Construction News Specialists Awards Revealed

The winners of the Construction News Specialists Awards were revealed on Wednesday at Grosvenor House Hotel. You can get a full rundown with pictures of the winners over at the Awards Website

World Demolition Awards full winners list released

The 2015 World Demolition Awards were held on November 7th in Amsterdam, with the full list of winners announced during a fantastic night. We've included the winners below, with Coleman & Co taking the World Demolition Award this year.

Civils Demolition Award

DDM Demontage BV, Netherlands (four year contract to dismantle five bridges over the Amsterdam-Rhine canal)

Collaboration in Demolition Award

Keltbray, Capital and Counties PLC (Capco), Abnormal Load Engineering (ALE), Network Rail (NWR), Earls Court and Olympia (EC&O), Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Royal Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. JOINT WINNER (for the demolition of Bridge 19 at Earls Court, London)

Safedem, C&D Consultancy, Despe, Glasgow Housing Association. JOINT WINNER (for demolition of two tower blocks in Glasgow, UK)

Contract of the Year over US$1 million

Coleman & Company, UK (extensive demolition work on the Birmingham New Street redevelopment project, UK)

Contract of the Year under US$1 million

Erith Contractors Ltd, UK (for the removal of a decommissioned gasholder in London for National Grid Property Holdings, UK)

Explosive Demolition Award

Liberty Industrial, Australia (demolition of 432 m high Omega Transmission Tower in Sarriman, Victoria, Australia.)

Industrial Demolition Award

Despe, Italy (demolishing a boiler and chimney at the Raffineria de Gela, a live petrochemical plant)

Innovation Award – Plant & Equipment

JCB & Coleman & Co, UK JOINT WINNER (for remotely controlled ‘mega muncher’)
Protranz Earthmoving Ltd, New Zealand JOINT WINNER (for modified Komatsu excavators)

Innovation Award – Tools & Attachments

Mantovanibenne S.r.l, Italy (CRH440 crusher)

Recycling & Environmental Award

AR Demolition, UK (for the demolition of the former Brackley Sawmills)

Safety & Training Award

Coleman & Company, UK

Urban Demolition Award

Erith Contractors Ltd, UK (for the demolition of the former Oriana building in Oxford Street, London)

World Demolition Award

Coleman & Co, UK (for its work at Birmingham New Street station)

Source: KHL

Construction News Specialist Awards 2015 winners announced

Readers of the site will know that John was one of the judges for the Construction News Specialist Awards 2015, and we can now announce the winners for each of the 19 available awards.

• Health & Safety Initiative of the Year - AR Demolition
• Materials Supplier of the Year - CEMEX
• Equipment Supplier of the Year - AFI
• Business Innovation of the Year - British Power International
• Demolition Specialist of the Year - Dem-Master Demolition
• Ground Engineering Specialist of the Year - Keltbray
• Access & Scaffolding Specialist of the Year - Chris Sedgeman Scaffolding
• Structural Specialist of the Year - Metek UK
• Roofing Specialist of the Year - BriggsAmasco
• Building Services Specialist of the Year - Dodd Group
• BIM Project Excellence - Metek UK
• Sustainable Project of the Year - Balfour Beatty and SPI Appleton
• Project of the Year (subcontract up to £2M) - Carney Construction
• Project of the Year (subcontract over £2M) - Land and Water Group
• Apprentice of the Year - Ashley Craig
• Training Excellence - AR Demolition
• Specialist Contractor of the Year (turnover up to £25m) - O'Brien Contractors
• Specialist Contractor of the Year (turnover over £25m) - FK Group
• Special Award - FK Group

Congratulations to all those who took part!

Source: Construction News

NFDC announces their Demolition Awards 2015 winners

On Friday, March 13th, the NFDC held the Demolition Awards 2015. We can now present the list of winners, and we are very glad to see our very own John Woodward on the list.

DEMOLITION OPERATIVE
Central Demolition Ltd - John Carpenter - WINNER
Maylarch Environmental Ltd - Quincy Mofford - Highly Commended

DEMOLITION PLANT OPERATIVE
Tilley & Barrett Ltd - Jason Davey - WINNER

DEMOLITION MANAGER
Connell Brothers Ltd - Kevin Brooks - WINNER
Dem-Master Demolition Ltd - Paul Sharkey - Highly Commended

DEMOLITION INNOVATION – CORPORATE
Erith Group Ltd - WINNER

DEMOLITION INNOVATION – ISP
Komatsu UK Ltd - WINNER
Swanton Consulting Ltd - Highly Commended

DEMOLITION TRAINING
AR Demolition Ltd - WINNER

DEMOLITION INDUSTRY ACHIEVEMENT
John Woodward - WINNER

INVESTING IN SKILLS FOR A NEW GENERATION
Liebherr-Great Britain Ltd - WINNER

ASBESTOS REMOVAL OPERATIVE
Erith Group Ltd - Ade Parreira - WINNER
Maylarch Environmental Ltd - Gary Beach - Highly Commended

MAN OF THE YEAR AWARD
NFDC HLVP - William Sinclair MA, MFB, MIDE, MSExpE, MFExpE, MICM, MIQ, MAPS - WINNER

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
David Sinclair FIDE, FFB, MFExpE - WINNER

Source: NFDC

World Demolition Awards Winners announced

Regular readers of this blog will know that John Woodward has been a judge of the World Demolition Awards since their inception and this year he attended the event in Amsterdam on 31 October to present the "Contract of the Year" award to Hunter Demolition.

The full list of award winners has now been published by KHL along with a winners photograph that we reproduce here.


Contract of the Year – Hunter Demolition
Contractor of the Year - Nikau Contractors
Explosive Demolition Award – Fábio Bruno Construções
Industrial Demolition Award - Coleman & Company
Urban Demolition Award – Keltbray
Civils Demolition Award – Micor Ltd
Collaboration Award – Costello Dismantling
Safety & Training Award – Erith Contractors
Recycling & Environmental Award – J Jensen
Innovation Award – Kocurek Excavators Ltd & Volvo Construction Equipment

Source: d&ri

All the speakers and the winners from the 2010 Demolition Awards.

Source: Demolition News