The World Demolition Awards Judging Panel Revealed

As you all know, running alongside the World Demolition Summit is the World Demolition Awards. And those awards need judges, of which there are eight. KHL has a nice expose piece revealing a little detail about who those eight people are from industry this year. They include:

• Henrik Bonnesen, Cowi, Denmark
• Dan Costello, Costello Dismantling Company, USA
• Clinton Dick, Liberty Industrial, Australia
• Patrick Frye, Cardem, France
• Jim Graham, Winter Environmental, USA
• Bill Moore, ERM, USA
• William Sinclair, Safedem, United Kingdom
• John Woodward, C&D Consultancy, United Kingdom

Head on over to the KHL website to learn a little more about seven of those judges. I say seven, as if you're visiting this site then you already know quite a bit about that eight judge!

KHL launches new website

Leading international construction information supplier KHL has just finished undertaking a complete revamp of its website and online presence to produce a brand new experience for visitors of KHL.com.

As well as a design that morphs to suit the many different types of screen you may be viewing it on, be it a computer monitor, TV, tablet, or smartphone, the website learns from the experience of registered users. Regular registered visitors will notice how the site reacts and tailors the information presented to suit your tastes.

Two final areas that have seen improvement: search, which should more easily locate what you are looking for, and specific content, with each magazine offered by KHL now having its own individual section.

Simple guide to entering the World Demolition Awards

KHL magazine DRi have issued a simple guide as to how to enter the World Demolition Awards 2016.

You can download the complete guide by clicking this link.

We've also included the key section of the guide below for your convenience:

Last day to claim a 30% discount for the World Demolition Summit

The World Demolition Summit (WDS 2015) is taking place on the 6th November in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The conference, networking and awards will take place, once again, at the NH Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky. This will be the seventh time the event is running building on the success of previous years.

Volvo has already announced top sponsorship in what promises to be an excellent event. The early bird discount rate gives you 30% off the joint conference and awards ticket price - but it does expire today, Friday 27th February 2015. To book your place now at the discount price please click on the link below:

http://www.khl-group.com/events/Demolition-Summit/booking.html

Demolition & Recycling International magazine November-December 2014 issue available

The latest issue of Demolition & Recycling International magazine is now available to read for free either online or offline on a range of devices. Inside the 52-page November-December issue you'll find the following:

• D&Ri reports on the recent 2014 World Demolition Summit, with more detailed coverage of three of the entries, the winners of the 2014 World Demolition Award, Contract of the Year(+US$1.5 million) and the Contract of the Year (-US$1.5 million). These were won by Liberty Industrial, Australian Decommissioning Services and Keltbray respectively.
• The use of compact tracked loaders is growing in parts of the world. D&Ri reports on the latest offerings of this machine type, along with other compact construction equipment.
• World of Concrete is the first trade show of the annual cycle. D&Ri provides a brief guide to what you can expect to see in Las Vegas in February.

Access the issue directly at the KHL Group website.

Duncan Rudall makes his maiden speech as IDE President

Here at C&D we have regular employees who are members of the IDE and others who come into the company as and when required. It is one of the latter, Duncan Rudall FIDE, who was recently elected to the position of IDE President at the AGM and luncheon held at the Tower of London.

Whilst there, Duncan made his maiden speech and the video camera of KHL DRi magazine was there to record it and make it available for us to share with you now. You can watch it over on the KHL website.

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

Watch IDE President Steve Jack address the 2013 Demolition Summit in Amsterdam

Regular readers of this page will know that John has been a judge at the KHL DRi World Demolition Awards since their inception. Each year he goes to Amsterdam for the awards presentation and to listen to the wide range of presentations at the Demolition Summit that takes place the day of the awards.

This year John was particularly keen to listen to IDE President Steve Jack who gave a presentation about the current state of the IDE and the plans for the institute during his Presidency.

That presentation can be seen below:-

Demolition Summit 2013 presentations now available to view online

Full coverage of the 2013 Demolition Summit, including articles and videos is now available on www.KHL.com

This year C&D were not among the presenters at the event but there is a brief cameo appearance from John Woodward within the presentation from “Demo Diva” Simone Bruni where she discusses how her business has grown since she attended the Summit in 2010 when John was a presenter.

All of the speaker presentations are available at www.khl.com/videozone and these include the presentation from our old friend Dick Green of IndEx independent explosives engineers.

As well as the Summit coverage the site includes full details of all of the winners at the World Demolition Awards that followed the demolition summit on the evening. The award for Contract of the Year went this year to Hunter Demolition from Scotland and they were presented with their award by John.

DRi Magazine and KHL announce changes to the 2014 World Demolition Awards categories

Following discussions with the judging panel, KHL and DRi Magazine have decided to make some changes to the award categories for the 2014 World Demolition Awards that will, once again, be held in Amsterdam on Thursday 6th November.

Full details of the new categories can be found via this link:

http://www.khl.com/magazines/demolition-and-recycling-international/detail/item90986/On-your-marks-2014-World-Demolition-Awards

The award categories may be changing but here at C&D we are pleased to say that John's involvement as part of the judging panel will not change as he has been retained as a judge.

Demolition & Recycling International latest issue available

The November-December 2013 issue of Demolition & Recycling International is now available to read. You can view it online, or instead download it as a PDF file to read at your leisure.

This issue includes the following highlights:

• World Demolition Summit - a full guide to events at the confence and details of the winning entries
• Compact equipment - the latest equipment at the small end of the scale
• Site Report - The Boodarie HBI demolition in north west Australia
• News Report - Applying microwave technology to demolition

At 52 pages, it's certainly going to keep you informed and entertained for quite a while.

Second Demolition Conference in Turkey now confirmed

Readers of this site will know that John was scheduled to speak at the KHL Demolition Conference in Turkey in March, but his presentation was actually delivered by Stuart Accleton following the downturn in health of John's Dad.

The conference was obviously a great success as KHL have announced that they intend to return to Istanbul on 10 April 2014 for another conference.

The one day Demolition Conference Turkey 2014 will take place at the same venue as this year, the Marriott Asia Hotel in Istanbul and will include presentations from both Turkish and UK companies.

Full details of the event organised jointly by KHL Group and its Turkish publishing partner, Apa Yayincilik, can be found at the KHL website.

KHL release video of the C&D presentation at the 2012 World Demolition Summit

As part of an ongoing series of video releases from the 2012 World Demolition Summit, KHL have released the video of the presentation by John Woodward and Hardy Worsey of the demolition of the MS Jolly Amarantto. You can watch it below.

John was doing another presentation about the job at the German Demolition Association Conference in Berlin this week, but that, of course, has been cancelled owing to the death of his father.

World Demolition Summit 2012 speaker line-up confirmed

KHL has confirmed the speaker line-up for the World Demolition Summit 2012 being held in November at the NH Grand Hotel Krasnopolsky in Amsterdam. And it's certainly a line-up not to be missed.

Here's the confirmed speakers at this year's event:

• Howard Button, Chief Executive, NFDC
• Fabio Bruno, Director of Operations, Fabio Bruno Contruction
• Andy Dyson, Project Manager, Erith
• Patrick Frye, Project Manager, Cardem
• Piyush Ghandi, Managing Director, Genesis Engineering
• Dick Green, Managing Director, IndEx
• Steve Jack, Programme Manager, Magnox
• Noel McLean B.Sc (Hons) AMIDE, Armac Demolition Ltd.
• William Moore, Brandenburg Industrial Services
• Oyvind Omnes, Project Manager, AF Decom
• Stephano Panseri, Managing Director, Despe
• David Sinclair, Safedem
• Diana Stil, President, New Zealand Demolition and Asbestos Association
• Chris Sleight, editor, International Construction
• Eirik Wraal, Director, AF Decom
• John Woodward, IDE President, C&D Consultancy
• Hardy Worsey, Director, Heavy Decom International Ltd.

If you would like to attend, please use the KHL booking form.

John Woodward to speak at World Demolition Summit in Amsterdam

Following presentations in 2010 and 2011, John will be making a repeat visit to Amsterdam in November to speak at the World Demolition Summit.

This time around John will be sharing the platform with Hardy Worsey of HDI to discuss how HDI cut up the MS Jolly Amarantto outside the Port of Alexandria. C&D were involved in preparing the safety case and method statements for HDI on this challenging project.

The World Demolition Summit is now in its 4th year and this year counts 246 delegates, 95 companies, and 17 countries represented as part of the attendance. The Summit and subsequent Awards will take place on November 1st in the NH Grand Hotel, Amsterdam.

Full details of the event can be found at the KHL Group website.

John Woodward's 2011 World Demolition Summit speech

Above is the speech John Woodward gave during last year's World Demolition Summit. You can book your tickets now for this year's event taking place on November 1st at the NH Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky in Amsterdam. Please head over to the KHL website to find out more and book your tickets.

John Woodward confirmed as World Demolition Awards judge

C&D are very pleased to announce that John Woodward will, once again, be one of the judges for the World Demolition Awards in Amsterdam in November.

John has been an awards judge since the start of the World Demolition Awards and we are pleased that he has remained on the panel of judges for this year's awards.

Details of all of the judgeing panel can be found at the following link:-

http://www.khl.com/events/ds2012/awards-judges/

World Demolition Awards 2011 Videos - Manufacturers Innovation Award

It's the final day of our week of World Demolition Awards 2011 videos, and this time John Woodward presents the Manufacturers Innovation Award:



Thanks once again goes to KHL for providing access to these videos.

World Demolition Awards 2011 Videos - Collaborative Demolition Award

The World Demolition Awards video today shows the presentation of a new award entitled the Collaborative Demolition Award.

World Demolition Awards 2011 Videos - the Haitian earthquake experience

Day 3 of our World Demolition Awards 2011 video week sees David Sincalir, Mike Janssens, and Jesula Andre, the first female Haitian Government machine operator speaking. The subject covered is Demolition and Debris Removal: the Haitian earthquake experience.



Thanks to KHL for providing the videos.