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British Demolition Awards – Your time to shine
DemolitionNews
The categories for the first-ever British Demolition Awards have been announced. On 20th June 2018, the UK’s premier demolition movers and shakers will gather at the world-famous Belfry Hotel & Resort in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands for the inaugural British Demolition Awards. More than a year in the making, these awards have been designed and […]
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London mayor proposes further planning obstacle…
DemolitionNews
Sadiq Khan proposes giving residents right to veto demolition. The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has published the first-ever City Hall guide to estate regeneration in London, setting out how he will protect social housing. He proposes mandatory ballots of residents for schemes where any demolition is planned as a strict condition of his funding. […]
http://www.demolitionnews.com/2018/02/0 ... -obstacle/

Video – Boiler house buckled and blown…
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Controlled Demolition Inc chalks up another successful implosion. Controlled Demolition, Inc. (CDI), acting as explosives subcontractor to Pacific Steel & Recycling of Great Falls, Montana, has carried out the successful explosives felling of a 140’ tall, structural steel boiler house with a multi-fuel hung boiler in Missoula, Montana.
http://www.demolitionnews.com/2018/02/0 ... and-blown/

Video – Kurds away…
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Implosion fells silos in Kurdistan. After almost 10 years and literally thousands of demolition films, I believe this is our first-ever video from Kurdistan. And it was worth the wait:
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Comment – Breaking everything but the glass ceiling…
DemolitionNews
Demolition could find itself isolated against the rising and welcome tide of gender equality. Yesterday I was asked how many women held senior positions in the UK demolition industry. There are so few that – rather than presenting a percentage or statistic – I named them. That conversation was the inspiration for this audio podcast:
http://www.demolitionnews.com/2018/02/0 ... s-ceiling/

Video – Kembla comes down…
DemolitionNews
Liberty Industrial takes down massive reclaimer at Aussie coal terminal. Australian demolition giant Liberty Industrial has carried out the demolition of a Reclaimer and a Stacker at Port Kembla Coal Terminal. The Reclaimer was removed from the stockyard over a bridge and transported to a dedicated demolition area for demolition and disposal. Once the structure […]
http://www.demolitionnews.com/2018/02/0 ... omes-down/

Breaking News – Scottish uprising underway…
DemolitionNews
New association launched to ‘fight Scottish demolition sector’s corner’   A new industry association has this week been launched to represent the interests of Scotland’s specialist demolition contractors and to make the most of future opportunities for employment and growth in the Scottish demolition industry.   The inaugural meeting of the Demolition Contractors’ Association took […]
http://www.demolitionnews.com/2018/02/0 ... -underway/

Video – And now, the end is near…
DemolitionNews
Liberty Industrial delivers another massive blow at Munmorrah Power Station. The final boiler and coal hopper structures at Munmorah Power Station have been demolished using controlled explosive demolition techniques. The boilers are the largest demolished in New South Wales so far. Weighing in at 32,200 tonnes and 60 metres in height the combined boilers and […]
http://www.demolitionnews.com/2018/02/0 ... is-near-2/

Holding out for a Hero…
DemolitionNews
UK Caterpillar dealer starts search for the heroes of the industry. Finning UK & Ireland has launched #MyCatHero, a competition to find the most heroic Cat® equipment and the positive impact it has made on a business or customer.   Sponsored by parts.cat.com/uk – Finning’s eCommercesite for genuine Cat parts – the competition is open to all Finning customers in the UK and Republic […]
http://www.demolitionnews.com/2018/02/1 ... or-a-hero/

Misleading report attracts scrutiny..
DemolitionNews
Council report recommending demolition of 26 Dundee flats was “seriously misleading”. Former housing convener Jimmy Black and West End Community Council leader Peter Menzies are calling for a rethink on plans to demolish a housing block to make way for affordable homes. A report, submitted to the Neighbourhood Services committee in October, claimed that a […]
http://www.demolitionnews.com/2018/02/1 ... -scrutiny/