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.

IDE Spring Seminar 2017 was a resounding success

The IDE has a new post up on its website going into great detail about the success of the Spring Seminar 2017, returning this year to the Royal Armouries venue.

We highly recommend you head on over to the IDE website and have a read. Here's an excerpt to whet your appetite:

"One of the largest and complex demolition jobs over the last few years has been Keltbray Ltd’s Earls Court project. Operations Director Jim O’Sullivan and Technical Manager Dave Rowe were on hand to describe the innovative and technically challenging methods involved in removing some of the largest and heaviest concrete beams found on a UK demolition site utilising the services of one of the World’s largest cranes. Working in close proximity to London Underground and Overground train services the team worked to limited time slots to remove structures without hindering the running of train services..."

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.

C&D Consultancy's Mike Kehoe to speak at IDE Seminar

The IDE has shared the Spring Seminar Programme with us that you can see below (please click the image to see it full size). And we are keen to point out C&D's Mike Kehoe appears on the list. At 12:10 he'll be speaking about the Role of the Demolition Engineer in the Radford Road Fire, Nottingham.

The Spring Seminar will take place on Friday, 26th February at the Royal Armouries, Clarence Dock, Leeds. Contact the IDE by email or phone (01634 816255) for further details. We hope to see you there.

Final programme revealed for the IDE Spring Seminar

The final programme has been revealed for the IDE Spring Seminar happening on Friday, 27th February. You can view it by following this link to the IDE website:

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According to the IDE, "pre-bookings are still being taken until 20th February. We are still able to take bookings after this date and delegates are able to “pay-on-the-day” however lunch will not be offered with this option."

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.

IDE Spring Seminar is today

Just a quick reminder that today is the IDE Spring Seminar. It is being held at the Royal Armouries in Leeds with the highlights including:

• 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 can be found here. We hope to see you there.

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

Dick Green to speak at IDE Spring Seminar

We are pleased to announce that our friend Dick Green has agreed to give a presentation at the forthcoming IDE Spring Seminar.

We've featured Dick's explosive demolition work many times on the site, and we expect his talk to be just as explosive.

If you would like to attend the Spring Seminar the booking form can be found on the IDE website (PDF format). It takes place on the 25th February at the Royal Armouries, Leeds.

We hope to see you all there.

Source: IDE

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.

IDE Seminar Talk: Innovative Demolition of a 180m chimney with the Bierrum “Spider”

Gary Eastmen, currently the President of the International Chimney Committee, CCIND, is giving a talk at the IDE Spring Seminar in Leeds on March 5th.

The title of the talk is "Innovative Demolition of a 180m chimney with the Bierrum “Spider”"

Gary will cover the Spider demolition tool and the following work in his talk:

In 2006, Rugeley Power commenced the design and construction of a Flue Gas Desulphurisation installation at their Rugeley Power Station. The project involved the construction of a new 180m high chimney. The existing chimney needed to be demolished but it was situated very close to existing and new plant and the client specified that no material was allowed to fall outside the chimney.

Rugeley Power contracted with Bierrum International Ltd to use their “Spider” demolition system to ensure the safe and speedy removal of the structure without the need for expensive protection works to the surrounding equipment.

Source: IDE