The Classic Machinery Network

Breaking…and entering
DemolitionNews
Demolition man accused of £500k watch burglary at home of football boss. A well known Liverpool businessman has been accused of stealing £500,000 of watches from the home of a football chairman. Thomas Mee was arrested in relation to a break-in at Marsden Manor on Macclesfield Road in Prestbury. Marsden Manor is reported to be...Read moreRead more
http://www.demolitionnews.com/2019/11/0 ... -entering/

Bridge demo on track…
DemolitionNews
Time-lapse captures weekend railway bridge demolition. A programme that called for the demolition of 12 bridges to facilitate the electrification of the rail network between Bedford and Corby has come to a close with the completion of the final bridge demolition. The Bromham Road Bridge was demolished on 2 November. And the action is captured...Read moreRead more
http://www.demolitionnews.com/2019/11/0 ... -on-track/

Tres bien…
DemolitionNews
French bridge demolition is a mini epic. Even though Brexit might eventually remove my requirement to do so, it is to my eternal shame that I cannot speak the language of our nearest neighbours; the French. Sure, I can can say please () and thank you (merci). If my memory serves me correctnly, a wasp...Read moreRead more
http://www.demolitionnews.com/2019/11/08/tres-bien/

Caught in the NVQ Poverty Trap
DemolitionNews
The human cost of high-cost training, qualification and competence verification. Last night, just after normal office hours, I took one of the most difficult phone calls of my professional career. Given that I have previously received calls from the bereaved families of men killed in the line of demolition duty and from those that have...Read moreRead more
http://www.demolitionnews.com/2019/11/1 ... erty-trap/

Jobs – Demolition Project Manager
DemolitionNews
One of the South East’s longest established providers of demolition is looking to recruit a Project Manager to join their team. Minimum requirements: 5 years experience of managing demolition projects CCDO black card Be based in London/Home Counties Preference will be given to candidates that have knowledge of environmental and quality management, as well as...Read moreRead more
http://www.demolitionnews.com/2019/11/1 ... t-manager/

Shark Attack!
DemolitionNews
World-exclusive of new British-built demolition robot. There is a new entrant to the highly competitive demolition robot arena. Bedfordshire-based ES Robotics has unveiled a new four-model range of remote controlled machines, each of which benefits from dual ful diesel/electric power for faster travel speeds coupled with low emission operation. There will be a full report...Read moreRead more
http://www.demolitionnews.com/2019/11/18/shark-attack/

Florida felling…
DemolitionNews
CDI chalks up another major blast success. Controlled Demolition, Inc. (CDI), acting as explosives subcontractor to Hardin Industrial Services, LLC. of Cypress, Florida has carried out the explosive felling of a boiler and a 99 metre tall reinforced concrete chimney in Auburndale, Florida.
http://www.demolitionnews.com/2019/11/2 ... a-felling/

Jet powered implosion…
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Precision blast fells former bank building in South Africa. Jet Demolition successfully imploded the fire-damaged Bank of Lisbon building in Johannesburg CBD yesterday. Standing at 108 metres tall and within less than eight metres of its neaest neighbour, the contract qualified as one of the most technically demanding projects Jet Demolition has ever undertaken. It...Read moreRead more
http://www.demolitionnews.com/2019/11/2 ... implosion/

Ironbridge implosion imminent…
DemolitionNews
Less than a week till the colling towers come down. Work is progressing one the demolition of the Ironbridge Power Station. But on Friday this week, the project will hit a major landmark as the former power station’s cooling towers are blasted.
http://www.demolitionnews.com/2019/11/3 ... -imminent/

Indian cooling towers felled…
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Video captures double cooling tower demolition. Crews have carried out the controlled explosive demolition of a pair of cooling towers at the Gandhinagar power station in the Indian province of Gujarat.
http://www.demolitionnews.com/2019/12/0 ... rs-felled/