Time to speak up and speak out against site accidents and deaths. The latest episode of the Demolition News Radio podcast addresses a subject that is seemingly taboo, off-limits and forbidden. And that subject is site accidents and site deaths. We live in an age of transparency, when every aspect of our business and personal…Read moreRead more
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Comment – Silence is complicity…
Have your say…
Demolition News Radio is opening up the airwaves. Unless you have been living in a cave these past 10 months or so, you will know by now that DemolitionNews has a dedicated demolition podcast that you can hear on iTunes, Google Play, Spotify and a whole host of other audio outlets. Despite being purely about…Read moreRead more
Audio – Loneliness of the demolition man…
Demolition News Radio looks at the issue of isolation when working away from home. Under normal circumstances, I tend not to publish our audio content here. We figure that if you want to listen to a podcast, then chances are that you will do so through a dedicated app on your smartphone. However, earlier today,…Read moreRead more
Mick George Ltd hit with hefty fine…
Firm fined after tipper came into contact with overhead power lines. Northampton Crown Court heard that on 9 March 2016 a driver employed by Mick George Ltd was emptying a load of soil from his tipper vehicle at a site in Northampton. Mick George Ltd had already identified the need for Permanent Protection Structures (goalposts)…Read moreRead more
Audio – Pre-launch furore…
Our new show isn’t out yet; and it’s already famous in the US! Earlier this week, we dropped an audio trailer of a new podcast series we have planned called “Birth of a Demolition Company”. That show will follow a new demolition start-up as it takes its first tentative steps on the demolition ladder, and…Read moreRead more
Ousted…!
NFDC President succumbs to internal war of attrition. The National Federation of Demolition Contractors (NFDC) has announced that embattled President Paul Brown has resigned. Despite having the vocal support of several of the Federation’s regions and many of its individual members, Brown’s presidency has been beset by a series of attempts to oust him, including…Read moreRead more
Audio – Hitting a century…
Demolition News Radio broadcasts its 100th show with a focus on training. At the beginning of August last year, we broadcast the first episode of the Demolition News Radio podcast. Today, we have broadcast our 100th episode and – as has become the norm of late – it pulls no punches. The subject of the…Read moreRead more
Raw and unedited…
You can now hear the REAL version of our latest podcast. I am red-faced with embarrassment; painfully aware that I have granted listeners an unplanned glimpse behind the curtain of professionalism. At 6.30 on Monday morning, I uploaded our latest podcast entitled “Disowning My Own Work”. It’s an episode that was weeks in the scripting…Read moreRead more
Didcot – Two Years On…
Two years after the tragic death of four demolition workers in a boiler house collapse at the Didcot A Power Station, this one-off show looks back at the events of that day and the events that have transpired since.
Comment – Breaking everything but the glass ceiling…
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:
