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November 9, 2015

World Demolition Awards full winners list released

The 2015 World Demolition Awards were held on November 7th in Amsterdam, with the full list of winners announced during a fantastic night. We've included the winners below, with Coleman & Co taking the World Demolition Award this year.

Civils Demolition Award

DDM Demontage BV, Netherlands (four year contract to dismantle five bridges over the Amsterdam-Rhine canal)

Collaboration in Demolition Award

Keltbray, Capital and Counties PLC (Capco), Abnormal Load Engineering (ALE), Network Rail (NWR), Earls Court and Olympia (EC&O), Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Royal Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. JOINT WINNER (for the demolition of Bridge 19 at Earls Court, London)

Safedem, C&D Consultancy, Despe, Glasgow Housing Association. JOINT WINNER (for demolition of two tower blocks in Glasgow, UK)

Contract of the Year over US$1 million

Coleman & Company, UK (extensive demolition work on the Birmingham New Street redevelopment project, UK)

Contract of the Year under US$1 million

Erith Contractors Ltd, UK (for the removal of a decommissioned gasholder in London for National Grid Property Holdings, UK)

Explosive Demolition Award

Liberty Industrial, Australia (demolition of 432 m high Omega Transmission Tower in Sarriman, Victoria, Australia.)

Industrial Demolition Award

Despe, Italy (demolishing a boiler and chimney at the Raffineria de Gela, a live petrochemical plant)

Innovation Award – Plant & Equipment

JCB & Coleman & Co, UK JOINT WINNER (for remotely controlled ‘mega muncher’)
Protranz Earthmoving Ltd, New Zealand JOINT WINNER (for modified Komatsu excavators)

Innovation Award – Tools & Attachments

Mantovanibenne S.r.l, Italy (CRH440 crusher)

Recycling & Environmental Award

AR Demolition, UK (for the demolition of the former Brackley Sawmills)

Safety & Training Award

Coleman & Company, UK

Urban Demolition Award

Erith Contractors Ltd, UK (for the demolition of the former Oriana building in Oxford Street, London)

World Demolition Award

Coleman & Co, UK (for its work at Birmingham New Street station)

Source: KHL

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