IDE Spring Seminar gets fantastic feedback

The positive comments have been flowing in about the IDE Spring Seminar held on 5th March.

The IDE website has a long list of compliments for you to view. Here's just a few, and we really appreciate the feedback:

Please accept our congratulations to the team on a successful event made possible by everyone’s hard work.
We particularly enjoyed the company and dinner after the event at 42 The Place; excellent steak house.

Wayne Bagnall MBE MSc CMIOSH MIDE MCMI
Director
Wayne Bagnall Consulting

Just a short note to say thank you for a great day last Friday. The Spring seminar was the first I have attended and I thought it was excellent. Very professional, very informative and a friendly welcoming atmosphere. I look forward to the next.

David Storer | ProLogis
Vice President - Infrastructure | UK

I would just like to say thank you from all here at TraffiGlove for your help with our stand at the seminars last week. We appreciate the work you must have put into this event, and would like to congratulate you on a very successful day.

Lyndon James
TraffiSafe™,

John Woodward to speak at NFDC AGM on Friday 12th March

John Woodward will be stepping into the shoes of IDE president Terry Quarmby today, as Terry is otherwise engaged, when he speaks to the NFDC AGM in London.

John will speak to the NFDC about the current and future plans for IDE and will include details of international membership, the need to engage in CPD for all members and forthcoming IDE events.

The AGM is at Royal Horseguards Hotel, One Whitehall Court, London, SW1A 2EJ.

High Reach Guidance presentation now available

At the IDE Seminar Spring Seminar held on March 5th, one of the presentations was given by Howard Button on High Reach Guidance.

The presentation slides for that talk have been made available online. They focus on:

* FOPS +
* Telescopic booms
* Working ratio.
* Ground Conditions
* Maintenance
* Exclusion zones
* Training
* Equipment
* Boom Cradles/ Machine Commissioning
* Weather Conditions

You can download them directly as a PDF file by visiting this link.

Thanks to Valerie at the IDE for uploading the presentation.

CAT 345 in action at former GE Lighting Factory, Enfield

Armac Demolition has uploaded another great video, this time focusing on the use of a CAT 345 during the demolition of the former GE Lighting Factory, Enfield.

345 operator Andrew explains that the 345 is probably the best in its weight class with good visibility allowing you to, "see clearly what you are doing, and it is well-designed for that".

The factory demolition required some care as the location was right next to the busy A10. In total it took over 100 hours to complete using Cat 385 & Cat 345 UHD Excavators to perform the main task. Caterpillar MP20 & MP15 concrete cutter jaw work tools also used.

This demolition was a tale of two halves

Clearly this building implosion somewhere in China was not planned that well. The building splits in two, with the desired result only happening to half the structure.

Armac Group 18 hour bridge demolition

Armac Demolition has uploaded this great video of a bridge demolition carried out recently. The bridge is one of seven on the M1 between junctions 6a-10 which needed removing as part of a Widening Scheme.

In each case, the motorway was closed for a period no longer than 18 hours, and in some cases only 12 hours. Impressive work.

Chimney and Water Tower demolition at Courtaulds, Coventry

Over the weekend Lee Demolition carried out the demolition of a chimney and water tower at Courtaulds in Coventry.



The button was pressed 97-year-old, ex-employee Odie Edmonds, and Central News had coverage of the job during its Sunday evening show. You can watch it here: ITV Central News

Courtaulds was built in the 1920s, and was at its most prominent in the 1950s and 60s. The site has been closed for the last 3 years, however, and now may be re-developed.