COVID-19

To mark the beginning of Mental Health Awareness Week, the latest episode of the Demolition Daily LiveStream features Danny Kearney of ProSafe Consultants; a vocal advocate for mental wellbeing. We look at how the industry requires action to accompany the awareness, discuss whether there is room for kindness in business; and ask how we retain…Read moreRead more

In the latest episode of the Demolition Daily LiveStream, we speak to Rupert Craven of auction giant Ritchie Bros. We look at the demolition taking lace at their auction facility at the former Maltby Colliery, the company’s switch to online sales in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the support that Ritchie Bros is…Read moreRead more

The main part of today’s Demolition Daily LiveStream is devoted to a discussion with Leo Scott Smith of Lincolnshire-based technology company Tended. In the space of just eight weeks, Leo and his team has designed, developed and delivered a wearable wristband that alerts the wearer when they are closer than two metres from a work…Read moreRead more

Face mask fallout and concerns over a desensitisation to construction and demolition deaths make up the lion’s share of todays show. If you’re not outraged at the thought of a demolition-branded face mask, you can get your own here.

As the UK takes its first tentative steps on the road to an easing of COVID-19 quarantine restrictions, we speak to Jacqueline O’Donovan, managing director of O’Donovan Waste Disposal. As a keen advocate for training and worker welfare, Jacqui has expressed her concerns over a creeping COVID-19 complacency.

Last night, I listened to a Content with Media podcast by Peter Haddock that talked about how the construction industry charity – The Lighthouse Club – is attempting to help workers and their families impacted by the Coronavirus whilst trying to plug a financial hole in the charity’s coffers also caused by the pandemic. Today’s…Read moreRead more

From the taste of tea from a flask, through the rubber smell of site gloves, the distant THUNK of a hydraulic hammer and the snug feeling of a well-fitted hard hat. Today’s episode of the Demolition Daily LiveStream is dedicated to a few of my favourite things.

In the latest episode of the Demolition Daily LiveStream, we look at the findings of The Construction Index’s report into the UK demolition sector and ask if the turnover and profit levels accomplished by the sector’s Top 20 firms is in any way indicative of the wider industry. (I apologise in advance for the picture…Read moreRead more

In today’s episode, we look at the lunacy of cutting jobs and cutting wages when the industry stands on the cusp of a surge in demand and workload. We also look ahead to the Demolition Social Club 3 – The Revenge which will take place next Wednesday.