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KDC responds to low loader incident…

Post #3551 by RSS Bot » Mon Sep 11, 2017 5:12 pm

KDC responds to low loader incident…
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Driver praised following incident on A66. Manchester-based demolition company KDC has issued a statement on an incident last week in which a Hitachi 670 excavator fell from a low loader while it was being transported. Whilst apologising for any inconvenience caused by the incident, KDC states categorically that it was in no way responsible for […]
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Failed Seaforth demolition cost company £600,000…

Post #3552 by RSS Bot » Thu Sep 14, 2017 9:17 am

Failed Seaforth demolition cost company £600,000…
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Report further exonerates failed demolition company too late. The failed demolition of two Seaforth tower blocks cost a contractor £600,000 and helped force it into administration, a new report has revealed. J Bryan (Victoria) led the demolition of Churchill and Montgomery House in Seaforth – but they both failed to come down during a controlled […]
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Funding threat to NDTG…

Post #3553 by RSS Bot » Thu Sep 14, 2017 11:17 am

Funding threat to NDTG…
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Training Group rallying member support as axe hangs over CITB. The National Demolition Training Group (NDTG), the specialist training arm of the National Federation of Demolition Contractors (NFDC), is rallying members to support calls to retain the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB). The CITB is currently facing its triennial consensus vote which it needs to […]
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Robore acquire Holemasters…

Post #3554 by RSS Bot » Fri Sep 15, 2017 8:18 am

Robore acquire Holemasters…
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Acquisition creates drilling and sawing super-group. Robore, the UK’s leading diamond drilling and sawing contractor, has completed the acquisition of Holemasters in a deal that will make Robore-Holemasters the largest diamond drilling and sawing contractor throughout Europe. Robore is already recognised as the UK’s leading provider for diamond drilling and specialist cutting services, predominately within […]
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Video – Sights & Sounds of RWM 2017

Post #3555 by RSS Bot » Sat Sep 16, 2017 10:19 am

Video – Sights & Sounds of RWM 2017
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RWM 2017
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Video – Putting an end to 50 years of power…

Post #3556 by RSS Bot » Mon Sep 18, 2017 12:24 pm

Video – Putting an end to 50 years of power…
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Georgia power plant imploded in spectacular fashion. The power plant at Lake Sinclair is no more. Georgia Power demolished the plant Saturday after 50 years of providing successful service to the community. Georgia Power shut down the plant two years ago, and since then they have already demolished a smoke stack, but Saturday they demolished […]
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To blast or not to blast…

Post #3557 by RSS Bot » Wed Sep 20, 2017 11:27 am

To blast or not to blast…
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Confusion reigns over nuclear plant demolition methodology. Will explosives be used to demolish radioactive structures at the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant? It depends on who you ask. State officials have filed testimony claiming NorthStar Group Services, which wants to buy and decommission the idled nuclear plant, plans to use explosives on “at least one” […]
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Infamous nail house finally demolished…

Post #3558 by RSS Bot » Wed Sep 20, 2017 4:27 pm

Infamous nail house finally demolished…
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90 minutes to demolish house that had halted progress for 14 years. It is a house that is famous the world over for standing – stubbornly and symbolically – in the face of Chinese progress. But this infamous “nail house” has finally been demolished. Obstinate property owners in Shanghai had for years refused to allow […]
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Firm fined over site crush incident…

Post #3559 by RSS Bot » Fri Sep 22, 2017 10:30 am

Firm fined over site crush incident…
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Worker suffered fractures to legs and pelvis, as well as punctured lungs and liver injuries. A Wolverhampton-based company, Sterry Lane Limited, trading as LPD Demolition, has been fined after a 39-year old-employee was crushed by a reversing excavator. Newcastle under Lyme Magistrates’ Court heard that on 3 May 2016 employees of Sterry Lane Limited, had […]
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Audio – Pies and pilgrimage…

Post #3560 by RSS Bot » Sat Sep 23, 2017 11:32 am

Audio – Pies and pilgrimage…
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The latest episode of Demolition News Radio features a trip down memory lane. When Downwell Demolition invited me to visit one of their sites close to my father’s childhood home, I seized the opportunity. The following audio is, therefore, part site visit and part trip down memory lane. It features a well-orchestrated and smooth-running site […]
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