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Caterpillar, the world’s biggest manufacturer of construction and demolition equipment, has announced that it is to slash its global workforce by a staggering 20,000 people. The announcement coincides with the company’s announcement that it had achieved record sales and revenues of $51.324 billion for 2008, up 14 percent from 2007. Profit per share was $5.66,…Read moreRead more

Anyone that has worked in the demolition industry for more than a few days will quickly realise that the general public very rarely supports their work. Conservationists, historians and vocal locals with a NIMBY (not in my back yard) attitude often voice their opinion against any form of demolition work, many staging protests that merely…Read moreRead more

Caterpillar Work Tools B.V. has announced the introduction of the B-Series versions of its mobile Scrap and Demolition shears. The new S320B, S325B and S340B extend the range of B-series to the previously released S365B and S385B shears. The shear and knife design improves cutting performance and the hardened piercing tip of the upper jaw…Read moreRead more

According to the UK trade magazine Construction News, industry pundits Off-Highway Research are forecasting a very gloomy 2009 for plant manufacturers. No great surprise there, nor in OHR’s contention that much of this universal woe stems from a lack of available credit with which to purchase new equipment. So how is the credit crunch and…Read moreRead more

In 1969, the British Steel Corporation constructed a major ore terminal near the mouth of the River Tees. Opened in 1973, the terminal was equipped with two conventional grab-type Ore-Unloaders capable of handling iron ore, coal and concentrates. Ore Un-loader No.1, supplied to a William Arrol design, was capable of a 2,000 tonnes/hour discharge rate….Read moreRead more

Brandenburg Industrial Services, one of the US’ largest and best-known demolition companies, is to collect a health and safety award from the Minnesota Occupational Safety and Health Administration in honour of its work tearing down Xcel Energy’s old High Bridge power plant at 501 Shepard Road in St. Paul. Full story here.

Never has the expression “putting the cart before the horse” been quite so apt as this story from the Evening Courier newspaper in Halifax in the North of England. The story tells of permission being granted to demolish the Savile Park Junior and Infant School in the city. Nothing unusual there, you might think…aside from…Read moreRead more

As President-Elect Barack Obama puts the finishing touches to his inauguration speech, US magazine Construction & Demolition Recycler is reporting on a new bill that is making its way through the House of Representatives that could significantly boost construction and demolition waste recycling initiatives. Click here for further details.