One month left to enter the 2025 World Demolition Awards
03 June 2025
The countdown is on for the 2025 World Demolition Awards, with the entry deadline now just weeks away. Demolition contractors and OEMs wishing to take part in this year’s competition must submit their entries to WDS Programme Organiser Leila Steed ([email protected]) by Sunday 30 June.
2025 World Demolition Awards trophies (PHOTO: D&Ri/KHL Group)
The awards are a celebration of excellence in demolition and help to raise industry standards and promote the work and expertise of the demolition sector to the wider construction industry and the public.
Commenting on the 2025 awards, Leila said: “This year is particularly exciting for us. Not only is the WDS expanding, but in parallel to our panel of expert demolition judges who will asses the contractor award entries, we are also introducing a new panel of equipment specialists to judge the Manufacturers’ Innovation award categories.”
“It is my great pleasure to announce that Walter Reeves, Senior Vice President Demolition, Americas at Steelwrist and Gordon Hambach, Head of Strategic Marketing at Epiroc have joined our team and will be among those juding the OEM awards.”
The event organiser further stated that the awards entry deadline would not be extended.
“I urge people to get their entries in as early as possible,” she said. “Should there be a problem with an entry - such as missing or corrupted files - this ensures we have plenty of time to address it.”
The awards form a central part of the annual World Demolition Summit (WDS), which will take place in Nashville, Tennessee, US, from 3 to 5 November 2025.
Now in its 17th year, the event celebrates innovation, safety, and technical excellence across the global demolition and dismantling industry.
This year’s summit will feature an expanded schedule, with the main conference sessions and the prestigious World Demolition Awards ceremony taking place on the 4 and 5 November.
Companies can enter one or more of the following award categories:
- Civil
- Collaboration
- Contracts under US$1 million
- Contracts over US$1 million
- Environmental & Recycling
- Explosive
- Industrial
- Safety & Training
- Urban
- Manufacturers’ Innovation: Tools & Attachments (OEMs only)
- Manufacturers’ Innovation: Plant & Equipment (OEMs only)
Entries will be judged by an international panel of experienced demolition professionals, with winners announced during the awards dinner on the final evening of the summit.
The awards are open to all contractors and OEMs operating in the demolition sector, including companies that undertake demolition as part of a broader service offering.
Entry forms and full submission details are available at the World Demolition Summit website: www.demolitionsummit.com
The 2025 WDS is organised by Demolition & Recycling International (D&Ri) in partnership with the National Demolition Association (NDA) and the European Demolition Association (EDA). The awards are supported by the National Federation of Demolition Contractors (NFDC).
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