If DemolitionNews appears unusually quiet today, you’ll know why.
Frustrated by Demolition Master? Bored with Demolition Company? Driven to distraction by Demolition City? Realising that you’re just too old for computer and video games? Then leading Scottish demolition company Safedem may have the answer.
The company has put a modern environmental spin on the familiar game of Jenga, using timber salvaged from demolition projects to create the miniature wooden blocks. Known in Safedem circles as “Knockemdoon” (it works best if you say it with a Scottish accent), these are packed in a branded Safedem box that displays the company’s explosive demolition expertise and some key facts about the company itself.
The game is the brainchild of Safedem managing director William Sinclair, and reflects both the demolition and recycling aspects of the company’s business. “The timber blocks came from the flooring of multi storey demolitions in Dundee,” Sinclair says. “I got a guy with a timber lathe to make them for us, and we then sent them to the printers to put our logo on. The whole set is only about 18cm tall – 7″ in old money – just the right size for use on a desk.”
Sinclair reports that he has some 500 sets ready for distribution, many of which are destined for local schoolchildren as part of the company’s renowned community liaison efforts.
DemolitionNews can report that the game is addictive and infuriating in roughly equal measure, but that it’s also a welcome throwback to a time when games were for all the family, not just those with square eyes and thumbs capable of moving at the speed of hummingbird wings.
To celebrate the launch of Knockemdoon, Safedem has very kindly provided us with a set to giveaway as part of a competition. For a chance to win that set, just answer the following simple question:
At the 2009 Demolition Awards, Safedem won in two key categories. What were those categories?
Answers should be sent via email to manthony@markanthonypublicity.co.uk. The winner will be drawn at random from the entries received. Entries MUST be received by 31 March 2011.
