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Breaking News – Maidenhead scaffold collapse…
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Parked cars damaged as scaffold falls into street. Scaffolding erected to facilitate the Colonade demolition for the Chapel Arches project has collapsed, damaging several parked cars. The scaffolding collapsed this around noon today (Monday) at the Colonnade, High Street, Maidenhead. Thames Valley Police said: “We were called shortly before midday to reports that scaffolding had […]
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Video – MailTime competition #2…
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Time to win yourself a big box of Steelwrist goodies. The launch episode of our new MailTime video feature proved to be a HUGE success, attracting more than 600 entrants. And congratulations to Sharon Eustice of TMS Services SW who corrently answered our question about that show’s sponsor – Molson Group – to walk away […]
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Comment – Right Time, Wrong Man…
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End of an era as David Darsey steps down from NFDC Executive. In order for DemolitionNews to have any credence or credibility, it is important that I personally remain impartial and objective; which I manage to do about 98 percent of the time. What follows stems from the other two percent in which personal feelings […]
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Triple prosecution over partial collapse…
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Client, principal contractor and demolition contractor fined after building collapse. A client, principal contractor and demolition contractor have been fined following the uncontrolled collapse of part of a building that was being demolished in Kilmacolm, Inverclyde in 2015. Paisley Sheriff Court heard that Taylor Grange Developments of Birmingham were the client for the demolition and […]
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Demolition TV – Intermat 2018 special…
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The French show was a demolition man’s dream. And our cameras were there to see it. For a variety of reasons, our trip to Paris was on, then off, then on, then off again. And then we got a call from the Arden Equipment team that put it back on again. And we’re so glad […]
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Video – Grimsby skyline changing…
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Time-lapse video captures demolition of massive tower block. The changing face of Grimsby skyline has been captured in a remarkable time-lapse video. (Fast forward to the six minute mark for the high reach action) Dominating the East Marsh skyline for over 50 years, the video captures huge specialist demolition machines dismantling Nelson House – the […]
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Crew gets nasty surprise…
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Work halted after body falls out of building. A man’s body fell out of a home on North Calhoun Street in west Baltimore’s Sandtown Tuesday morning as crews worked to demolish the building. Detectives processed the scene as the coroner removed the body. The medical examiner still needs to identify the man and determine a […]
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Video – Shenango stacks shenangone…
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Blast fells relic of Pittsburgh’s industrial past. Stalwarts of Pittsburgh’s more industrial time, the Shenango smokestacks, passed into the history books with an echoing blast and a crushing fall to the ground on Tuesday. “The blast went as well as planned, and the weather cooperated, “said Independence Demolition General Superintendent Rich Wilk. “The demolition was […]
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Video – Matthews goes back to school…
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Time-lapse video captures demolition alongside live school building. Sussex-based Matthews Group recently completed a sensitive project alongside a live school building in Acton, West London. The scheme was an enabling contract to separate the two storey entrance buildings and a first floor pedestrian link bridge from the main school building, in advance of the complete […]
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Video – Our biggest MailTime to date…
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Your chance to win a bumper bag of Intermat goodies. Late last night, the competition to win the contents of our two Steelwrist-branded goodie bags closed; and we’re pleased to announce that the winners are Paul Clarke and Jaidan Hill (and Jaidan, if you’re reading this, we need your postal address and emails keep bouncing […]
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