Low recycling rates and high accident levels highlight US demolition’s failure to innovate. I have spent more than 25 years writing about construction, demolition, and the equipment used across these demanding sectors. And for the most part, it was like casting my carefully crafted and finely honed words and phrases to the four winds, as…Read moreRead more
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Complete Drilling Services enters administration…
London-based Complete Drilling Services has gone into administration. The ongoing recession and credit crunch has claimed another victim. UK trade magazine Construction News is reporting that concrete cutting and controlled demolition company Complete Drilling Services called in the receivers at the end of July. Complete Drilling Services was founded in 1991 and started by offering…Read moreRead more
Free redundancy advice line…
Employment law specialist Peninsula offers demolition contractors free redundancy advice. It is a sad indictment of the parlous state of the UK economy that our latest free offer involves advice on the subject of redundancy law. However, employment law specialist Peninsula is offering demolition contractors some free advice on this tricky subject. Simply call 0844…Read moreRead more
Rats before wrecking balls…
Canadian officials are considering making rat extermination a demolition pre-requisite. Following a recent incident in which hundreds of rats fled a Vancouver demolition contract, Canadian officials are believed to be considering the extermination of the animals a condition of contract on forthcoming demolition projects. Faced with an exploding rat population, partially the result of a…Read moreRead more
Business Directory…
Don’t forget to secure your space on the Demolition News Business Directory. In typical entrepreneurial fashion, last week we launched the Demolition News Business Directory that is designed to allow manufacturers and product and service providers to display their wares to a highly targeted readership of demolition professionals. Now launching this in the midst of…Read moreRead more
How to demolish a giant prawn…
The search is underway for a demolition crew with seafood experience. Of all the unusual demolition applications we’ve ever come across, the demolition of this giant prawn is probably the strangest. Although not yet decided, it now appears likely that this famous Australian landmark could soon face demolition, which set us thinking about the skills…Read moreRead more
Bobcat layoffs hit community…
A small US community is feeling the effects of the latest round of Bobcat layoffs. The entire world is feeling the effects of the current global recession. But it is the small communities that rely upon a local employer for their very existence that are feeling it worst. Take for example the 800 residents of…Read moreRead more
Collapsed Shanghai building being demolished…
The Shanghai tower block that collapsed recently is now being demolished. Following a lead from Safedem managing director William Sinclair, we recently reported on the collapse of a 13-storey tower block in the Minhang District of Shanghai in which the entire structure simply laid down, almost entirely intact. Well, if that wasn’t surreal enough, the…Read moreRead more
Armac joins the Twitter revolution…
Leading UK contractor Armac is the latest demolition company to join Twitter. Midlands-based UK contractor Armac Group has become the latest demolition contractor to recognise the benefits of social networking and social media, joining the Twitter micro-blog service. If oyu’re a Twitter user, please be sure to follow them at www.twitter.com/ArmacGroup. And if you’re NOT…Read moreRead more
Megastructures tonight (if you’re in the UK)…
Tonight’s episode of Megastructures looks at the demolition of the Sheraton Hotel in Miami. We have set up all manner of fancy news feeds, monitor thousands of websites and RSS feeds, and regularly scour the Internet for new information to share with you. But it never ceases to amaze us just where we can draw…Read moreRead more
