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Summer 2009 edition of Demolition & Dismantling out now…
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
Video from operator’s viewpoint…
New video gives unique insight into demolition job from the machine operator’s perspective. Here at Demolition News, we regularly scour YouTube, Metacafe and Vimeo to bring you the very best and the very latest demolition videos. But time and again, we come back to the work being done in the US by Stephen SetteDucati Photography,…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
Coleman & Co high reach in action….
New video showing Coleman & Co’s high reach excavator in action. We received this video of Coleman & Co’s high reach excavator at work on the demolition of the North Staffordshire Hospital in Stoke on Trent just this morning. It comes courtesy of John Woodward of C&D Consultancy, who shot the video on his very…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
Giant Kobelco in action…
Nice video of a Kobelco SK950 (LC) D excavator in operation.
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
IDE Roadshow sights and sounds…
Exclusive overview video from last Friday’s Institute of Demolition Engineers’ Roadshow. We’re still beavering away in the editing suite (well, back bedroom actually) to bring you some more audio and video footage from last week’s Institute of Demolition Engineers’ Roadshow at Mercedes benz World in Surrey. However, while that’s happening, here’s a very quick overview…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
