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Total Reclaims and CMEC clinch merger, 2020-style The coming together of a pair of Nottingham-based demolition contractors was one of the biggest industry stories of the past year. And the two companies have clinched the deal in the most 2020 way imaginable. Total Reclaims’ Melvyn Cross and Antony Hopkinson of CMEC came together for a…Read moreRead more

The President of the Institute of Demolition Engineers (IDE) is offering support for two people who want to upskill by studying for demolition qualifications at the University of Wolverhampton. Richard Dolman, newly-appointed president of the Institute of Demolition Engineers and a recent graduate of the Master’s Degree in Demolition Management in the University’s Faculty of…Read moreRead more

It is with great sadness that DemolitionNews must report the untimely passing of Graham Green, director of Portsmouth Demolition and Salvage. It is understood that Green had been ill for over a year DemolitionNews has reached out to Green’s family and his son Andy – who is expected to take over the running of the…Read moreRead more

Midlands demolition company acknowledges NHS in a big way. Armac Group recently took delivery of the UK’s first Caterpillar 352 demolition excavator and immediately put it to work demolishing the world-famous Wembley Way in London. But the company has now pressed the machine into action for an even higher purpose. The machine’s high reach boom…Read moreRead more

New IDE president uses inaugural speech to set educations focus. The COVID-19 pandemic and its resulting lockdown might have robbed him of the in-person inauguration he so richly deserved, but new Institute of Demolition Engineers’ president Richard Dolman has wasted no time in setting an educational agenda for his two-year tenure. “Even during the pandemic,…Read moreRead more

In a move that will send shockwaves through the UK demolition industry, Total Reclaims Demolition (TRD) and CMEC Demolition have announced that the two established and widely-respected Nottingham-based companies are to merge with immediate effect. The merged company will operate under the Total Reclaims name, retaining but will now be able to compete for larger…Read moreRead more

Derby City Council has released a new film detailing the demolition of an old footbridge across the A52 as part of the wider A52 Transport Improvement Scheme. And local demolition contractor – Cawarden – takes centre stage.

Florida demolition faces clean-up bill. In what must have been a slow news day in the Sunshine State, a local TV news station has reported on the “damage” done to cars by falling debris. While a demolition contractor is required to contain falling debris, it appears that the damage in this instance was little more…Read moreRead more