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A breaking dam?
07 Apr 2008
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 speciali ...more
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Sandvik integrates step by step
01 Jan 2008
Sandvik's integration of its surprise acquisition of leading crushing and screening companies Extec and Fintec, which was completed in May 2007, looks set to carefully step up a gear next year. ...more
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Calder Hall update
01 Jan 2008
D&Ri apologises unreservably for the incorrect attribution for the Calder Hall blowdown to UK contractor Controlled Group in the report published in the November- December issue. Personnel from ...more
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Wet asbestos demolition trial
01 Jan 2008
A controversial demolition method for asbestos contaminated buildings has been recently trialled in a populated area of Fort Worth, Texas, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency. ...more
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Kinshofer buys HKS demolition attachments business
01 Jan 2008
Kinshofer GmbH has acquired 100% of the shares of the scrap and demolition shears business of HKS Abbruch- und Verschrottungstechnik GmbH for an undisclosed sum. The HKS product will be sold under ...more
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Dust Boss kit gets CE marking
01 Jan 2008
Dust Control Technology, a US manufacturer of dust suppression systems sold under the name DustBoss, has gained CE certification for its products, allowing it to now market its equipment in Europe. ...more
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Building an inert waste strategy
01 Jan 2008
The UK's Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), the Welsh Assembly and the Environment Agency have jointly issued a discussion document soliciting input concerning the way iner ...more
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Fintec wins NI Exporter of the Year award
01 Jan 2008
Fintec Crushing and Screening has gained Northern Ireland's Exporter of the Year award for the second year running. With 2007 turnover up 50% on last year, the company now exports its mobile cr ...more
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US$67 million nuclear contract award
01 Jan 2008
The US Department of Energy has awarded a contract valued at US$67 million (€46 million) to the Washington Division of URS Corporation for the deactivation and demolition of the Separations Pr ...more
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Demolition disaster
01 Jan 2008
Demolition work being carried out in Dhaka, Bangladesh, was reportedly the cause of the collapse of the internal floors of the 22 storey Rangs Bhaban building that killed three workers and injured ...more
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Running rubble
07 May 2008
UK contractor Squibb and Davies is using a novel approach to remove demolition debris from a site it is currently working on in central London. ...more
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demolition bits
01 Jan 2008
•Chinese municipality Chungqing is to spend 100 billion Yuan (US$13.8 million) over the next five years on the demolition and renovation of old, dilapidated housing in its nine urban districts ...more
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Green award for brick recycling
01 Jan 2008
Australian brick manufacturer Midland Brick as been recognised for its recycling efforts by the award of the Department of Environment and Conservation's 2007 WA Environment Award. The award wa ...more
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WRAP funds plasterboard recycling
01 Jan 2008
The UK's Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) has allocated £65,000 (US$127,000) under its plasterboard capital funding competition to Roy Hatfield Ltd, a Rotherham based recycli ...more