C&D assist Wakefield Council with the successful demolition of Rishworth Street Car Park

C&D were delighted to have been appointed by Wakefield City Council as Principal Designer for the demolition of Rishworth Street car park by explosive techniques.

The C&D team consisting of Mike Kehoe and Matty Bardgett carried out the works and we were very pleased with the result. You can read more about the job over at Demolition News.

C&D featured in the latest edition of DRI magazine

We were very happy to be featured in the May-June edition of D&Ri magazine. Both John Woodward and Mike Kehoe get a mention when talking about the World Demolition Awards.

Mike Kehoe on demolition contractors

The March 2017 edition of house building magazine Showhouse includes an article by our very own Mike Kehoe on page 75.

The article discusses Mike's top tips for the best way for house builders to select a demolition contractor, including his 11 commandments.

You'll be pleased to hear the magazine can be read for free in your web browser.

Mike Kehoe featured in The Times

Our very own Mike Kehoe featured in The Times newspaper recently as part of the paper's Working Life interview series.

Demolition & Recycling International gave the following summary:

"The interview focused on Mike and his team’s response to an emergency in the south east of England last August, when a bridge over the M20 motorway was seriously damaged. It also covered a career spanning more than 30 years during which Mike has been responsible for demolishing 150 tower blocks."

Online access to The Times requires a subscription. However, the slides for the talk he gave at the recent World Demolition Summit are not. You can view and download them from the summit's website.

Mike Kehoe interview and "the biggest heart-stopping moment of his 32-year career"

The Times has printed an interview with our very own Mike Kehoe, describing his reaction to the incident when a lorry carrying a digger hit a footbridge over the M20 among other things.

It can be read over on The Times website.

World Demolition Summit and Awards Approaches

The 2016 World Demolition Summit gets underway on Friday at the Marriott Biscayne Bay Hotel, Miami, USA.

A healthy attendance is expected for this year’s Summit, which is being held outside of Europe for the very first time and features speakers from Europe, North America, New Zealand, and Japan. This is followed by an evening awards dinner celebrating the best in demolition and recycling from a shortlist compiled of entrants from 15 different countries.

C&D Consultancy has a strong presence at the Summit. Demolition Consultant Mike Kehoe will be delivering a talk during the conference that explores the question ‘Can traditional demolition learn from explosive demolition?’

Industry veteran Kehoe joined C&D just over three years ago, running the Liverpool and London offices, and has quickly become recognised as an expert in inner city demolition. He follows in the footsteps of his father and grandfather, who both worked in the demolition industry.

Furthermore, C&D has been shortlisted for two jobs in the Collaboration Award category of the World Demolition Awards.

The first nomination recognises the role C&D played alongside J Bryan Victoria, One Vision Housing and Technical Demolition Services in recovering the demolition of Seaforth Tower in Liverpool earlier this year, after initial explosives failed to bring down the two tower blocks.

The second is for C&D’s work alongside Dem-Master, Safedem, and Keltbray on the New Gorbals Housing Association’s demolition of the high rise flats at Glasgow’s Norfolk Court in May 2016.



“We are absolutely delighted to be shortlisted for the Collaboration Award again this year, having won it in 2015 for our collaboration with Safedem on Whitevale and Bluevale Towers in Glasgow. ” added C&D Lead Consultant, John Woodward.

“It is particularly pleasing that we have been nominated for two jobs. I believe that these collaborative networks have strengthened our reputation as a trouble-shooter and technical expert and contributed towards our growth.”

John concluded: “I am thrilled that our work has been recognised and we are all really looking forward to the awards ceremony. We wish all the other nominees all the best on the night.”


Keep an eye on our website over the next few days to see full details and results from the World Demolition Awards ceremony.

C&D collaborated with 777 Demolition on M20 bridge collapse

You couldn't fail to notice the bridge that collapsed across the M20 last month as it was plastered all over the news. The cause was simple to determine: a lorry had ploughed into it, having attempted to pass underneath at speed with a digger on the back that was too tall.



As the main route to the Channel Tunnel and the Port of Dover, keeping the M20 open is extremely important for Britain's transportation system and businesses. 777 Demolition was awarded the job of clearing the remains of the bridge, and they opted to use C&D's Mike Kehoe as the demolition engineer for the project. The bridge needed to be fully demolished and some 400 tonnes of rubble removed from the carriageway.

The collaboration worked well, with the collapsed pedestrian bridge being removed and the motorway reopened the following day. In fact, the whole job moved along at around 8 hours ahead of schedule.

Long weekend , still one of my favourite pictures. @777 group . Happy days. pic.twitter.com/jYh6cVA0zv

— C&D London (@CDLondon1) September 6, 2016

For further details on the accident, visit the BBC News website.

Lawrence Kehoe wins the NFDC Golf Tournament

We are pleased to announce that Lawrence Kehoe, son of Mike Kehoe, was the winner of the NFDC Golf Tournament at the weekend Convention in Marbella. Here he is collecting his prize.

C&D and Apex join forces

C&D Consultancy are delighted to announce that Apex Group have awarded C&D a new three year contract to assist the group with demolition engineering expertise and demolition training.

The award follows a successful twelve month trial period during which Mike Kehoe and Matty Bardgett assisted the group on a number of major demolition projects as well as providing training across the Apex workforce.

C&D assists in complex Warrington car park demolition

This Sunday, Mike Kehoe of the C&D Liverpool office team were collaborating with J Bryan Ltd. on the demolition of a structurally unsafe car park in Warrington.

J Bryan asked Mike to assist with the complex job to bring his experience of over 40 car park demolitions throughout the UK to the project. The work was carried out on time with zero incidents.

Well done J Bryan.

You can see more images of the job over at the Warrington Guardian

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.

Valentine's Day goes with a Bang for DSR Demolition

Early yesterday when most people were opening Valentine cards, the team at DSR Demolition were hard at work bringing down the Cow Green car park in Halifax.

The tricky job was close to an existing tower block, adjacent to a dual carriageway, and very close to a number of other properties, but came down without injury or damage to surrounding buildings.


Well done to the whole of the DSR team and to Mike Kehoe who was the C&D Consultancy demolition engineer for the project.



DSR Demolition has a great write-up about the implosion on their Facebook page.

IDE Golf Day 2015 report

When the IDE held their golf day for 2015 the event was well supported and very enjoyable. We have just been sent the report on the day and are very pleased that Mike Kehoe won both the longest drive and the overall competition.

Well done Mike!

You can read the full report over at the IDE website.

KHL and DRi announce the first of the speakers for the Istanbul Demolition Conference

DRi have announced the first speakers for Istanbul including our own Mike Kehoe. Mike's presentation will be "Planning for Success" – preparing the ground for successful demolition projects.

Full details can be found on the Demolition & Recycling International website, with the conference taking place on March 12th.

Watch DDS Demolition demolish King Mall Shopping Centre

C&D Consultancy have recently been involved as the demolition consultants for St. George West London for the demolition works at Hammersmith where DDS Demolition were the demolition contractor.

DDS have now produced a demolition video that shows the extensive work involved at Sovereign Court. Mike Kehoe MIDE MIConstM was the lead demolition consultant for C&D on this project.

The 6-minute video can be watched below:



Source: DDS Demolition

Asbestos and Demolition training course end of November

Following demand for more courses on Saturdays in the Liverpool area C&D are running more weekend courses. The first of the new Saturday courses to be added to the calendar is an NDTG Asbestos Awareness and Demolition Awareness course on November 29th.

For details on the course and how to book your place, please visit our sister site Demolition Training.

Saturday training to become a regular option in Liverpool

Following many requests for odd places on a Saturday training course C&D have decided that we will now be running a NDTG certificated Demolition & Asbestos Awareness course on one Saturday each month in the Liverpool area with the first of those courses on Saturday 01 November with Mike Kehoe MIDE as trainer.

C&D have run open Saturday courses on a monthly basis in Birmingham and London for the last 18 months with great success and we now feel that this tried and tested model should be rolled out across other areas of the UK.

If you need a single place, or a dozen places please book them via email to mike@demolishdismantle.co.uk

C&D Consultancy’s Mike Kehoe to speak at rescheduled Turkish Demolition Conference.

We are delighted to announce that our very own Mike Kehoe has been chosen as one of the guest speakers at next year’s Demolition Conference in Istanbul, Turkey. The rescheduled event – which is organised jointly by D&Ri publisher KHL and its Turkish partner APA Publishing – will be held on Thursday March 12, 2015 at the famous Marriot Asia Hotel on the Asian banks of the Bosphorus.

The event, primarily intended for the developing Turkish demolition industry, will once again see a mix of presentations from relevant speakers from that country as well as from a number of leading figures in the global demolition industry.

“The Turkish demolition industry has really taken off in the past few years, thanks in no small part to the Turkish Demolition Association,” Mike Kehoe says. “The timing for this latest event is perfect as the Turkish ministry is currently drafting new regulations to monitor and control this growing industry, and they are keen to learn from the experience of other nations.”

Industry veteran Kehoe is a perfect guest speaker candidate. Having joined the C&D Consultancy team just over a year ago, he has quickly become the recognised expert in inner city demolition, carrying out extensive and ongoing works with the likes of Berkeley Homes across London. Furthermore, Kehoe is uniquely able to speak about the full gamut of the demolition process from pre-start documentation, through risk assessment, methodology and training to contract sign-off.

“There is no question that, in many aspects of demolition, the UK leads the way. We are the safest, most regulated demolition industry in the world; and that provides us with a unique perspective from which to educate and assist emerging markets,” Kehoe concludes. “I am looking forward to the visit to Istanbul and to sharing with the Turkish developments some of the key methodologies that have established the UK as the world leader in demolition.”

Full details of the conference can be found here: http://www.khl-group.com/events/demolition-conference-turkey/

C&D's Mike Kehoe to speak at the Istanbul Demolition Summit on 12 March 2015

Here at C&D we have been supporters of KHL events for many years with John travelling to the first event in Istanbul many years ago and Stuart Accleton delivering a presentation on behalf of C&D in 2013 when John could not attend because of the death of his father.

This year however we are delighted to announce that the C&D presentation will be delivered by Mike Kehoe who will give an overview of the planning required to deliver safe, on time demolition within an inner city environment.

For those who couldn't attend in 2013 you can see what we had to say by clicking this link:
http://www.khl-group.com/events/demolition-conference-turkey/assets/john-woodward.pdf