Presentation at EDA Conference in Helsinki is well received

Last weekend saw John attend the EDA Conference in Helsinki where he delivered a very well received presentation on tower block demolition in Scotland showcasing how C&D are working in partnership with Safedem on over 20 multi-storey structures with all types of demolition techniques.

Safedem MD and former NFDC President William Sinclair attended in his capacity of EDA Vice President.

The event featured presentations from UK, France, Holland, Germany, Croatia and Spain and various topics were covered including "Waste - The Circular Economy" and "Demolition Trends"

Following the formal conference all delegates attended a black tie dinner on Friday night at the Helsinki Kasino, a former naval conference centre on the waterfront.

If John is speaking at the next EDA Conference in 2016 at least he will know how to get there as it will be held in Glasgow to welcome William Sinclair into the EDA Presidential chair.

EDA 2015 Annual Convention scheduled for June 11th

The EDA has announced that its annual convention is happening between June 11-13th this year in Helsinki, Finland. If you would like to attend, then please register on the EDA website.

The program is as follows:

Thursday, June 11th

This meeting will be in Finnish only.

09:00 Meeting of the Finnish Demolition Industry

Organized in cooperation with the FDA (Finnish Demolition Association)

The following meetings and workshops will be in English only.

14:00 Workshop “Selective demolition: current practices and innovation”, presented and moderated by members of the European project HISER.

15:00 Visit demolition jobsite (in pararallel with the workshop “Accreditation of demolition contractors”)

15:30 Workshop “Accreditation of demolition contractors”.

• France
• Germany
• UK
• Denmark

17:30 EDA General Assembly

For EDA Board, National Associations and EDA members.

Friday, June 12th

09:00 Opening by Riikka Kinnune, moderator of the conference, FDA-YTP (Finland)

» Institutional Opening by Sirpa Pietikäinen, Member of the European Parliament (Finland)
» Welcome by Pilar de la Cruz, EDA President (Spain)

09:30 Conference session 1

» Guidelines for demolition of tower blocks - Barry Ward (UK)
» Pre-weakening of steel structures to enable demolition - Holly Price (UK)
» Case story: Demolition of tower blocks - Johannes Harzheim (Germany)

Coffee break & networking

11:30 Conference session 2

» Framework for demolition in The Netherlands - Edwin Zoontjes (The Netherlands)
» Circular economy: the approach of the European Commission - Vincent Basuyau (Belgium)
» Case story: Demolition of Koverhar steel mill - Jussi Niemelä (Finland)

Lunch & networking

14:15 Conference session 3

» Tracking demolition waste. The French model - Mathieu Hiblot (France)
» Trends of the European Demolition Industry - Thomas Lück (Germany)
» Croatian practices in demolition and use of recycled C&D Waste - Vedrana Lovincic (Croatia)

Coffee break & networking

16:30 Conference session 4

» Training of workers for hazardous waste decontamination Lars Sandström (Sweden)
» Working with explosives - Johan Finsteen (Denmark)
» European Professional Card for Demolition workers - Jose Blanco (EDA)

18:00 End of the Conference