The Classic Machinery Network

Video Exclusive – Return of the Scrap Kings…
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One of the best demolition shows on TV is coming back. Production is underway on the second series of the popular Scrap Kings TV Series. The first series earned industry plaudits for realism and the fact that it captured some of the behind-the-scenes banter that marks the UK demolition industry as unique. That first series […]
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Video – Explosive height reduction…
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Smokestack shrinks slightly, but refuses to fall. An old Duquesne Light smokestack in Crescent Township was supposed to come down Saturday, but instead of collapsing, it just got a little shorter. After a loud boom and a thick cloud of dust, the old smokestack was shorter, but still standing. “Nothing. It went boom, and that […]
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Mick George Ltd hit with hefty fine…
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Firm fined after tipper came into contact with overhead power lines. Northampton Crown Court heard that on 9 March 2016 a driver employed by Mick George Ltd was emptying a load of soil from his tipper vehicle at a site in Northampton. Mick George Ltd had already identified the need for Permanent Protection Structures (goalposts) […]
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Video – Damp squib Down Under…
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Blast fails to drop part of power station. For more than three hours local people had waited, hands shoved deep into jacket pockets against a biting wind, clamouring for the best vantage points to witness the much-hyped “controlled” explosion that promised to level the old Alcoa power plant in Anglesea, Australia. About half an hour […]
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Fined for asbestos failings…
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Prosecution last month hands down negligible penalty. A demolition company based in Ryde on the Isle of Wight and its director have been fined for storing asbestos illegally at Rosemary Copse Farm. Ryde Demolition Company Ltd was fined £12,500 with a victim surcharge of £170 and costs of £4,000, while its director, Neil Harrison, was […]
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Students blown away…
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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 […]
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Comment – Putting the industry on notice…
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No more Mr Nice Guy – We will name and shame the industry’s late-payers. Like a demolition man that has to pay his staff, his chosen equipment hirer, his fuel supplier and his insurance company in order to work, I have a stack of people that I need to pay long before I can even […]
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Digger delays Nottingham road…
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Road brought to standstill as excavator hits bridge while being transported. The ring road near Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham was closed in both directions for two hours to remove a stricken digger. A low-loader carrying the machine hit a bridge on the A6514 Middleton Boulevard at around 8.20 am this morning. Although it is […]
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Video – Another bridge blasted…
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Controlled implosion signals start of new Kansas City bridge. The westbound I-70 Lewis and Clark Viaduct bridge over the Kansas River in Kansas City was dropped at about 8:30 am local time on Saturday. The controlled implosion is part of a long-term construction project to demolish and rebuild the bridge.
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Recruitment made simple…
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We have made it easier (and cheaper) for you to find demolition workers. Due to (possibly unfounded) concerns over the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) we took the decision to take our Demolition-Jobs.co.uk website offline. In fact, it is STILL offline. But that doesn’t mean we can’t help you find the staff you’re looking for. […]
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