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H Cope & Sons is currently using one of the newest high reach excavators in the UK during the demolition of 6,000 square meters of cold stores and fish houses at the port
UK contractor J Bryan Victoria Ltd has been contracted by the UK division of BASF to demolish two major chemical production facilities as part of the decommissioning of the BASF chemical plant at Seal Sands
A four storey, heavily reinforced shopping mall provided a major challenge for Wrecking Corp of America when it demolished the Waterside Mall in the south west Washington DC area.
Manchester, UK, based contractor J Freeley Ltd has recently completed a contract to remove 46 redundant three storey student accommodation blocks on a three acre site on the Salford University campus
One of Brokk's latest 400 model remote control demolition machines has been supplied to Lenpart Group, who is using it on a flood defense project in Glasgow, UK.
The general public often sees explosive demolition as being the spectacular side of the demolition business. D&Ri reports on the demise of a well-loved and recognised stadium in the US city of Indianapolis
Six Conjet Robot hydro-demolition machines have been used during the latest phase of Stockholm's largest concrete repair project to restore Stockholm's Central Bridge and Söderled Tunnel.
A new landfill site for construction and demolition waste has been opened north of the Saudi Arabian capital Jeddah.
Aberdare, Wales, based crushing contractor Celtic Crushing is using four Terex Pegson mobile crushers to process more than 135,000 tonnes of concrete slabs broken out during the demolition of the Ebbw Vale steelworks, which closed in 2002
The 18-storey Bank of Industry building in Lagos, Nigeria, became the subject of that country's first ever explosive demolition, according to a report on the Afrique en Ligne newswire.
UK contractor Wring Demolition faced a major challenger on a recent project in the heart of its home city of Bristol. The job featured confined work site with immediately adjacent important water and road links along with historical structures that had to be protected. D&Ri reports
Recycling will eliminate 500 vehicle movements, leading to fuel savings and lower emissions during the regeneration of Raploch in Stirling.
Ferrari SA is using the power of hydraulic jacks to bring down buildings in a similar manner to that when explosives are used.
Two white papers are now available free of charge from the National Demolition Association that reflect the association’s recognition of the importance of environmental stewardship to the industry.
Industry figures suggest that in the UK, up to 300,000 end-of-life PVC-U window and door frames are disposed of in landfills annually. According to Merritt Plastics Ltd managing director Simon Readman, attitudes in the construction and recycling industries need to change if valuable resources are to be preserved.
VIDEO CONTENT: An office block was successfully blown down earlier this year in the centre of Dortmund, Germany. Explosives were used to bring the building down as other methods of demolition were ruled out due to a very confined site area and the close proximity of surrounding structures.
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