Demolition Summit – Provisional Programme*
November 4, 2011,
Hotel Okura, Amsterdam
08.50 Chairman’s welcome
08.55 Introduction from Giuseppe Panseri, President of the European Demolition Association and President of Despe
09.00 The light at the end of the tunnel: an economic forecast for the global construction and demolition industries
Dominic Swords, consultant and business economist
09.40 Case study from the US
Decommissioning of an automotive assembly plant
- Pre-Planning
- Job Specific Safety Orientation
- Utility Identification & Disconnects
- Identifying Items To Be Saved
- Remediation of Asbestos, Lead Paint, Universal Wastes
- Final Clean-up
Bill Moore, Brandenburg Industrial Services
10.05 Questions
10.15 Morning coffee break
10.45 Safety and training in an economic crisis – international comparisons and how to respond
John Woodward, Chief Consultant, C&D Consultancy and President, Institute of Demolition Engineers
11.10 Case study from Germany: Major power station decommissioning
- partial demolition “at the open heart” of a power station building in petrochemical industry
- detailed concept of demolition
- detailed coordination with eight factories and plants in the neighbourhood
- difficult circumstances, due to remaining supplying pipes and cable channels over- and underground
- in the remaining part of building, vibration-sensitive machines in operation
Gregor Kiwit, Richard Liesegang, Germany.
11.35 Real time, on-site asbestos detection; the latest developments
- Introduction to the ground-breaking ALERT Project
- Details of the world's first real-time, portable detector of lethal airborne asbestos fibres.
- How the ALERT detection equipment will work, the current project status and plans for going to market.
- Impact on, and opportunities for, the demolition industry
Alan Archer, Managing Director, Select Group
12:00 Case study from Italy: Decommissioning of the Caorso Nuclear Power Plant, Italy
Stefano Panseri, Managing Director, Despe, Italy
12.25 Questions
12.40 Lunch
13.50 Case study from Brazil: Demolition of Castelão Stadium to allow for renovation and expansion for the World Cup in 2014
- Removal of the sun screen and lower level seating around the entire stadium by mechanical demolition.
- Implosion of the entire height of the stadium from sections 5600-6500 by controlled collapse with weakening and explosives.
- Particularly challenging implosion, because both the remaining sections of the stadium and a 3-story structure less than 9 meters behind the cantilevered stadium seating needed to remain unharmed.
Fabio Bruno, Director, Fabio Bruno Construcoes.
14.15 Case study from France: Dismantling of an EDF Power Plant in Strasbourg
Patrick Frye, Directeur Travaux, CARDEM Démolition, France
14.40 Demolition and Debris Removal; The Haitian Earthquake Experience
David Sinclair, Safedem and Former President, EDA
Mike Janssens, UNOPS Haiti Operations Manager
Jesula Andre, Haitian Cat Excavator Operator
15.05 Questions
15.15 Coffee
15.35 Disaster response: managing a crisis at your company
Tom Stahr, Emergency Response Demolition Manager, Robinette Demolition, Chicago, USA
16.00 High reach training – the view from the cab
- The way we used to learn
- Would you let a novice loose in your £1million high reach?
- More operators needed, promote from within
- Ensure understand of rig theory.
- Appreciation of structural issues.
- Training via a common EU course
- Assessment of competence for "cross borders working"
Duncan Rudall, Independent Tester, Trainer and Demolition Engineer, UK
16.25 The future of dust control
Carl Harr, Dust Management Specialist, Dust Control Technology, USA
16.50 Demolition in the Middle East
- General consideration whilst working in the Middle East
- Problems experienced whilst involved with explosive demolition in the Middle East
- Examples of projects carried out
- General labour, equipment issues
Dick Green, Managing Director, IndEx
17.15 Questions
17.30 Closing remarks and end of conference
*The organisers reserve the right the change the programme at any time
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Graham Anderson
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