Chicago waits with bated breath to find out if it has been selected as the host of the 2016 Olympic Games. But airborne dust has already sparked health concerns. With demolition work in preparation for the London 2012 Games still taking place just a few miles from my front door, it’s easy to forget that…Read moreRead more
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Health fears over demolition at proposed Olympic Village…
Explosion rocks Texas demolition company…
A demolition worker has been severely burned in a fire at Robles Demolition. Several fire crews were last night working to contain a fire caused when routine welding or hot cutting works at a demolition company’s headquarters resulted in an explosion that left one worker severely burned. Initial reports suggest that the worker set off…Read moreRead more
How long can this madness go on…
Yet another tale of suicidal bid pricing from the US; this time a wastewater plant in Palm City. We are beginning to suspect that someone has circulated a memo to US demolition contractors that advises them to abandon all common sense and business acumen during the current recession, and merely submit bid prices that verge…Read moreRead more
NDA calls for federal recycling regs…
National Demolition Association says US regulation is needed to encourage recycling. Michael Taylor, executive director of the National Demolition Association in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, outside Philadelphia, said there are about 14 different materials from a demolished structure that could be recycled. The association represents more than 900 demolition companies across North America. Taylor said the marketability…Read moreRead more
What’s in a name…?
We are searching for the greatest name for a demolition company, real or imagined. Trawling through the vast, unmapped hinterlands of the Internet, we recently came across a New Orleans-based demolition company that goes by the marvelous name of Nutter Buster Demolition (apparently, the company is family-owned and the founder’s surname is Nutter). We doubt…Read moreRead more
We just hit a new record…
Visitors to the Demolition News website just hit a record high… When we first unveiled Demolition News approximately one year ago, we regularly monitored our traffic statistics on Google Analytics; and it often made for pretty depressing reading. Indeed, in our first month in operation, there were six days in which no-one at all visited…Read moreRead more
What happens next…?
Experienced UHD machines users will spot the problem about 21 seconds in. In light of the ongoing discussions regarding the inexperience ultra-high demolition excavator utilisation of some US contractors, and the willingness of others to use undersized machines, the outcome of this (quite old) video should become apparent about 21 seconds after it starts, even…Read moreRead more
Can open, worms eveywhere…
The debate about the US’ apparent reluctance to high reach machines rages on… What started out as a simple, almost rhetorical question has proved to be the most eagerly followed and contentious in Demolition News’ 12 month history. Towards the end of last week, we innocently asked “why don’t Americans GET high reach demolition excavators”….Read moreRead more
Demolishing world’s largest refrigerator factory…
Work underway at Electrolux’s Michigan factory, formerly world’s largest refrigerator plant. Demolition crews are well on their way to reducing the building that once was the world’s largest refrigerator factory to a distant memory. Crews from Bierlein Companies in Midland have demolished about three-quarters of the former Electrolux plant in Greenville. After starting on the…Read moreRead more
Last chance to join the league…
Sign up now to the Demolition Fantasy Premier League. In less than 24 hours, the start of the English Premiership season gets underway. So this is just a quick reminder that Demolition News has created a fantasy football league specifically for demolition professionals. Competitors are given an imaginary £100 million to spend on Premiership players…Read moreRead more
