IDE returns to Leeds for sell out Spring Seminar

On the 23rd February, the IDE held its 2018 Spring Seminar at the Leeds Royal Armouries. This year the event was a sell out in terms of professionals attending and companies who recognize the importance of the seminar to their businesses and the sector as a whole.

Highlights of the event included a £10,000 cheque being handed to the chief executive of Niemman-Pick UK, a charity dedicated to helping those with Niemann-Pick disease and the debilitating effects it has on the body.

Attendees enjoyed talks given by Erith's Andrew Dyson, Curtins' Russel Bowman, ABB Ltd's Stephen Andrew, Able UK's Neil Etherington, Casella's Shaun Knott, Wayne Bagnall, Sustainable Solutions' Dr. John Henry Looney and Kris Atkins, and finally a comedic break thanks to comedian John Ryan who tackled the taboo subject of mental health.

Full details of the seminar, the talks, and many more photos can be viewed on the Institute of Demolition Engineers' website linked to below.

Source: IDE

IDE Spring Seminar 2018 Confirmed for February

Please email info@ide.org.uk for more information including booking forms and exhibition space inquiries.

An Invitation From the IDE President

IDE Spring Seminar February 24th

The IDE is holding a Spring Seminar on February 24th located at the Royal Armouries in Leeds.

The speakers at this event include:

• Anna Mason, The Healthy Employee
• Jim O’Sullivan, Keltbray Ltd
• Stefan Mordue, NBS, Business Solutions Consultant
• Richard Dolman, AR Demolition Ltd – Demolition Safety Forum
• Richard Green, Explosives Engineer, IndEx
• Grant Styles, Erith Contractors Ltd
• Howard Button, CEO, NFDC
• Chris Donne, SMH Group

For more information, including how to book places, visit the IDE website.

IDE Spring Seminar 24th February

Happy New Year everyone!

The IDE has announced that the Spring Seminar is set to take place on the 24th February at the Royal Armouries, Clarence Dock in Leeds.

If you're interested in attending, please email the IDE directly and you will be sent a booking form as well as details of exhibition space if any remains available to use.

DCM Special edition IDE Spring Seminar issue

RPA Design & Media offers the popular Demolition Construction Moving (DCM) magazine on a regular basis. It's free and always has very high quality content. That is proven by the latest issue, which forms a special edition for the IDE Spring Seminar.

The issue consists of 44 pages and lots of high quality photographs taken during the Spring Seminar held at the Royal Armouries in Leeds. You can check out the issue below.

Institute of Construction Management President Les Helliwell attends the IDE Spring Seminar in Leeds

The last Friday in February is now firmly in the diary of demolition professionals as the date of the IDE Spring Seminar at Royal Armouries, Leeds and the latest version of this long running saga saw over 200 delegates attend on Friday to listen to presentations from Able UK, Coleman & Co, Tim Lohmann of Swanton Consulting, and Julie White of DDrill, to name just four, with two of those delegates being Ian Trickey (Membership Director) and Les Helliwell (President) of The Institute of Construction Management.

It was the second visit to the event by Les Helliwell, following his attendance last year with Owen Wood, and John took the opportunity to ask Les why the IConstM had decided to return this year.

Les Helliwell said "I believe that the two institutes are a good mix with IConstM encouraging competence during the build phase of a project and IDE encouraging competence during the demolition. Following our attendance at last year's event when we recruited a number of IDE members to our institute we thought we would return and try to again encourage IDE members to join IConstM. This year we also managed to speak to Philip Baker, Past President of APS, on a possible link up between APS and IConstM in the future. In my opinion the IDE Spring Seminar is one of the must attend dates of the demolition year".

As a member of IConstM it was particularly pleasing for John to greet Ian and Les at the event and we hope to see them again next year.

Loughborough University Students who were granted IDE Research Bursaries outline their projects at IDE Leeds Seminar

The IDE recently awarded research bursaries to three Loughborough University students to assist their research with demolition related projects and the successful students are all attending the IDE Seminar in Leeds on Friday 22nd February to outline their respective research. The students and their projects are:-

Warren Mitty - Is nanotechnology the new asbestos?

Nano-technology is embedded into a large number of materials and components used in the built environment. There is some suggestion that nano-particles may have some similarities with asbestos i.e. hazardous to health when the particles are freed. If this fear is realised then there will be real challenges for the demolition & recycling sectors. This project will investigate what these challenges are likely to be.

James Styles - What to do with composite cassette cladding?

Composite panels, such as those incorporating blown insulation and also other materials and services. These are a challenge to the demolition and recycling sector and will become more so in the future. This project will investigate what these challenges are likely to be.

Matt Smith - Is European wind the same as UK wind?

The design of temporary works to support retained facades is significantly affected by the calculation of wind forces. The demolition sector interacts closely with retained facades, often being responsible themselves for the support structure as part of the demolition package. This project will investigate how the use of Eurocodes will affect the design and hence the installation of retained facade temporary works

Details of the IDE Spring Seminar on February 24th

The IDE Spring Seminar is happening on Friday, February 24th at the Royal Armouries in Leeds. The proceedings will be opened by our own John Woodward with a Welcome Address followed by a number of papers and reports being presented.

Highlights of the reports being presented include:

• Armac's Noel McLean on the demolition of the Calthorpe road interchange
• Coleman and Company's Chris Holland on work carried out at Birmingham New Street Railway Station
• Brown & Mason's Alex Hadden on the demolition work at the Dunamenti Power Plant near Budapest in Hungary
• IDE vice president Steve Jack on nuclear demolition activities
• Graham Gilbert on demolition of dockside cranes
• NFDC chief executive Howard Button on a new 30m high reach training course and changes to the NFDC Guidance Notes

More details about the Sping Seminar along with a booking form can be found on the IDE website.

Source: d&ri

EDS handed keys to Tetley brewery in Leeds

The Tetley brewery in Leeds was closed down on the 17th June this year after a 189 year history of brewing. The site has 37 buildings, all but 7 of which are set to be torn down by EDS Limited, who were handed the keys to the site earlier this week.

Although a sad day for historians and those that form the Leeds Campaign for Real Ale, at least some of the buildings are being kept and hopefully transformed into useful locations once again. The Tetley's headquarters building, for example, will become a Project Space Leeds art gallery, at least temporarily.

At its peak, the brewery was producing 185 million pints of Tetley's Bitter every year. It also handled production of other smaller brands including Skol. The brewing of Tetley's has now moved to Northampton.

The demolition work will continue until the middle of next year. Discussions continue between current owners Carlsberg and the local council as to what to do with the site once it is cleared. Let's hope it becomes a success story of regeneration and manages to replace more than the 179 jobs lost when the brewery finally closed earlier this year.

Source: Yorkshire Evening Post

IDE Leeds Seminar 25th February

The date for the IDE Leeds Seminar is fast approaching. This year it's happening on the 25th February at the Royal Armouries with the following speakers in attendance:

• Legal Definition of Waste - Phil Charlesworth


• Dallas Stadium Blast - Dick Green


• New Bribery & Corruption Law - RJW Solicitors - Craig McAdam


• The Piacenza-Lodi Bridge Demolition Italy - Federico Fanti /Paolo Scorza


• Masco Salvage Demolition Reclaim - Steve Tomlin


• International Institute of Risk and Safety Management (IIRSM) - Brian Nimick


• As it was then “Film of Old Blow Down” - Bruce Atkinson


• As it is now - Blasting USA - Eric Kelly


• BS6187:2000 Up Date - Brian Neale


• HSE Priorities for 2011 - Bruce Sutherland

The IDE gives some good reasons why attending might be in your interests. They include:

• Your attendance at the seminar will fulfil the 2011 requirement for the 6 IDE core CPD hours and the achievement of CPD became mandatory in the Institute from 1 January 2011.


• We have more than a dozen companies exhibiting their services and are there to answer any questions you may have.


• 10 award winning international experts will be speaking throughout the day (see above)


• Fantastic food and an opportunity to network to make for an enjoyable and informative day.

We hope to see you there!

IDE Seminar Talk: Development of High Reach Rigs

Continuing our preview of IDE Seminar speakers for the 5th March, Ron Callan is a confirmed speaker.

Ron is Sales Manager for Kocurek Excavators, where he has worked for the past 12 years and at Samsung Excavators, JCB, Hitachi, and Kubota previous to that.

Kocurek offers a whole range of products and specializes in bespoke front end equipment for hydraulic excavators.

Ron's talk in Leeds is entitled "Development of High Reach Demolition Rigs".

Source: IDE