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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…Read moreRead more

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…Read moreRead more

Dull is one of those strange English words with two distinct meanings. It can mean boring, tedious and lacking in interest. It can also mean no longer sharp, as in a dull blade. For a long time, demolition industry seminars matched both definitions. Some were a test of endurance; a prolonged torture culminating in the…Read moreRead more

Is that it then? Are we all just going to move on and pretend that didn’t happen? Are we OK with that? Over the course of a month or so, a self-styled and self-appointed whistleblower made a series of serious and often lurid accusations against some within the UK demolition industry. There were accusations of…Read moreRead more

Across America this week, in the midst of a nationwide heatwave, homeowners are being urged to restrict their use of air conditioning to reduce energy consumption and to protect the national grid. At the same time, AI companies are springing up, opening huge, energy hungry server farms just so users can create images of women…Read moreRead more

The complete fleet of demolition plant, equipment and commercial vehicles previously operated by East Midlands Demolition Ltd is now available for sale via online auction. The assets are being sold on behalf of the liquidators and a major finance company, with the sale managed by BPI Asset Advisory. The asset disposal features over 300 lots…Read moreRead more

I was talking to an industry friend yesterday about the process of facade retention within the field of demolition. For those of you that don’t know, the process is precisely as the name suggests. It is a demolition and construction technique in which the external walls or “façade” of a building are preserved while the…Read moreRead more