Erith Contractors MD takes up role of NDTG Chairman. The delegates at today’s annual general meeting of the National Demolition Training Group (NDTG) voted to elect Erith Contractors managing director David Darsey as chairman with McWilliam Demolition’s Craig McWilliam elected as vice-chairman. It is the latest of many accolades for Darsey who has previously held…Read moreRead more
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Triple crown for Darsey
Video Exclusive – Blazing a trail…
What the new Demolition Operative Apprenticeship Standard means for the wider industry. Following more than a year of behind-the-scenes consultation, a Demolition Operative apprenticeship standard has been uploaded onto the Institute for Apprenticeships. The apprenticeship standard was developed by a trailblazer group comprising 10 UK demolition contractors including Armac Group, Cantillon, Rye Demolition, Squibb Group…Read moreRead more
Open letter from Dr Demolition…
Former IDE president calls for candidates for foundation degree in demolition management. It is not often that the UK demolition industry can claim to be a world beater without fear of contradiction. In the Institute’s Foundation Degree we can truly make such a statement for never before has this level of academic learning, which is…Read moreRead more
Keltbray tackles asbestos on soils…
Industry giant launches new training initiative. Keltbray Group has announced the launch of a unique Asbestos in Soils training course, the first of its kind in the UK. It sets out to combine theory and practice in Keltbray’s new training centre at Silvertown in east London, where the company has built a specially designed practical…Read moreRead more
Students blown away…
World-renowned explosives expert lends expertise to degree course. University of Wolverhampton Demolition degree students were blown away by a guest speaker recently. Blow-down explosives expert, Dick Green, was a visiting lecturer at the City Campus in Wolverhampton recently to talk to the Master’s degree Architecture and Built Environment students about the use of explosives in…Read moreRead more
Keltbray appeals to hearts and minds…
Contractor unveils new training initiative. Keltbray Training today announced that it is taking part in a trial to explore the relationship between the human mind and the human heart by researching what is referred to as heart/brain coherence. This pilot involves the utilisation of a system of science-based and scientifically validated, coherence-building skills designed to…Read moreRead more
The youth of tomorrow…
Keltbray backs initiative to attract young people into industry. Keltbray Group has announced its support for the Construction Youth Trust’s (CYT) new initiative to engage young people on the pathway to working in the infrastructure and built environment sector. This scheme aims to involve 100 schools over the next three years, and Keltbray is supporting CYT…Read moreRead more
Video – Ahead of our time…
To be played when the industry once again discusses the future of the Construction Industry Training Board. If you have been around the UK construction industry, you would know that the Construction Industry Training Board has – seemingly forever – lived in the shadow cast my the Sword of Damocles that swings portentously above its…Read moreRead more
Funding threat to NDTG…
Training Group rallying member support as axe hangs over CITB. The National Demolition Training Group (NDTG), the specialist training arm of the National Federation of Demolition Contractors (NFDC), is rallying members to support calls to retain the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB). The CITB is currently facing its triennial consensus vote which it needs to…Read moreRead more
Comment – What is the point of demolition training…?
Key health and safety messages are not making it through to the men on the ground. You will, I hope, forgive the deliberately provocative title of this latest comment video. Obviously, I know the intended purpose of demolition training. I know that some demolition companies go way above and beyond the call of duty in…Read moreRead more
