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Construction Recycling Alliance launches Finance Initiative
The Construction Recycling Alliance, a trade association representing construction companies committed to recycling, has launched a new service offering affordable finance for those enterprises seeking new recycling equipment. Backed by a select number of specialist finance providers, the CRA Finance Initiative is available as an alternative to conventional lending which has, since the credit crunch, been perceived as highly selective and restric... [more]
Developer turns to K-Land to rescue land
HOUSING developer Dundas Building Co Ltd has awarded K-Land Solutions a contract to ensure the site of a new 139 home development is safe for future residents. The site is located in the popular North Lodge area of Motherwell and was a former Scottish Power distribution centre. Grangemouth based K-Land Solutions, a specialist environmental remediation company was responsible for the remediation of 8,000 cubic metres of soil which formed par... [more]
Peterborough’s New Primark to become one of the largest shops thanks to ISG
ISG obtained a £5 million refurbishment and extension project for Hammerson, which sees the contractor bring a 5,500m2 Primark store to the developer’s Queensgate Shopping Centre in Peterborough. The ambitious scheme involves the reconfiguration of eight existing retail units at the Queensgate Shopping Centre, demolishing the internal walls and creating new spaces for lift shafts, stairs and escalators. Several existing tenants have relocated ... [more]
Castle and Pryor announce Brokk equipment sale as plant fleet is upgraded
Controlled demolition and concrete cutting specialist Castle and Pryor is disposing of a significant number of Brokk demolition robots and associated equipment in order to make way for new plant. The specialist Brokk machines are controlled remotely, allowing its operative to work in a secure location, free from the vibration and dust often associated with demolishing concrete or other material. Not only are the machines utilised by controlled de... [more]
Latest health and safety guidance, training and education for construction professionals all under one roof at the IOSH annual conference and exhibition 2012
The UK can be proud of a comparatively impressive reputation in construction site safety. The Eurostat website reports that the fatal injury rate in Great Britain is consistently one of the lowest in Europe . The HSE has echoed this positive message in their latest construction industry report which shows a general decline in recent years in major injuries, fatal injuries and reported injuries to members of the public; that is a general decline ... [more]
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Introducing VTN Rotobec CI Shears- Ideal For Demolition and Scrap Processing. VTN Rotobec is Pleased to Announce New ...
The CI Shear is the new version shear for VTN Rotobec of the tool for overhead demolition of steel buildings, ground demolition and scrap processing. The new rotation motor brake has been greatly improved to ensure exact positioning in overhead demolition applications.(PRWEB) January 30, 2012 The New VTN Rotobec CI Shears are used in a variety of applications and are available in a wide range of ...
National Demolition Association Announces Keynote Presenter, Events, at 39th Annual Convenion in San Antonio
Dr. Anirban Basu, economist for the ABC and CFMA, will analyze the current construction economy and forecast its nascent expansion at the NDA Convention March 10-13 in San Antonio, TX. Business-building educational sessions will cover the scrap market, insurance risks, and the newest demolition methods.Doylestown, Pennsylvania (PRWEB) January 15, 2012 A leading construction industry economist ...
Demolition City
BENTON HARBOR - Officials are keeping up the pace of demolishing abandoned Benton Harbor buildings with only a year to complete an ambitious program aimed at breathing new life into Benton Harbor neighborhoods.
Seneca scrap separated
TIFFIN -- The wrecking company tearing down Seneca County's 1884 courthouse began Friday to haul away the estimated 110 tons of scrap metal salvaged from the building.
Urban poor calls for halt in demolition, gears for massive protest
ANTIPOLO City, Jan. 27, 2012—The Alyansa Kontra Demolisyon (AKD) is preparing for a huge protest, Monday (Jan. 30) to press the Supreme Court and Malacañang to stop destroying urban poor communities, not only in Metro Manila but in the entire archipelago. read more
Scrap metal fire snarls rush hour traffic
Freshly-torched metal that caught fire around 5 p.m. Wednesday in a recycling center on North Queen Street left Kinston commuters searching for alternative routes home in the heat of rush hour. A quarter-mile stretch of North Queen Street at Pierce...
Lumberyard demolition under way
ALTON - Bite by bite, two huge excavators are chewing into a cluster of buildings at the former Great Central Lumber Co. site.Once cleared, the city hopes to market the property it owns for redevelopment, with officials preferring a hotel and mixed retail project as a top choice.Work began...
Demolition Going Ahead At Last At Long-Abandoned Dixie Square Mall
Demolition is finally underway at the Dixie Square Mall in Harvey, more than 33 years after the mall closed.
As Purchase Falls Through Groveton Paper Plant Eyed for Demolition
A deal to bring the closed Groveton paper mill in the North Country back to life has fallen through raising the possibility it will be demolished. NHPR’s Chris Jensen reports. For the North Country there’s been a dream that the old Groveton paper mill would reopen housing some green industry that would provide local jobs. Last year a businessman from Bath signed a contract to buy it for $2 ...
Demolition of old IP mill to begin this month
International Paper will begin demolishing its former mill in Millersburg sometime this month.
