Exclusive audio podcast by Terry Quarmby, president of the Institute of Demolition Engineers. Anyone with even the most tenuous link to the demolition business knows that demolition contractors are the undisputed world leaders in the recycling and reuse of materials, a fact that has put this industry at the very forefront of the drive for…Read moreRead more
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What Price Sustainability…?
Audio boos from IDE Roadshow…
A series of brief audio boos recorded live at today’s IDE Roadshow. Although the gremlins prevented these from being uploaded live, the Audio Boo system did (thankfully) retain these audios recorded live at the IDE Roadshow earlier today. Listen! Listen! Listen!
Exclusive Audio – Forthcoming Legislation…
IDE vice-president John Woodward on forthcoming legislation and its impact on the demolition sector. In the first of our exclusive audio podcasts recorded live at the last of the 2009 IDE Roadshows (held earlier today at the fabulous Mercedes Benz World in Weybridge, Surrey), IDE vice-president and Demolition News regular John Woodward gazes into his…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
When crushers collide…
What happens when you use one crusher as a battering ram on another. “…In the red corner, weighing in at an impressive 40 tonnes, the Powerscreen WARRIOR. And in the blue corner, weighing a measly 3.5 tonnes, the Dig A Crusher 900 crusher bucket…” Word reaches us that a group of vandals broke into a…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
Demolition City champion crowned…
Demolition News has crowned its Demolition City World Champion. It was a tough battle and one that those of us of a certain age (and with a proper job to worry about) stood no chance of winning. The Demolition City World Championships has drawn to a close and our clear winner is “Hicko” who achieved…Read moreRead more
Deutsche Bank contract rumbles on…
Six times over budget, three years late and a major prosecution later, the Deutsche bank contract is still running. The contract to demolish the Deutsche Bank building in Lower Manhattan, which was damaged during the September 11 attacks on New York’s World Trade Center, is still going on. According to the Mesothelioma Asbestos Awareness Center,…Read moreRead more
