The way the cookie should crumble
2010-04-13
The OilQuick quick coupling system came almost like a blessing for demolition and recycling contractors that require quick and continuous shifts between different types of attachments...at least for those who have dared to try it. Now OilQuick is making its way all over the world.
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A New European Giant
2010-04-13
Most companies sometimes come to a point where they need to plan carefully how to get to the next level. The two Swedish demolition and recycling contractors LODAB Demolition and Entreprenad AB Sven Segerström are good examples. Not only have they taken their companies to a new level, they merged them in the new formation Demolition Company Lodab & Segerström AB, shortened to DEMCOM AB.
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The Green Paradox
2010-03-26
As the UK Government battles to meet ambitious carbon reduction targets, the demolition sector potentially stands on the brink of an industry boom. But we are in danger of running around in circles, warns PDi’s Mark Anthony.
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New Husqvarna robot in Brazil
2010-03-26
Furacon is one of the biggest sawing and drilling specialist companies in Brazil and is owned by the chief engineer of the company, Alberto do Nasc. Libanio Neto. When he was looking to complete his demolition equipment fleet with a remotely controlled robot, he chose the Husqvarna DXR 310, which went straight to work on a major demolition job.
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Hunt makes way for £600M development
2010-01-02
The specialist UK demolition contractor John F Hunt Demolition is using one of its purpose built 42m, high reach excavators, fitted with a concrete cracker, as the principal equipment to demolish several residential tower blocks in Canning Town, East London, as the first phase for a vast £600M redevelopment of the area.
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Husqvarna robot enlisted at Fort Denning
2010-01-02
Husqvarna’s demolition robot DXR 310 has played a crucial role at a major refurbishing project at one of the USA’s largest military bases at Fort Benning in Georgia. Supported from a crane, the robot successfully demolished a six-storey brick building.
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Back to University for Connell Brothers
2010-01-02
Having successfully completed the demolition of the former 21 storey Maths Tower at the University of Manchester in March 2006, the UK demolition contractor Connell Brothers Ltd has returned to demolish the 14-storey Moberley Tower and Refectory. The University is host to approximately 35,000 students from all over the world and employs in excess of 11,000 personnel.
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Teamwork in Berlin
2010-01-02
The team from the German demolition and blasting contractor Philipp Halter GmbH & Co. of Berlin was faced with a challenging job of demolishing in only 48 hours the southern section of the Spandau dam bridge crossing the A 100.
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Brokk takes a break in Singapore
2010-01-02
Singapore is building a large hotel and casino on reclaimed land and the soft ground conditions create major challenges for the foundations. Thick diaphragm walls had to be built and part of them had to be demolished after placing the foundations. This was a tough job to test the first Brokk 400 in Asia.
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Down and recycled in one month
2009-11-17
For more than 40 years the Central Plant facility in California’s capital city of Sacramento was responsible for heating and cooling more than 511,000m2 of state-owned, downtown office space. However in only a month, Stockton, California based contractor W.C. Maloney demolished the 3,400m2 Central Plant and recycled 94% of the materials.
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Brokk brings down hospital in Oslo
2009-11-17
Brokk 400 remotely operated demolition robots have been playing a key role assisting at one of Scandinavia’s largest demolition projects. The major Norwegian demolition contractor Veolia Miljø Entreprenør is using the Brokks at Ahus University hospital in the Norwegian capital Oslo.
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”It ran great”
2009-11-17
Newly launched in the US, Husqvarna’s first demolition machine, the DXR 310, has already had the chance to prove itself. The robot recently demolished the foundation of two large industry kilns at a paper manufacturing company in Georgia, USA.
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Atlas Copco involved in German City Tunnel
2009-11-17
Five Atlas Copco attachments are involved in the construction of the 4km long Leipzig City Tunnel that will provide a north-south link through the city. Four new stations will join the city to the surrounding countryside and the road and bus network.
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Intelligent demolition job using an Atlas Copco HB 7000 and AutoControl
2009-11-17
Demolition work is often associated with brute force. It not only requires a fair amount of experience and a proper understanding of what has to be done, the right kind of equipment can also make the difference.
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Record time demolition of famous Mumbai flyover by Atlas Copco CombiCutters
2009-11-17
In the Indian capital Mumbai the two lane Lalbaug flyover, which carries 15,000 vehicles an hour, had become very congested and had to be demolished to make way for a new 2.1km long structure.
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Around-the-clock dust control in Brooklyn, New York
2009-11-17
In the US an innovative transfer station in Brooklyn, New York has been using a high-efficiency dust suppression system, creating a virtual dust blanket over the entire tipping area where around 1,300 t of construction and demolition debris is processed every day.
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Downwell Demolition brings flyover down to earth
2009-11-17
The UK demolition contractor Downwell Demolition has recently completed a six week project demolishing the Sir John Hawkins flyover in Chatham. Kent. The flyover’s demolition is part of a major redevelopment of the town centre, which includes the building of a new bus station and expansion of the Pentagon shopping centre.
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Here’s Ramtec
2009-10-07
Will Ramtec become a new strong Nordic brand of demolition and recycling attachments? With its determined drive, a very modern production plant and their long reputation in the market the company has a good chance to succeed.
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Demolition in UAE
2009-10-07
When large and complex structures are demolished in Sweden often the name LODAB is on the excavators. Most of the projects are paper mills, steel plants, power stations, silos and large terminal buildings containing reinforced concrete and steel. For the past two years LODAB has also been operating in the United Arab Emirates.
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“Brokking” the way forward
2009-10-07
PDi Editor Andrei Bushmarin recently met with one of Russias young demolition companies Deconstruction North-West. The company was started as late as in 2006 and has just in a few years showed a tremendously fast growth.
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