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From small beginnings
From one man and one machine, over the last 40 years G. Tscherning A/S has grown to become the largest contractor in Denmark. Lindsay Gale talked with the company’s current management team
Interview: Sandvik Construction’s Dinggui Gao
In his first interview since being appointed president of Sandvik Construction, Dinggui Gao talks about his plans for a more global company.
UK demolition two decades on - a personal perspective
Specialist engineering consultancy RVA Group has just celebrated 20 successful years. As the team marks this significant milestone, managing director Richard Vann provides a personal perspective on how the UK demolition industry has evolved
Crossing borders - Brown & Mason in Hungary
Lindsay Gale talked with Nick and Lee Brown, from the UK’s Brown & Mason, about their operation in Hungary where they are demolishing a power station near Budapest
JCB - 65 years and beyond
JCB celebrated 65 years of activity in the construction equipment sector. Founded by Founded by Joseph C Bamford in 1945, JCB has come a long way. Lindsay Gale talked to chairman Sir Anthony Bamford on it 65th birthday
A bigger picture - John Woodward, IDE president, interviewed
John Woodward is the new president of the Institute of Demolition Engineers and has a global vision for the organisation. Lindsay Gale spoke to him about his hopes for his tenure of office
IndEx's Dick Green - a busy year for demolition blowdowns
Dick Green, MD of UK-based IndEx Independent Explosives Engineers Limited, looks back on the first 12 months of his new company. Despite the challenging economic climate he has been busier than ever, and has been involved with more than a dozen blowdowns in the UK and abroad
Pink is power - The Demo Diva interview
Lindsay Gale talked with arguably one of the most colourful individuals to join the demolition sector in recent years, New Orleans’ Demo Diva, Simone Bruni
European Construction Survey 2010 now available
Construction Europe magazine's annual listing of the top European contractors, The European Construction Survey (ECS) 2010, is now available via KHL.com
VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: Demlone high reaches on show at bauma - Cat's new approach
Lindsay Gale talks to Caterpillar's Richard Bliss, regional industry manager EAME, about its new Demlone high reaches
Challenging times ahead? New NFDC president David Darsey talked to Lindsay Gale
Current market conditions may not make it an enviable time to take over the presidency of a trade association, but new NFDC president David Darsey is firm over the direction in which he is hoping to steer the Federation
Leading the way: Japan's Watanabe Demolition
Watanabe Demolition Co Ltd is the largest single demolition company in Japan. On a recent visit to the country, Lindsay Gale met up with its president, Ryuichi Watanabe
The passing of Sidney Hunt Snr
Sidney Hunt Snr was one of the leading lights of the UK demolition industry in the last 50 years
A breaking dam?
High reach demolition rigs are becoming a more common site across North America’s demolition sites, many supplied by custom modifier Jewell Equipment. Lindsay Gale spoke to demolition product specialist Mark Ramun at the recent NDA Convention in Las Vegas
Breaking into the market
Peter Bigwood has been involved with Atlas Copco's North American construction tools operation for some 17 years, originally as national sales manager and now president. Lindsay Gale met up with him at the recent World of Concrete event in Las Vegas
Making The Move
Volvo Construction Equipment made use of the Bauma trade show to unveil its first standard high reach demolition specified excavator, the EC700BHR. Lindsay Gale talked with Eddy Powell, director - demolition and recycling solutions, about the new machine and the other plans for the sector
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