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Failure to engage
There has never been a better time to work in demolition and construction. So why are we failing to attract new entrants to the sector?
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Optional once more
In an age of creeping autonomy, will machine cabs once again become optional?
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What would make you stop work?
Demolition workers toil through risk, pain, disease and tragedy; through wind, rain and snow. Is there ANYTHING that would stop them going to work?
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Ignorning the lessons of the past
Even after it was exposed as a potential killer in the Julia Roberts' movie Erin Brokovitch, the world continues to ignore the threat from Chromium VI.
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An end of two eras
When the curtain came down on the European Demolition Association Annual Convention 2025, it did so not just on a superb Study Tour and conference; it…
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Standing with the industry brotherhood
In demolition and construction, you hurt one of us, you hurt all of us.
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Overlooked Overload
We expect operators to be single-minded and highly-focused. And yet, they are burdened with a deluge of information and distractions that can lead to…
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Silo or Sanctuary
To some, a machine cab is a haven, to others a Hell. It is ether a silo or a sanctuary.
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Out of Pocket
How individual workers are helping finance demolition and construction companies and projects.
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The reckoning that wasn't
Offered the opportunity to start over anew, the UK demolition industry squandered the chance. Not once, but twice.
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May 2025

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