There is every likelihood that we’re late to this particular party. But word reached us this morning that Bradford-based Gill Demolitions has entered voluntary liquidation. According to an entry on Companies House, Gaines Robson Insolvency was appointed as insolvency practitioner back in January of this year; so quite why this news is reaching us now…Read moreRead more
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Gill Demolitions shuts up shop
London scaffold collapse…
If you were watching yesterday’s Break Fast Show, you will know that we brought you the news of a scaffold collapse on a site in the heart of London. Well now, we van bring you a video that shows the immediate aftermath of that collapse (below). Although we have yet to receive official confirmation, the…Read moreRead more
The Break Fast Show #43
In today’s show: Aldi offer a demolition opportunity in Coventry; DemolitionNews is launching a dedicated live show on Instagram, starting today; and – in light of last week’s high profile prosecution – we look at the subject of MEWP safety with Ben Byrne of Ashview Consultants. You can find our extended show notes here: https://tinyurl.com/rsencn85
The Prodigal Son’s return
Former NFDC convention chairman returns to Federation main stage. DemolitionNews can reveal exclusively that the Midlands and Welsh region of the National Federation of Demolition Contractors has selected former Federation convention chairman Patrick Williamson as its regional representative. It is an unexpected yet wholly deserved return to the fold for a man who has dedicated…Read moreRead more
The Break Fast Show #40
In todays show: The true cost of the post-Grenfell cladding remediation programme; job opportunity in the West Midlands and project opportunity in the North West; and demolition’s continuing failure to learn from past mistakes. All this and more in our 40th episode. You can find extended show notes for today’s episode here: https://tinyurl.com/uj6tzb7d
Bradley fined over MEWP incident…
Worker suffers life-changing injuries in platform accident. A demolition contractor has been fined £200,000 after the operator of an articulated boom type cherry picker became trapped between the vehicle platform rail and the roof of an industrial shed. Manchester Magistrates Court heard how on Thursday 2 November 2017 a worker contracted by Bradley Demolition Ltd…Read moreRead more
Comment – Missed opportunities of COVID crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting lockdown forced change upon us all. Top-end restaurants were forced to offer DIY meal kits that allowed customers to enjoy restaurant-quality food from the comfort (and safety) of their own homes while keeping the restaurant coffers topped up. Gyms and leisure centres embraced online technology to allow them to…Read moreRead more
A Total success
The directors of a Nottingham-based demolition company have earned praise from commercial property specialists for the on-going creation of a new industrial development close to the company’s Hucknall headquarters. Melvyn Cross, Mark Cross, Gary Cross Richard Noon, directors at Total Reclaims Demolition, are creating a selection of high-calibre industrial units on what will be known…Read moreRead more
Rugeley cooling towers’ date with destiny
The iconic cooling towers at Rugeley Power Station are set to fall in June this year ahead of a major redevelopment at the site. According to news portal Construction Enquirer, principal contractor ENGIE has been granted outline planning permission for the major redevelopment of the site in Staffordshire. That redevelopment will see the site transformed…Read moreRead more
Deviance at the heart of UK construction…
There is a culture of financial deviance at the heart of the UK construction sector. That is just one of the key take-aways from research carried out by the London South Bank University into the collapse of industry giant Carillion. The demise of Carillion at the beginning of 2018 was the UK’s biggest corporate failure…Read moreRead more
