Demolition News Forum

looking for work

2012-01-30T22:20:07Z

Hi my name is shane harris and i am new to demolition so is my friend micheal marney but we have just complete a asbetos awereness course at present we working with lawsons group in exeter were we live but are willing to work away feel free to contact me for more information.
Thank you for your time.

Help needed

2011-12-09T17:09:24Z

Hi!

Can someone give me a few online resources on waste management after demolition?

Thanks in advance.

geneva road brixton sw9

2011-11-29T06:11:56Z

hi my name is amon i was born in geneva road brixton in 1949 the houses was built around 1868 sadly the street was demolised around 1970 it was avery long road and the houses use to have basements where the servants would live and work i am trying in vain to find the demolition co who pulled it down or any photos sid bishop &sons have tried to help but there records do not go back that far i am in the process of doing a book about the history of geneva road and how we lived growing our own food we had chickens goats and every fruit tree etc if you go to urban 75 there is now pics of the street so if any one can help i would be most gratfull thank you amon

Asbestos surveyors

2011-08-05T15:45:39Z

Can we have them all killed?

I'm fed up with looking at a survey then going to a site and seeing blindingly obvious places with asbestos, that haven't been sampled.

Then clients inisisting you take the contract all risk, times are hard enough without these people making it harder.

Demolition of composite metal floors

2011-08-05T15:36:19Z

Does anyone have any experience of demolishing/deconstruction steel-framed buildings with composite metal decking welded to the beams?

If so I would like to speak to you.

Thanks

Whatever happened to horses for courses?

2011-07-28T14:30:07Z

No demolition contractor likes to lose a contract to a fellow demolition professional; but it's somehow worse when they lose one to a ground works company or landscaper with little or no experience or abiity in the demolition field.
Short of investing in a fleet of ADTs and playing them at their own game, what can demolition companies do to keep these pernicious interlopers at bay?

Would you pay £133/hour for the HSE to investigate you?

2011-07-25T17:21:31Z

The HSE is currently consulting the industry on plans to charge as much as £133/hour to recover costs of its investigations. Is this a justified case of "only those that transgress need worry" or an attempt by the HSE to turn its investigations into a cash cow?

The impact of demolition rule changes...

2011-06-29T12:17:09Z

Much has been written about the changes to the rules over pre-demolition planning and the potential impact upon the demolition industry as a whole. But with so litte information actually available, what IS the likely impact?

NFDC

2011-06-29T12:13:37Z

This will no doubt be quite a controversial topic in here from what I have read on the forums to date with as many supporters as those against.

Personally this is one of those things where I can never make my mind up as one day ill think "yeah what they are trying to do is admirable" and then another day ill think "what a waste of time, effort and money"

We now have many large construction companies and clients insisting that demolition companies who work for them must be NFDC members as this proves competence, yet many witness NFDC members breaking the rules and even the law and completely flouting everything the NFDC says it prides itself on and the NFDC do nothing about it.

NFDC top brass insist that the organisation has changed and that it is open to all yet they still have their own members running the site audit scheme, it may have changed from having to be nominated by 2 existing member companies but you still have to pass 2 site audits which when you look at the paperwork would be very simple to make someone fail if they wanted to keep them out. Again they say they have changed and yet when they get complaints about their members from outsiders what do they do about it? From what I hear and witness they sweep it under the carpet because "johnny is a good ol boy and has been a member for years!". Now from what I hear they are also going to become SSIP registered so that anyone in the NFDC automatically qualifies for the SSIP scheme, is this because a lot of their members cant or wont attain CHAS or similar?

Has the NFDC changed in the last 10yrs or is it still a club only the people they want in it can join?

Do we need a high reach register?

2011-06-08T07:09:20Z

This is a subject that has been the source of much discussion, numerous comments and innumerable phone calls since the idea was first suggested in Construction Equipment's Demolition Digest (http://www.constructionequipment.com/bl … 51056.html) and again on the front page of Demolition News (http://www.demolitionnews.com/2009/12/0 … -register/).
To recap, following a spate of accidents and fatalities, the UK's Health and Safety Executive has created a register of tower cranes that, among other things, ensures that tower cranes are inspected and maintained regularly and correctly. With high reach machines now matching some tower cranes for height, is this a concept that the demolition industry should adopt?

Conatruction news article 10th February

2011-03-03T12:55:34Z

Febuary must be slow month as we have recently seen the strangest front page ever, 400,000 waste tyres, banned from landfill, suddenly transformed into "bulk fill' thanks to some neat cutting to size and pretty steel banding.
Well I have one better for the demolition industry lets make a nice stack of abestos sheeting sprayi it with surfactent sealent then just to be sure vacume pack it all then with some clever marketing transform it into "asbofill" the long life bulk fill we have all been waiting for.
Who's having the last life the Environment agency or the trye disposal companies, amazing what you can do with a high profile marketing agency.

HB Demolition man

PQQs

2011-03-03T12:32:12Z

The pre-qualification questionnaire is one of the most despised items of administration facing UK demolition contractors today. But are the supposed alternatives any better? Let us have your thoughts and, while you're about it, please take a moment to sign up to this industry petition: http://www.nomorepqq.co.uk/

Story on South American Looking For Work

2011-03-03T09:36:48Z

Given the number of UK Demolition contractors that have ceased trading in the past year I was wondering what was so special about this young gentleman that he got his job plea as front page news on the site?

Insurance Brokers

2011-02-17T13:06:30Z

Hi,
I am an Insurance Broker working for Morgan Law Insurance Brokers Ltd who are involved in UK Liability Insurance and Contractors Plant insurance.
I have worked in this industry for over 10 years with a firm focus on Demolition, Asbestos and Scaffolding Sectors.
I am happy to give advice on any insurance related questions or claims questions.

High Reach Training

2011-02-15T12:32:49Z

High reach demolition excavators (UHD) have been a common sight on European demolition sites for two decades or more. While I know the UK's National Federation of Demolition Contractors created a set of guidance notes, I am not aware of any high reach specific training courses.
Isn't it about time the demolition industry set in place a universally agreed training course for the use of these highly specialised (and potentially hazardous) machines?