Demolition and Scrap news articles 
ISG builds a £4 million library, health and children's centre in Pelsall
Construction work is now underway on ISG’s £4 million project to build a new library, health centre and children’s centre in Pelsall, West Midlands, following the earlier demolition of the existing library building by the contractor. In a complex programme involving phased relocation of community services, the library has now moved into temporary premises to allow demolition of the old library building and construction of a new facility to hou... [more]
£40 Million Scheme At No.1 Kingsway completed by ISG
A challenging £40 million mixed-use project for developer, UK & European Developments, at the prestigious No.1 Kingsway address in London’s West End, has been successfully completed by ISG . The technically complex programme saw the demolition of much of the existing building with the retention of just the Aldwych and Drury Lane elevations and the addition of two new floors of accommodation – achieved without an increase in the building’s overall... [more]
Downwell Demolition wins Recycling Contract of the Year award
For the CRA’s first annual award scheme, submissions were invited in a variety of categories with the Recycling Contract of the Year being one of the most fiercely contested. Downwell Demolition has won the Construction Recycling Alliance’s (CRA) prestigious ‘Recycling Contract of the Year’ award. The company’s impressive recycling performance whilst demolishing at number of structures at the famous Leavesden film studios formed the basis of ... [more]
777 Group breaks-out and recycles Peggy Middleton House's foundations in just eight weeks
Despite the immediate area having been earmarked for regeneration since the late 1990s, the recent extension of the Crossrail scheme to Woolwich has provided renewed impetus for the redevelopment scheme which will include building a supermarket, 1000 flats and Greenwich council’s new civic offices on the site where Peggy Middleton House once stood. Demolition and dismantling specialist 777 Group has recently completed a major project in the ... [more]
University textbook on the subject of the demolition process now available on all e-book readers
"Demolition: Practices, Technology, and Management", the first university textbook on the subject of the demolition process, is now available for reading on all e-book readers, including Kindle, Nook, and iPad devices. "Since its publication in a print format in 2010, sales have been brisk," said Michael R. Taylor CAE, Executive Director of the National Demolition Association, which teamed with Purdue University Press on the publication of th... [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.
