At noon today, a pre-inquest review of the Didcot disaster is scheduled to be heard at the Coroner’s Court in Oxfordshire. That review comes 1,974 days after a part of the boiler house at the Didcot A Power Station collapsed while undergoing demolition. Four demolition men lost their lives that day. And it is to…Read moreRead more
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Comment – No end in sight
In memory of the #Didcot4…
At 4.04 pm today – four minutes and five years after the boiler house at Didcot A Power Station collapsed claiming the lives of four men – DemolitionNews will premiere a new film that recalls that fateful day and the lack of progress since. In addition, we will be hosting a LiveStream show dedicated to…Read moreRead more
Didcot – Police remain non-committal…
Thames Valley Police issue statement on 5th anniversary of Didcot Disaster. Thames Valley Police, the police authority responsible for investigating the cause of the Didcot A Power Station collapse in which four demolition workers were killed in 2016, have paid tribute to those who died in the incident. “…Today marks the fifth anniversary of the…Read moreRead more
Didcot – Five years of anguish…
Lack of progress prolongs the agony. 1,825 days ago, the landscape of the UK demolition industry changed forever when the boiler house at Didcot A Power Station collapsed, killing four workers. 1,825 days ago, the reputation of the UK demolition was tainted as the sector’s safety record was laid bare before the watching world. 1,825…Read moreRead more
Three unaccounted for in Ohio collapse…
One person is in the hospital and at least three are unaccounted for after a power plant in Ohio collapsed while workers were inside. The Killen Generating station in Adams County, Ohio collapsed while workers were inside dismantling the plant. Search and rescue crews are on site. Adams County Sheriff Kim Rogers said that initially…Read moreRead more
Comment – And now the wait begins…
I was busily adding some last-minute polish to the pilot episode of the new Construction Collective LIVE show yesterday, so the news of an industrial explosion in Avonmouth passed me by. By the time I emerged from what I laughingly call “the studio”, it had been confirmed that four men had lost their lives. I…Read moreRead more
Demolition Daily LiveStream #22
Today’s Demolition Daily LiveStream refocuses on the prolonged HSE investigation into the boiler house collapse at the Didcot A Power Station; and the effect of those delays upon the families, friends and colleagues of the four men that were killed 1,521 days ago. The ongoing COVID-19 lockdown CANNOT be used as an excuse to forestall…Read moreRead more
Police issue Didcot update…
Statement to mark fourth anniversary of Didcot disaster. Thames Valley Police has issued an update statement to mark the fourth anniversary of the Didcot A Power Station disaster which left four demolition men dead. “Thames Valley Police and the HSE remain totally committed to investigating the collapse and obtaining answers for the families. Our enquiry…Read moreRead more
Four years on…
Didcot – I will be silent out of respect; but I will be vocal out of anger and frustration. Earlier this week, I took a phone call from a researcher at a national radio station. “Hi Mark,” the researcher said. “Are you aware that this weekend marks the fourth anniversary of the Didcot disaster?” Am…Read moreRead more
Storming to the end…
Final explosive event at Didcot A Power Station completed. Even as the UK was battered by high winds and rain as part of Storm Ciara, the explosive demolition team at Brown and Mason was carrying out its final checks ahead of what would be the last explosive event at the ill-fated Didcot A Power Station….Read moreRead more
