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The British won big at last night’s Demolition Awards in Amsterdam. Scottish demolition contractor Safedem shared the World Demolition Contractor of the Year honours with Cantillon last night, making it a two-time winner of this key award in the awards’ three year history. • Manufacture...

http://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/public/v2/img/logo.gif Recycling is big business these days, and for Green Solutions these are busy times, Mervyn Rowe tells the Digger Blog about their specialist soil washing plant that they are currently putting to good use in Glasgow, Scotland. © 2011 ...

Rare footage of demolition of New York’s Star Theatre shot in 1901 Here at Demolition News Towers, we love a spot of nostalgia. But even by our backward-gazing standards, the following video takes some beating. Shot in 1901, it shows the “building” (demolition in reverse, hence th...

Essex nuclear power facility demolition switches to steel sheet pining barrier. Costain has won a £2 million contract to demolish an offshore steel sheet pile barrier wall for client Magnox, at Bradwell, in Essex. The barrier wall stands approximately 400 metres offshore and formed part of the form...

Two remaining smokestacks at centre of should they stay, should they go debate. The debate over whether to preserve the remaining Asarco stacks in El Paso is heating up as the trustee in charge of the old smeltering site delays the stacks’ scheduled demolition date. Yesterday afternoon the As...

TDS to fell Motherwell tower on 20 November. The DemolishDismantle website is reporting that a date has been set to implode the Glencairn Tower in Motherwell. On 20 November, Merseyside-based Technical Demolition Services will drop a 17-storey tower block that has been plagued by escalating contrac...

Work to demolish Christchurch’s Grand Chancellor Hotel to begin Monday. Demolition of the Hotel Grand Chancellor in Christchurch begins on Monday, when contractors start removing the roof of the 28-storey building. The hotel, one of the tallest buildings in the city, was badly hit in February...

http://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/public/v2/img/logo.gif Recycling is big business these days, and for Ecomesh these are busy times, Mervyn Rowe tells the Digger Blog about their specialist soil washing plant that they are currently putting to good use in Glasgow, Scotland. © 2011 The Cons...

Explosive end to structural steel Florida building. On 26 October, Controlled Demolition, Inc. (CDI) of Phoenix, Maryland, USA (acting as Implosion Subcontractor to Southern Salvage, Inc. of Fort Meade, Florida) carried out the successful explosives felling of the 120-foot tall, structural steel Mo...

Site clearance due to start as demolition works come to an end. Denney Excavating has finished the demolition of the former Winona Memorial Hospital on the Near Northside, city officials said in a news release Monday. Work began Oct. 10 and was completed Friday, according to the news release. Basem...