays cropped up since the DDA’s vote.

First, nearby filming of the movie “Red Dawn” stopped demolition work, and then a sinkhole on nearby Shelby necessitated a water main replacement that also stopped demolition work.

Rick Cuppetilli, project manager for Adamo Demolition, said his crews lost 14 working days to the movie shoot and 45 working days to the water main replacement, or more than two months in all.

Read more here.

It’s been a long time coming but the vast K-25 building is finally down.

Federal contractors have completed demolition of the west wing of the World War II-era K-25 uranium-enrichment facility, marking a major milestone on one of the largest nuclear cleanup projects in history.

The work has been delayed on multiple occasions because of safety issues or technical concerns, and some aspects of the project were complicated by the deteriorated condition of the 65-year-old building.

In a statement, Department of Energy Manager Gerald Boyd said, “We are extremely pleased to have gotten this portion of the project done. The work force has done a remarkable job, and we thank them for their hard work.”

At the time of its construction during the wartime Manhattan Project, K-25 was the largest building in the world under one roof, covering about 40 acres and containing miles and miles of equipment that processed uranium in a gaseous form.

Demolition of the U-shaped, milelong building began in December 2008 under the direction of Bechtel Jacobs Co., DOE’s environmental manager in Oak Ridge.

Read more here.

Five power plant buildings scheduled for demolition in Canada.

Epcor plans to start demolishing five of the 10 former Rossdale power plant buildings this summer as it continues to look at what else can be done with the area.

Work will start inside the 1960s-era structures before they’re torn down in 2011, creating a nearly one-hectare public green space along the North Saskatchewan River, says Geoff Wagner, Epcor’s director of Rossdale decommissioning.

“They have really reached the end of their useful life,” he said Friday.

“We have committed to our community that we’re not going to bring power generation back to this site, so the buildings have no use.”

The project, which will employ up to 30 people, is scheduled to wrap up with grading in the summer of 2012.

An archeologist will be on hand during excavations in an area used for centuries by aboriginal groups and Europeans.

Read the full story here.

Police investigate after house demolition in South Carolina reveals human remains.

Police in Florence, South Carolina are investigating human remains found in a vacant home. Florence Police Chief Anson Shells says demolition workers were getting ready to demolish the house at 520 Charles St. when they knocked over a tub and found the remains. The remains were found around 11 a.m. Friday.

Florence Police believe the remains have been in the home for a while.

Shells said investigators have been speaking with neighbors, who say the property was rundown and seemed to be involved in unsavory activity.

The home was scheduled to be torn down as part of the city’s abandoned house cleanup efforts.

Read the full story here.

Water tower falls as demolition begins on former naval intelligence base.

The demolition of approximately 150 buildings began Wednesday on Skaggs Island, which served as an intelligence-gathering site and communications base for the US Navy for more than half a century.

The 1,339 hectare (3,310-acre site), located 25 miles northeast of San Francisco in Sonoma County, will be transferred from the Navy to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service when demolition is complete and will eventually become part of the San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge.

The Navy demolished a 12-story, 38 metre (125-foot) steel water tower on property it occupied from 1941 to 1993.

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