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A Kent-based company has been fined £175,000 following the death of an employee. Liam McArdle, from Gravesend, was fatally crushed by an excavator attachment while working for Erith Plant Services Limited on 21 September 2021. A demolition grab, attached to an excavator, fell onto the 24-year-old while it was loaded onto a lorry at Erith…Read moreRead more

In today’s show: Caterpillar demonstrates shear power; Hitachi goes hybrid; there’s a new Chinese manufacturer to get to know; and a Kobelco excavator is flourishing in the fjords. PLUS we will be finding out what Steelwrist has in store for Intermat 2024. Join us LIVE for your daily fix of news, views, video and comment…Read moreRead more

First Squibb, then McCormack, Wooldridge, Blucon and Rye. And now Essex-based Type Ten Limited has gone to the great demolition graveyard. The company appointed a voluntary liquidator on 10 February. According to an estimated statement of affairs listed at Companies House, the company was showing a £2,471,539 deficiency in its accounts when Begbies Traynor was…Read moreRead more

New plan places London demolition contractors on notice. Demolition should be actively discouraged to help reduce carbon emissions in the nation’s capital. That is just one of the recommendations of a new report from the London Assembly entitled Retrofit vs Rebuild – Reducing Carbon in the Built Environment. This report looks at the new approach…Read moreRead more

West Midlands-based contractor the latest in liquidation. Solihull-based contractor Blucon Demolition has slipped into liquidation. Following hot on the heels of the collapse of Squibb Group, McCormack Demolition and – most recently – Wooldridge Contractors, the demise of yet another demolition company will be cause for wider concern for an industry seemingly beset with financial…Read moreRead more

Wooldridge Contractors to appoint administrators. It has been one of the worst-kept secret in the UK demolition industry for several weeks now. But industry news portal – Construction Enquirer – is reporting that Wooldridge Contractors has become the latest UK demolition company (and National Federation of Demolition Contractors member) to slip into administration. The company…Read moreRead more

11 Trade bodies call for regulation of embodied carbon Influential trade bodies including the Chartered Institute of Building, Construction Industry Council, Royal Institute of British Architects and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors have joined forces to warn political leaders about the urgent need for regulation of embodied carbon emissions in construction. They warn regulation…Read moreRead more

In today’s show: We’re saying bonjour to a small but perfectly formed new model from Manitou; there’s no business like snow business for Bobcat; get set for the Kentucky bridge blast; and CASE cleans up the Ivory Coast. PLUS someone is for the chop from Madame Guillotine. Join us LIVE for your daily fix of…Read moreRead more