Demolition Awards 09 – Hotel Okura, Amsterdam. 6 November 2009

Last night saw John Woodward in Amsterdam attending the inaugural Demolition Awards created & organised by d&ri and supported by EDA. John was there in his role as an awards judge and to present the award for Innovation Award – Series Product.

The awards ran like clockwork and were well attended with all delegates enjoying a superb 3 course meal with wines before Dutch TV presenter Mariska Hulscher took to the stage as Master of Ceremonies to announce the short listed companies in each category with the award being presented by one of the judging panel.

The full shortlist has been featured on our site before so we propose to only list the winners.

Service & Support Liebherr,

Innovation Award – Custom Project Rusch Special Projects

Innovation Award – Series Product Volvo

Demolition Training Award Dorton Group

Demolition Safety Award DH Griffin

Environmental & Recycling Award Costello Demolition

Urban Demolition Keltbray

Industrial Demolition General Smontaggi

Explosive Demolition Safedem

Demolition Company of the Year Safedem

Demolition Contract of the Year Keltbray

We extend congratulations to all of the winning entrants, and say bad luck to all those short listed who didn’t win and that we hope that they enter the awards next year.

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When a grab becomes a "push"

There shouldn't be any need to explain what a grab is, the clue is in the name. But I don't think anyone told this group of cowboys how to use one, or more specifically, when it wasn't the right tool for the job.