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Darsey blasts apprenticeship apathy…
DemolitionNews
NDTG chairman disappointed with industry engagement on Trailblazer scheme. Newly-elected National Demolition Training Group chairman David Darsey has expressed his disappointment and frustration with the lack of commitment shown by his fellow UK demolition contractors as the pilot Trailblazer apprenticeship course is about to take place. Government-back and Ofsted-regulated, the scheme was developed by a […]
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Comment – Collusion probe creeps closer…
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Competition & Markets Authority net closing across construction sector. I can tell you precisely where I was when I received a tip-off that a number of UK demolition firms had allegedly been raided by anti-collusion investigators. I was at the Messe Munchen exhibition centre in Munich during the Bauma 2019 show, on my way to […]
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Video – Blasted in Bedzin…
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Controlled implosion fells Polish cooling tower. A cooling tower measuring 90 metres in height has been demolished at the Lagisza Power Station in Bedzin, Poland.
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Video – Dehaco at Bauma 2019…
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Dutch attachment and dust suppression specialist on parade. There was just so much to see at Bauma 2019 that we are STILL working our way through the resulting video edits. The latest to roll out of our video department is a look around the stand of Dutch dust suppression and attachment specialist Dehaco, which is […]
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Sayonara…for now
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Demolition News Towers will be closed from 19 to 25 May 2019 as editor Mark Anthony is heading for Japan as a guest of Caterpillar and Finning UK to take part in the long-awaited European Demolition Association Study Tour. There will be no This Week in Demolition email newsletter this week and it is unlikely […]
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Video – Oil rig deconstruction…
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Year-long demolition condensed into just over a minute. The Brent Delta oil rig, once the world’s deepest drilling rig, has been dismantled in Hartlepol in the UK. And that deconstruction has been captured in this amazing time-lapse film.
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Video – British bridge demolition…
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Weekend possession condensed into four epic minutes. A new film from Central Bedfordshire Council charts the recent weekend-long possession of the A421 Cranfield Road Bridge bridge demolition. The project forms an integral part of the ongoing A42 Dualling Project that is expected to run until Winter 2020.
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Woodward warns over degree course take-up…
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Former IDE President raises concern over ticking skills shortage time-bomb. I am just back from the PlantworX 2019 exhibition in Peterborough where the final day of the show has been largely given over to students and at which skills and training has been placed at the very heart of the exhibition. But I returned to […]
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Rising above the rest…
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Demolition drone video takes top prize. North Carolina drone pioneer Nelson Aerial Productions has taken home first place in the Second Annual Engineering Drone Video of the Year contest held at AUVSI Xponential in Chicago, IL. The video titled “The Big Boom” documents 10 separate building implosions across the United States. Of the 10 implosions,...Read moreRead more
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TrackGrip Ice Grippa NZ Ohau Aug 2018
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Traction, Stability, Safety. TrackGrip has the solution providing exceptional sideways protection and superior traction. TrackGrip – Ice Grippa is a steel excavator attachment that bolts directly onto the tracks of excavators ultimately improving operator safety. Thanks to the operators at Ohua Snow Fields in beautiful New Zealand it was a fun day filming Ice Grippa...Read moreRead more
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