Demolition News

The demolition of Philadelphia prison has become the latest to follow the US’ low bid trend.
I am becoming almost as tired writing about this as I am sure you are reading about it. But another day has brought another suicidally low winning bid for a contract to demolish the Riverfront Prison in Camden, [...]

A demolition worker has been severely burned in a fire at Robles Demolition.
Several fire crews were last night working to contain a fire caused when routine welding or hot cutting works at a demolition company’s headquarters resulted in an explosion that left one worker severely burned.
Initial reports suggest that the worker set off a series [...]

Yet another tale of suicidal bid pricing from the US; this time a wastewater plant in Palm City.
We are beginning to suspect that someone has circulated a memo to US demolition contractors that advises them to abandon all common sense and business acumen during the current recession, and merely submit bid prices that verge on [...]

National Demolition Association CEO Mike Taylor provides update on US demolition industry.
The National Demolition Association’s chief executive Mike Taylor was a guest speaker at the National Federation of Demolition Contractors 2009 Annual Convention. During the presentation, Taylor highlighted:

That around 7,000 of the US demolition sector’s 22,000 employees are currently unemployed

That President [...]

National Demolition Association’s Mike Taylor and Ray Passeno discuss the bidding war that is taking place in the US demolition business.
n the past few weeks, we have covered a number of stories relating to a largely unreported bidding war that is taking place in the US demolition community. Contracts like the Texas Stadium [...]

A team of workers roamed the grounds of Greenville’s Imperial Tobacco Co. plant Thursday morning preparing the site for a demolition process complicated by the presence of asbestos, the project manager said.
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Crews demolishing a hazardous derelict building Thursday morning discovered an unexpected hazard of their own.
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The dismantling of Goliath, the largest gantry crane in North America and a long-time Quincy landmark, has resumed, but the investigation of the recent deadly collapse at the former Fore River Shipyard is continuing.
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Crowds gather to witness implosion.   Read the story and watch the video here:  http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080720/NEWS01/307200011/1008/NEWS01