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Government admits HS2 demolition inaccuracies…
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Government forced to issue correction note over compulsory purchases and demolitions. A comparison of housing demolition figures used to help justify changing the HS2 route through South Yorkshire was wrong by at least 40 per cent, the Government has admitted. A correction note published by the Department for Transport said that a previous claim that […]
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Six win big in Manchester…
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Four years’ work awaits for successful bidders. Six demolition contractors have been chosen on a £20 million framework covering high and low-rise demolition work across Greater Manchester. The framework includes demolition schemes of all project values, and includes machine, explosive and high reach demolition; emergency responsive call-out work; and asbestos and waste removal. It has […]
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Video – What a Year…
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Exclusive one-minute film captures the highlights of the past year. There have been a few notable lows. But, in the main, 2017 is a year that has been categorised by a number of highs here at Demolition News Towers. In fact, we’re not entirely sure just how we managed to cram quite so much into […]
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Video – Second time of asking…
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Remainder of Georgia Dome felled in second blast. In the early hours of yesterday morning, crews imploded what remained of Gate B and part of the east wall of the Georgia Dome.
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Video – Dorms downed in time for Xmas…
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Cather & Pound residence halls imploded. A pair of residence halls at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have been felled in a controlled implosion. Thousands of people gathered to witness the implosion that reduced the two towers to rubble in time for the Christmas break.
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A very Merry Christmas…
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2018 – Bring it on…!
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Company cited over cadmium exposure…
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Contractor behind Chicago’s Old Post Office demolition hit with fine. OSHA has released a statement saying workers were exposed to lead, cadmium and arsenic while performing demolition and sandblasting work on Chicago’s 90-year old Old Post Office building last summer. OSHA inspected the post office site in August 2017, after receiving referrals from the Chicago […]
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Demolition Directory & Yearbook 2018…
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Our annual forward-focused bumper edition is here. We are proud and delighted to bring you the third of our annual Demolition Directory & Yearbook publications. As has become the tradition, this one eschews the tired old idea of looking back at a year that has passed and instead looks towards the years ahead. The tone […]
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Video – Pray it falls the right way…
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The latest addition to the Holy Crap Files is the stuff of health and safety nightmares. If you’re a health and safety professional, equipment operator, demolition worker or if you have a functioning brain, you might want to look away now. The video (below) from Taiwan is an object lesson in how risk assessments are […]
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