Demolition News Radio

We live in an age of unprecedented transparency. And yet, the demolition industry still operates a "need to know" policy when it comes to reporting and sharing certain aspects of its business.

Clocking up a massive £6.0 billion in new contract awards during October 2018, it seems that the UK construction industry has no truck with talk of Brexit-led crises. But there is concern that the continued strength of the housing sector might ultimately prove to be to the industry's detriment.

In this Halloween special, Demolition News Radio brings you what we believe to be the world's first demolition ghost story. Our thanks to Safedem's William Sinclair for his help and inspiration in the creation of this short story.

Why the language we use should depend upon the audience; and why a stripped-down and largely pictorial Risk Assessment and Method Statement might just be all your workers need.

What would happen if you lost everything? Could you recover? Could you bounce back? Would you? Having recently (though, thankfully, temporarily) lost more than five years' worth of data, I have stared into the abyss. And this time, I managed to step back from the edge. Could you?

Why a failure to remain current and relevant could spell disaster for your demolition business. Trust me, I know!

After eight consecutive months in which the UK construction has achieved a new contracts award total of £4 billion, the BCLive league table held its breath for the outcome of the September countdown. And it wasn't disappointed. The Builders' Conference CEO Neil Edwards looks over the figures.

Demolition is an industry of borrowers. The industry appropriated explosive technology developed for the quarry industry. It adopted hydraulic excavators from the construction sector. And it embraced hydraulic attachments. So is there anything we might learn from the crane sector; anything that heavy lifting specialists might teach us; anything that we might apply to make the demolition industry s...

Cuddy Group accomplished so much over so many years. It carried out literally hundreds of successful demolition contracts. It employed and trained thousands of men and women; men and women that would help nourish the UK demolition gene pool for many years to come. It helped raise the standards for demolition in their native Wales and beyond. But at the final reckoning, Cuddy Group's legacy is 68 s...

In the social media age, the ability to tell consistent, memorable and engaging stories is a key consideration across all aspects of the demolition business. Don't believe me? Listen to this episode and see if you can remember the key facts afterwards.

Deliberately or otherwise, Fake News could be costing the UK demolition industry a small fortune in wasted time and wasted resources. It pays to dig a little deeper.

If clients and main contractors want their contracts to be sustainable, they should be willing to pay enough to make demolition businesses equally sustainable.

The demolition industry has made huge strides in safeguarding the physical health and well-being of its workers. But the time has come for the industry to unite and take similarly good care of their mental health too.

DemolitionNews will be introducing two new systems to allow readers, listeners and viewers to help support the content that love.

Further falls in scrap prices; scrap pirates target sunken Royal Navy ships; and ScrapsAway focuses on trust within the industry. All this and more in the second episode of ScrapChat, exclusive to Demolition News Radio.

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The relationship between the Health & Safety Executive and the demolition industry should be a two-way street. But that relationship is undermined by the HSE's eagerness to enforce, and its reluctance to endorse.

Every major development in the demolition business in the last 20, 30 or 40 years has made the practice of demolition – actually getting a structure on the ground – easier, faster and safer. And yet, during that same period, actually running a demolition business has grown progressively and inexorably harder.

In this launch episode, we look at how a growing trade war between China and the US is impacting on global scrap prices; how some recent rationalisation within the UK scrap sector has fallen foul of the Competition and Markets Authority. But we start by addressing the large metal elephant in the room – The ongoing fall in scrap prices.

Long overdue, this episode is dedicated to all the under-appreciated people that have helped make Demolition News the global force that it is today; the people who have supported me personally over the years; the demolition and construction people that brighten my day.

Why we're throwing our weight behind the DemoExpo 2019 that will take place in July next year; and why we're producing a new and limited edition book to coincide with what promises to be an epic show.

With its first stand-alone contract safely completed, b-line can now officially count itself as a true demolition company.

The time has come for demolition accidents and fatalities to be discussed, denounced and condemned. Silence is complicity.

Why does the UK demolition industry continue to kowtow to a group of big-name main contractors with a proven track record for late payments and a penchant for crucifying suppliers and sub-contractors?

A period of unprecedented stability in UK construction workload shows no signs of abating. But it is vital that we do not grow complacent and that we prepare for the downturn that is sure to arrive.