Berlin Demolition Conference set to be packed

The Berlin Demolition Conference is being held on the 16th March this year. Usually a German-language conference wouldn't be of that much interest, but this year it will be fully translated into English. When you see the packed program below, you may be tempted to book a place and fly over next month:

Friday, 16th March 2012

Moderator: Andreas Arnold, dialoginar Communications Agency, Bonn

09:00 Conference opening address
Johann Ettengruber, DA spokesman

09:10 Training in the demolition industry
Marcel Schröder, DA board member

09:20 Technologies for nuclear facitilites dismantling
Patrick Kern, KIT Karlsruhe

09:40 Why train your staff? Answers on the example of the courses "Lead worker" and "Site foreman" for demolition
Gerhard Geske, Training Centre in Hamm

09:50 Training of machine operators in the field of demolition in accordance with ZUMBau
Heinz Ehrmann, Bavarian Construction Academy, Feuchtwangen

10:00 Noise prediction for demolition sites
Matthias Barth, Engineering Office Goritzka Acoustics, Leipzig

10:20 Demolition of a 140 m high chimney in the vicinity of operating plant
Michael Barnsteiner, MB, Chimney and Concrete Demolition GmbH & Co. KG, Memmingerberg and Markus Rost, Exponent Industrial Structures, Düsseldorf

10:50 - 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 Current waste legislation - the new KrWG; ErsatzbaustoffVO soil conservation; New regulations for demolition
Dr. Rolf Kaminski, Avocado Lawyers, Cologne

11:50 Revitalization of the Post-gallery Speyer
Dr. Brigitte Peter, GESU Construction and Demolition Services GmbH, Eschbach

12:10 Decommissioning of the Caorso Nuclear Power Plant, Italy
Stefano Panseri, Despe SpA, Italy

12:35 Real time, on-site asbestos detection: The latest developments
Alan Archer, Select Group, UK

13:00 The Lab in the hand - applications for the demolition and dismantling sector
Dieter Boehme, Analyticon Instruments GmbH, Rosbach

13:20 - 14:50 Lunch

14:50 Technologies to prevent theft and vandalism on demolition sites
Ralf Müller, Alinotec GmbH & Co. KG, Darmstadt

15:10 Disposal of photovoltaic modules
Jürgen Beckmann, Bavarian State Office for Environment, Augsburg

15:30 Health risks through exposure to biologi-cal materials - Practical examples with mould remediation
Andrea Bonner, BG BAU, Karlsruhe

15:50 Engineering performance: Technical challenges on occasion of a high-rise building demolition
Johannes Harzheim and Oliver Krenc, Jean Harzheim GmbH & Co. KG, Cologne

16:05 Preliminary release of the VDI-Guideline 6202 - Remediation of contaminated buildings and facilities
Martin Kessel, ARCADIS Germany GmbH, Karlsruhe

16:30 - 17:10 Coffee break

17:10 Blasting of the Tower-Hotel in Solingen
Helmut Roller, Roller Blasting Technology GmbH & Co. KG, Wuppertal

17:30 Dismantling of the biological shield within the Stade Nuclear Power Plant, Germany
Dr. Georg Rachor, Norbert Braun GmbH, Münster and Jürgen-Werner Imhof, Hochtief Solutions AG

17:50 Stuttgart 21 - North wing demolition
Thilo Weigele, GL-Demolition, Esslingen

18:10 Application of high-pressure water jetting within demolition
Thomas Nowotny, Hammelmann Maschi-nenfabrik GmbH, Oelde; Matthias Schäfer, Richard Liesegang GmbH & Co. KG, Hürth

18:25 Closing Remarks

Saturday, 17th March 2012

Option 1: Forum Discussion 09:00 - 12:30 One of the topics: Further information on training within the demolition industry or Excursion to demolition sites in Berlin (08:30 - 13:00). Excursion to demolition sites in Berlin (13:30 - 17:00 - as morning visit)

Source: d&ri