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Video – Why we’re exhibiting at DemoExpo 2019…

Post #3941 by RSS Bot » Thu Feb 14, 2019 4:22 pm

Video – Why we’re exhibiting at DemoExpo 2019…
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Some familiar names discuss why they’ll be at the year’s big event. On the day it was confirmed that both JCB and Marubeni-Komatsu are scheduled to exhibit at the DemoExpo 2019 exhibition later this year, our exclusive new video explains why some of the sector’s most familiar names are planning to be there too. This […]
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Triple crown for Darsey

Post #3942 by RSS Bot » Fri Feb 15, 2019 5:23 pm

Triple crown for Darsey
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Erith Contractors MD takes up role of NDTG Chairman. The delegates at today’s annual general meeting of the National Demolition Training Group (NDTG) voted to elect Erith Contractors managing director David Darsey as chairman with McWilliam Demolition’s Craig McWilliam elected as vice-chairman. It is the latest of many accolades for Darsey who has previously held […]
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Video – Bradford council offices blasted…

Post #3943 by RSS Bot » Mon Feb 18, 2019 9:27 am

Video – Bradford council offices blasted…
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Contractor bounces back from unforeseen delay with text-book blast. The planned but well-guarded timing of the implosion to fell the Jacobs Well former head office of Bradford Council had to shift slightly as contractors had to wait for police to release the scene of a serious car crash outside the building. But when they eventually […]
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Video – Democon undwerway in Stoke…

Post #3944 by RSS Bot » Mon Feb 18, 2019 10:27 am

Video – Democon undwerway in Stoke…
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Derelict shopping centre coming down at long last. Demolition work has finally begun on the former Hanley Shopping Centre complex in Stoke-on-Trent. The City Council plan to use the site as a temporary car park in the short-term, with the land’s long-term fate yet to be decided.
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Portsmouth pair face axe…

Post #3945 by RSS Bot » Tue Feb 19, 2019 3:28 pm

Portsmouth pair face axe…
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Post-Grenfell investigation earmarks two blocks for demolition. Two landmark Portsmouth tower blocks are set to be demolished after work to strengthen them was estimated to cost £86 million, according to reports in The Construction Enquirer. Problems with structural concrete were uncovered when cladding was removed from the two 18-storey towers in Somerstown following the Grenfell […]
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Video – New from New Zealand…

Post #3946 by RSS Bot » Wed Feb 20, 2019 3:29 pm

Video – New from New Zealand…
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Like to see how demolition contractors do their thing in New Zealand? If you’re reading this, then it’s safe to assume that you like to watch demolition. Certainly, the statistics suggest that you particularly like video footage of demolition in all its forms and guises. Well, we have just been scanning the Interwebs and we […]
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Slow progress on Didcot investigation…

Post #3947 by RSS Bot » Wed Feb 20, 2019 5:29 pm

Slow progress on Didcot investigation…
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Experts still sifting through almost 1,000 tonnes of material evidence. As the industry prepares to mark the third anniversary of the Didcot disaster in which four demolition workers were tragically killed, DemolitionNews understands that forensic experts from Thames Valley Police and investigators from the Health & Safety Executive are still sifting through around 870 tonnes […]
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Protesters cite carcinogen cover-up…

Post #3948 by RSS Bot » Thu Feb 21, 2019 3:30 pm

Protesters cite carcinogen cover-up…
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New South Wales government ‘suppressed’ report showing carcinogen risk in stadium demolition. A legal challenge to the New South Wales government’s controversial plan to demolish Sydney’s Allianz Stadium before next month’s state election has heard the government “suppressed” the release of a report showing the site was contaminated with potentially carcinogenic material. In his opening […]
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Video – 777 crosses finish line…

Post #3949 by RSS Bot » Fri Feb 22, 2019 6:31 pm

Video – 777 crosses finish line…
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Video captures project to fell famous greyhound racing stadium. For those of us that spent an evening or two at the former Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium in South London, it is a demolition project that is tinged with sadness. But 777 Demolition’s work at this famous old venue is epic nonetheless; and it is all captured […]
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Comment – United in Sadness

Post #3950 by RSS Bot » Sat Feb 23, 2019 10:32 am

Comment – United in Sadness
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I promised myself that I would not comment upon the Didcot disaster again this year. With investigators still sifting through almost 900 tonnes of material evidence, the police have issued a well-meaning but ultimately meaningless statement that offers no new insight; no sense that the investigation is nearing its conclusion; and no closure for the […]
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