Demolition Awards - the deadline is this week!

The Demolition Awards are drawing ever closer, with a big reminder of that being the deadline for entries arrives this week on Thursday, June 30.

This year, the awards will be held in the USA for the very first time, and we suspect that's also going to make the awards busier than ever.

There are 11 categories for the awards, they are:

• Civils Demolition
• Collaboration in Demolition
• Explosive Demolition
• Industrial Demolition
• Innovation – Plant and Equipment
• Innovation – Tools and Attachments
• Recycling and Environmental
• Safety and Training
• Urban Demolition
• Contract of the Year under US$1 million
• Contract of the Year over US$1 million

So if you haven't already, get your entry in!

My Dad does Demolition crosses the pond

Joint authors of My Dad Does Demolition--John Woodward & Mark Anthony--are delighted that Bill Moore (judge of the World Demolition Awards in Amsterdam in November) liked the book so much that he ordered one for his grandson Jake.

Here is what Bill said when he sent through a picture of his grandson with the book:

"As promised, here's a picture I had taken yesterday after giving your book to my grandson, Jake, at his 8th birthday party.

My son, John, is 36 and is the general superintendent for Alpine Demolition, a suburban Chicago demolition contractor.

Jake may be the 3rd generation "wrecker"?

Thanks again for the great book!"

We've also received picture proof from our friend and explosive demolition expert Fabio Bruno that My Dad Does Demolition has now reached Brazil!


You can still obtain copies via eBay.

Global Asbestos Awareness Week

This week has been designated as Global Asbestos Awareness week and in my opinion that is a good idea, but it would be a far better idea if they has designated it as Global Ban Asbestos Now Week instead.

I find it hard to comprehend that one of the most technically advanced and better educated nations in the World, the USA, has failed to realise that Asbestos Kills, and does so regularly and without mercy. The USA have never banned Asbestos, and continue to both import and use the killer product today, despite unrefutable evidence that it kills thousands of USA residents every year.

Anyone who studies asbestos, as we do here at C&D, will know that Libby, Montana has become a toxic town following the mining of vermiculite ore, for use in 30 million US homes as loft insulation, that was contaminated with Tremolite asbestos. The town has one of the highest rates of asbestos related diseases per head of population in the World with some residents becoming ill with Mesothelioma just because they played Little League Baseball on a tremolite contaminated field.

If you would like to know more about Libby and it's issues why not take 15 minutes to watch this news item on Youtube: