World Demolition Awards short lists - they are official

02 September 2011

Created and organised by D&Ri, the World Demolition Awards are intended to recognise best practice and professionalism displayed by the demolition industry around the world as it goes about its daily business.

The panel of international judges, all well-known figures in the demolition industry, have completed their initial deliberations and we can therefore announce the short listed companies for the various categories in the 2011 World Demolition Awards are as follows:

Contract of the Year
Carl Bolander & Sons
Coleman & Company
Cuddy Group
Expanded Demolition
Richard Liesegang
Soluciones Tecnicas

Contractor of the Year
Cantillon
Cuddy Group
McGee Group
Maylarch Environmental
Safedem

Demolition Collaboration Award
Coleman & Company, with Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
Pfizer, with Erith and EDS
Safedem, with Glasgow Housing Authority

Explosive Demolition Award
Coleman & Company
Fabio Bruno - University Hospital, Rio de Janeiro
Fabio Bruno - Castelão football stadium, Fortaleza
Richard Liesegang GmbH
Safedem

Industrial Demolition Award
Lee Group
Richard Liesegang GmbH

Urban Demolition Award
Armofer Cinerari Luigi
Cherry
Cuddy Group
Demcon
Erith Contractors Ltd
Ferrari Demolition

Civils Demolition Award
Coleman & Company
Matte Associates
Tyne Tees Demolition

Demolition Safety Award
Cantillon
Erith
Maylarch Environmental
Richard Liesegang GmbH

Demolition Training Award
Cantillon
Cuddy group
Erith
Lawson Demolition
Maylarch Environmental

Environmental & Recycling Award
Costello Dismantling
Delair CFD
Erith
Environmental Resources Management
Interior Removal Specialists
Maylarch Environmental
Lawson Group

Manufacturers' innovation Award
CDE Global
Jewell Equipment
Kocurek
Liebherr France
Mantovanibenne
Trevi Benne

The winners are still to be determined and will be announced during the evening Gala Dinner at the i2011 World Demolition Summit in Amsterdam's Hotel Okura on November 4.

D&Ri would like to extend our congratulations to the companies that feature in the above lists, and to those that do not - there will always be next year.

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