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Jobs – New Year, new role…

Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2018 5:26 pm
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Jobs – New Year, new role…
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Opportunities abound as Shorts Group hits recruitment trail. As the year draws to a close, Bracknell-based Shorts Group has made its 2019 intentions clear by embarking upon a recruitment mission to reinforce and expand its demolition team. The company is currently seeking a Demolition Estimator, a Contracts Manager, a Site Supervisor and a Health & […]
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Detroit cleared…for now

Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2018 1:27 pm
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Detroit cleared…for now
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Investigator clears city demolition programme of wrongdoing. Controversial meetings between city officials and specific contractors to discuss federally-funded demolition work before public bidding didn’t violate written rules, but they weren’t transparent and gave the impression of “preferential treatment,” an independent investigation has ruled. The findings from an investigation of Detroit’s Office of the Inspector General, […]
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Video – Going out with a bang…

Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2018 4:27 pm
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Video – Going out with a bang…
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Erith Contractors deliver explosive end to the working year. Erith Contractors changed the South Cambridgeshire skyline forever yesterday with an explosive demolition event at the Barrington Cement Works. The company successfully carried out the controlled detonation of the 62 metre high chimney, located at the former Cemex site in Cambridgeshire. Works began on the Cement […]
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Video Exclusive – 50K!

Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2018 12:27 am
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Video Exclusive – 50K!
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Whisper it quietly – We just gained our 50,000th Instagram follower. If you have been following our journey on the Instagram social media platform, you will know that we made quite a song and dance back in February about the fact that we had attracted our 15,000th follower. You will know also that we celebrated […]
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Video – CDI collapses coal silos…

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2019 9:43 am
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Video – CDI collapses coal silos…
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Controlled blast fells five Kentucky coal silos. Controlled Demolition, Inc. (CDI) of Phoenix, Maryland acting as explosives contractor to Lexington Coal Company, LLC of Milton, West Virginia has carried out the preparation for and explosives felling of one 29 metre tall reinforced concrete silo and four 29 metre tall, tandem reinforced concrete coal silos in […]
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Video – Parking garage imploded…

Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2019 1:43 pm
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Video – Parking garage imploded…
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Crowds gather to watch controlled blast in downtown Austin. Downtown Austin’s Sunday started off with a bang as a parking garage was imploded at 8:30 am local time. The parking garage was demolished with explosives by a private contractor. For the safety of the community, officials from the Austin Police Department and the UT Austin […]
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Video – What a difference 32 years makes…

Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2019 4:44 pm
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Video – What a difference 32 years makes…
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By ‘eck – Time for a trip down t’memory lane with the incomparable Graham Wilson. There are several key indicators that you’re getting old. Football players, policemen and shop assistants appearing ridiculously young; having to scroll down endlessly online to find the appropriate year of birth; and using what were once considered everyday expressions such […]
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Blowing the roof off…

Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2019 6:46 pm
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Blowing the roof off…
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Milwaukee arena braced for roof blast. Demolitions experts on Sunday will finish the work promised by rockers Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen and the Rolling Stones: Blow the roof off the Bradley Center. A ring of explosives will be detonated on the joints that support the massive roof trusses on the 30-year-old arena which closed last […]
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Video – Razing the roof…

Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2019 11:51 am
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Video – Razing the roof…
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Explosive end to roof of Milwaukee stadium. Demolition crews in Milwaukee, used explosives Sunday morning to demolish the roof of the Bradley Center, former home of the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks. Crews have been slowly deconstructing the 30-year-old building piece by piece since it closed last summer, but used a controlled blast to bring down the […]
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Another tragic loss of life…

Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2019 4:52 pm
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Another tragic loss of life…
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Worker dies during demolition work at old Delaware GM plant. Delaware authorities say a demolition company leader died while supervising work at an old automobile plant. Delaware State Police said Saturday the death occurred Friday afternoon at the former General Motors plant in Wilmington, which closed in 2009. Police say its initial investigation shows Atlantic […]
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