The judging panel for the D&Ri demolition awards has now been largely confirmed following a meeting between D&Ri and the European Demolition Association at the end of last week. It was agrees that the panel for this, and subsequent annual Award events, will include the three senior office-holders of the EDA – the president, vice president and past president – in addition to other leading industry figures. This means that in 2009, Yves Canessa (president), Giuseppe Panseri (vice president) and Jan Brandis (past president) will make up the EDA contribution to the judging for the 2009 Demolition Awards to be held in Amsterdam on 6th November 2009.
These three will be joined by seven other leading figures from the demolition industry around the world. From the UK will come Howard Button, chief executive of the National Federation of Demolition Contractors (NFDC) and John Woodward, newly elected vice president of the Institute of Demolition Engineers. From Germany will come Walter Werner, president of the Deutscher Abbruchverband (German Demolition Association). From the Netherlands comes Kees de Groot, president of Babex, the Dutch demolition association, and from Denmark comes Henrik Bonneson, a consultant working with COWI. French explosive demolition specialist Pierre Burgeure has also been approached to join the panel.
Finally, the North American industry will also be represented on the panel through the presence of William Moore of Brandenburg Industrial Service and past president of the NDA.
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