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Announcing the best of the best: The World Demolition Award

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02 October 2023

Every year, once all the category awards have been presented, we announce who has won the biggest prize of the night, our ‘best of the best’ accolade; the World Demolition Award.

World Demolition Awards 2021 Award winners and presenters on stage at the World Demolition Awards in Chicago, USA. (PHOTO: KHL)

The World Demolition Award will be presented at the end of the awards ceremony to the company or companies who in the opinion of the judges submitted the best overall entry across all the categories of the awards.

(*Judges are allocated categories in sub-teams of three. No one is allocated a category in which their company has entered for an award.)

The judges, to whom D&Ri wishes to express our sincere thanks and gratitude for all the time and hard work spent on our behalf, for each category were as follows:

Civils

Clinton Dick
Bill Moore
Francisco Cobo

Collaboration

Clinton Dick
Henrik Bonnesen
Francisco Cobo

Contract over US$1 million

Bill Moore
Jim Graham
Henrik Bonnesen

Contract under US$1 million

Dan Costello
James Milburn
Patrick Frye

Explosive

Clinton Dick
Stefano Panseri
Patrick Frye

Industrial Demolition

Dan Costello
James Milburn
Patrick Frye

Innovation, Plant and Equipment

Bill Moore
Henrik Bonnesen
Francisco Cobo

Innovation, Tools and Attachments

Clinton Dick
Stefano Panseri
Patrick Frye

Recycling and Environmental

James Milburn
Jim Graham
Henrik Bonnesen

Safety and Training

Dan Costello
Patrick Frye
Henrik Bonnesen

Urban Demolition

Bill Moore
Jim Graham
Francisco Cobo

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All judges

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