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Demolition firm needed for Tyneside rocket flats
Gateshead Council in Tyneside is looking for a demolition contractor to bring down Derwent Tower, nicknamed the 'Dunston Rocket', due to its shape. The 29-storey block of flats was built in 1973, which is also when the first re...
Read full article August 9, 2010Demolition contractors begin Bangor Uni arts centre works
The students have moved out for the summer, so the demolition contractors have moved in to Bangor University campus to carry out the first stage of work on the new arts and innovation centre. The old Theatr Gwynedd will be the first targ...
Read full article August 4, 2010Longbridge demolition marks next step of regeneration
The main factory buildings at MG Rover's former epicentre at Longbridge have been demolished, after a complex process that required the careful removal of significant amounts of asbestos. The demolition of the 270,000 square feet o...
Read full article August 3, 2010Demolition contractors given police escort to emergency work
Demolition contractors had to carry out intricate emergency work on an old mill in Todmorden, after masonry from the crumbling building started falling onto the road below. Demolition experts raced to the site of the old Cinderhill Mill...
Read full article August 2, 2010Bridge demolitions will divide villages
Two Yorkshire villages are to be divided from mid-August, when the bridge joining the two is demolished at the start of works to build a new one. Scholes and Cleckheaton will be separated for almost a year, while work is carried out on ...
Read full article July 28, 2010Council seeks bids for Telford demolition contract
Bids are being sought for a £3 million demolition contract that will mark the start of work on a £250 million regeneration project in Telford town centre. Telford and Wreckin Council is inviting bids for the preliminary work...
Read full article July 27, 2010Demolition contractors to gather for 'Demolition Day'
Demolition contractors from across the country will descend on London in October as the National Federation of Demolition Contractors stages the first ever 'Demolition Day.' The industry event will take place on Tuesday, 12 Oc...
Read full article July 26, 201016-year North London mansion dilemma ends in demolition
A historic North London mansion at the heart of a 16-year wrangle over its future is to be demolished. Brent Council gained approval this week to demolish the derelict Dollis Hill House, which in its fabled history has played host to lu...
Read full article July 21, 2010Contractors prepare for Get Carter car park demolition
Demolition contractors are undertaking final preparations to demolish the iconic Gateshead car park made famous in the film, Get Carter. The structure was idendified for demolition when it closed in January 2008, with a view to the land...
Read full article July 20, 2010Contractors complete difficult demolition with time to spare
Contractors have carried out the complex demolition of Newcastle's Howard Street Bridge with hours to spare on their strict time limit. The work had to be completed within the 36-hours that the A19 dual carriageway – the sout...
Read full article July 19, 2010