The final IDE Roadshow event of 2009 takes place at Mercedes Benz World on Friday.

Having toured the UK for the past few months, the Institute of Demolition Engineers‘ 2009 Roadshow arrives at Mercedes Benz World on Friday of this week for the last leg of its round-Britain journey. And Demolition News will be there to bring you all the latest news and views in both audio and video form (as well as the usual ol’ text and photos).

In addition, we’re hoping (technology-allowing) to Twitter live from the event in both text and audio format. So if you can’t make it to Mercedes Benz World on Friday, please watch below the Twitter logo to the left of this article and catch all the action as it happens.

Use the link below to listen to our latest daily audio broadcast.

Following the launch of our new Business Directory yesterday, today’s audio boo highlights how almost 80 percent of all visitors to this site yesterday clicked through to look at the new service. Please hit the play button (below) to listen.

Motorsport website Crash.net reports that Rob Collard has been released following crash.

Rob Collard has been released from hospital following his accident in the final HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship race of the weekend at Snetterton.

Although Collard was able to walk away from the car, he then complained of pains in his abdomen and was taken to hospital before being released shortly before midnight and driven home by team boss David Bartrum. Collard has been given a clean bill of health but is suffering from extensive internal bruising.

“I would sincerely like to thank the medical team at Snetterton who did a sterling job of looking after me following the incident and also the staff at Norwich and Norfolk hospital who were also first class,” he said. “When I got out of the car I was a bit sore but the adrenaline was getting me through. It wasn’t until I sat down in the medical centre that it really hit me and the pain was unbelievable. Thankfully I was really well looked after by all the medics and I think they checked absolutely every inch of me to make sure there was no major damage.”

Further details can be found here.

D&Ri publisher KHL says entries for its new Demolition Awards exceeded expectations.

D&Ri editor Lindsay Gale said: “There is always a degree of uncertainty as to whether sufficient companies will be interested in making submissions for a new Awards event, with the event itself being very much an unknown quantity. And then there is the current difficult economic climate. While I was nevertheless confident that the event would be a success, the number of entries that have come from contractors from around the world has been truly gratifying and greatly exceeded our initial expectations.”

Lindsay continued: “it is not just the number of entries that has been impressive, but also the highly complex and challenging nature of many of the specific projects that are now in the running for the awards. The entries clearly demonstrate the challenges that face the industry – technical, legislative and environmental – and the skills and capabilities contractors are displaying to overcome these challenges. I do not envy the judging panel. Selecting winners from among these entries is one challenge I would not relish.”

The judges will come together to select the shortlists for each individual Award category in early September, with the resulting shortlists being posted to this website immediately after, as well as being published in the next issue of D&RI.

The programme for the conference being held in conjunction with the awards is now finalised (see www.demolitionsummit.com), with this and the Demolition Awards making up the Demolition Sunmmit 2009, which promises to be a major event for the industry. The response from the industry also clearly indicates that this annual event will become a leading gathering of the global demolition industry in years to come.

Our new Directory has created a stir, and we’ve already welcomed our first 5 listings.

Following the launch of our new Business Directory service earlier today, the email and telephone systems here at demolitionnews Towers have been buzzing with activity. No sooner had we announced the launch of this new service than we received our first five listings from:

• • Active Workwear
  • Dig A Crusher
  • Earth Exchange
  • Web Preference
  • www.demolition-jobs.co.uk

You can take a look at their individual listings by clicking here.
We’re hopeful that there will be many more to come so please watch this area of the Demolition News website for further updates soon.

Demolition News has today launched a new Business Directory service that is FREE to users.

Ever since we launched demolitionnews.com, we have sought new ways to add value to the site and to make it more useful to you, our readers, viewers and listeners.

So today, we have launched our new business directory section, an area we hope to build to become your one-stop-shop for all your ancillary product and service needs. Now it’s very early days (in fact, at the time of writing, there are only three listings there at present). But if you’d like to take a look, just hit the Business Directory tab in the column to the left.

This service has been designed to be free to our hundreds (and occasionally thousands) of demolition contractor users; while being cost-effective for suppliers of goods and services to this business. In fact, companies can register on the site for as little £75 +VAT for the year if they use the PayPal instant payment service (and don’t worry, you don’t even have to be a member of PayPal….all you need is a credit or debit card).

If you would like to register your company, please simply visit www.demolitionnews.com/directory and hit the Join Directory button at the top right of your screen. You can then write your entry, we approve it, send you a bill £100 + VAT (£75 + VAT if paying via PayPal) and your company is listed.

The launch of our new Business Directory service is covered in our Daily Audio boo, which you can listen to by hitting the play button below.