EDA President William Sinclair shares his thoughts on NDA Las Vegas

This past January, the NDA Annual Convention was held in Las Vegas. European Demolition Association (EDA) president William Sinclair was in attendance, and he returned to Europe with some new ideas and thoughts.

He discusses this at length on the EDA website, and it's well worth your time to give it a read. Here's an excerpt:

"The area that I thought was incredibly interesting was how the demolition industry could assist with Emergency Response for Disasters.

When your view the tragic consequences of disasters on your television screens, it is striking how so many show images of rescue workers bravely carrying out their duty amidst partially collapsed and dangerous structures.

Obviously, each and every emergency will require a bespoke solution coordinated with the rescue workers and authorities, but I cannot help think how effective, and how much safer, the task could be if the rescue teams has the experts assistance and equipment from the demolition industry."

Read more at the EDA website.

A review of the EDA 2016 Annual Convention

The European Demolition Association has produced an extremely detailed review of the recent EDA 2016 Annual Convention, which you can read on the EDA website. There's also the Best Moments video above which is well worth your time.

EDA Annual Convention 2016 program details released

The EDA has released details of the program for their Annual Convention 2016 happening on Friday, June 10th. You can see the full program included below:

Professional program – Friday, June 10th

Multilingual conference will have simultaneous interpretation.

09:00 Opening by the moderator of the conference and institutional words

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09:30 Conference session 1

» How demolition is changing Glasgow
Mr. Kenny Crookston, Wheatley Group

» FISSAC Project: Fostering industrial symbiosis in the construction and demolition value chain
Ms. Angeliki Koulouri, ACR+

» Case story: Demolition of the Earls Court Exhibition Centres
Mr. Dave Rowe and Mr. Jim O’Sullivan, Keltbray

Coffee break & networking

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11:30 Conference session 2

» Guidelines for safe circulation of building materials
Ms. Marianne Hedberg, the Swedish Construction Federation

» Removal and recycling of External Thermal Insulation Composite Systems
Mr. Ralf Pasker, European Association for External Insulation Composite Systems, EAE

» Case story: Salvage Baltic Ace project
Mr. Carsten Tromp, Jansen Group

Lunch & networking

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14:15 Conference session 3

» Monitoring decontamination sites
Mr. Oliver Smith, SMH

» Preparation of the demolition of three skyscraper buildings in Cologne
Mr. Manfred Kühne, Geoexperts

» Case story: Demolition of Concordia wreck at Genoa port
Mr. Vittorio Omini, F.lli Omini S.p.A.

Coffee break & networking

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16:30 Conference session 4

» Advance of the EDA Industry Report
Mr. Andreas Pocha, German Demolition Association, DA

» Deconstruction of high rise buildings using tower cranes
Mr. Thorsten Hesselbein, Liebherr

» Case story: Decontamination of heavy metals
Mr. Lindsay Pepperel, ERM

18:00 End of the Conference

For further details please visit the EDA website.

EDA to present Annual Convention 2016 at the World Demolition Summit

The EDA has announced that they will present their Annual Convention 2016 during the World Demolition Summit 2015. The Annual Convention will be held between June 9-11 in Glasgow. There will be a full program conference and networking time.

If you are interested in attending, visit the EDA Annual Convention 2016 web page.

Source: EDA

Summary of the EDA Annual Convention

Between June 11-13 the European Demolition Association (EDA) held its Annual Convention in Helsinki Finland. For all those who could not attend, the EDA has put together a very thorough review of the event.

We think the presentation by John Woodrow sounds particularly interesting!

Full details of the Convention can be found on the EDA website. They also created a video, which is available to watch below, of the best moments:

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

National Demolition Association confirms 40th Annual Convention speakers

The National Demolition Association has confirmed the speaker line-up for their 40th Annual Convention.

The convention will be held between March 23-26 next year at a naval base in San Diego, California. The Opening Night Celebration will also be held aboard the USS Midway aircraft carrier in San Diego Harbour.

As for the speakers, the two key people at the convention will be:

• Navy Commander Mike Abrashoff speaking about the performance of the USS Benfold
• Diana Stil of Nikau Contractors speaking about the demolition challenges in New Zealand following the Christchurch earthquake

Source: d&ri

John Woodward at NFDC 2012 Annual Convention (video)

Our very own John Woodward gives his final address to the National Federation of Demolition Contractors at the NFDC's annual convention in Madeira.

NFDC Annual Convention in Vale de Lobo, Portugal

The NFDC has picked a very desirable location for its Annual Convention this year. The Convention will take place at the Ria Park Hotel in the Vale De Lobo resort on the south coast of Portugal.

Being held between Friday August 26th and Monday August 29th, as well as the convention you have the opportunity to sample the great beaches in the area and get a few rounds of golf in. The hotel also offers swimming pools, a spa, health club, and a range of restaurants and bars to sample.

According to the NFDC:

"We guarantee an action packed weekend, including the annual Claude Brown golf tournament, childrens programme, delicious cuisine & entertainment in a first class venue to mark the 70th anniversary of the NFDC, with full itinerary details becoming available in the coming weeks. We are very pleased to welcome as our main sponsor JCB who will also be celebrating their 65th Anniversary."

If you intend on going then contact Mandy Bateman at Corporate & Sporting Events on 0121 7790885 or by e-mailing her at mandy@corporate-sporting.com. The booking form can also be accessed here.

Source: NFDC