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The National Federation of Demolition Contractors has finally its move to new premises. New NFDC president David Darsey and Mike Penning MP oversee the official opening of the new Resurgam House, home of the National Federation of Demolition Contractors. A large crowd of members and well-wishers attended the opening: The NFDC also used the official…Read moreRead more

The controlled demolition of a tower block viewed from two vantage points.

Churchills Steeplejacks’ training achievements rewarded with platinum award Churchill Steeplejacks UK Ltd has become the proud recipient of the CSCS Platinum Award that recognises a companies achievement in attaining more than a 90 percent ratio of it’s workforce being CSCS accredited card holders. Click here for full details.

Explosives used to break up ice jam in North Dakota. Demolition engineers are a resourceful bunch. They have to be; they never know what the next job might entail. But even the most versatile among them might have thought twice about undertaking the explosive “demolition” of a sheet of ice roughly the size of a…Read moreRead more

Waste & Resources Action Programme selected as single point of resource efficiency support. Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) today welcomed the Government decision that WRAP will lead the development of a single point of contact for advice and support services on resource efficiency. WRAP believes that by joining forces the organisations delivering resource efficiency…Read moreRead more

Sneak preview of the new home of the National Federation of Demolition Contractors. It doesn’t officially open until Friday and while we were there, the electricians were still hard at work. But this is a sneak preview of Resurgam House II, home of the National Federation of Demolition Contractors. We will be there for the…Read moreRead more

Work is underway on the demolition of a former JCB factory; guess what equipment they’re using? Work started today started on the demolition of an historic JCB factory in the centre of Uttoxeter – ending manufacturing links stretching back almost 140 years. JCB Chairman Sir Antony Bamford used a 33 tonne JCB JS330XD tracked excavator…Read moreRead more

Twitter is the fastest-growing online social network. So where are the demolition people? Anyone that has been following this website for more than a few weeks will have heard me banging on about the social networking explosion that is Twitter. I won’t bore you with all the details of what it is again; suffice it…Read moreRead more

BASF Plant decomimissioning underway on Teeside. The UK arm of international chemical giant BASF has begun the decommissioning of plant at the Seal Sands site in Teesside, Middlesbrough following its decision to cease these operations in May 2007. BASF plc has appointed specialist engineering consultants and construction design management (CDM) co-ordinators RVA Group, to oversee…Read moreRead more

A time-lapse video of a high reach excavator has topped the YouTube Machinery chart I really should learn to keep my big mouth shut. No sooner do I promise never again to show a time-lapse video of a demolition project than along comes a video that has shot to the tops of the YouTube machinery…Read moreRead more