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Demolition to begin at explosion site
Demolition work is set to get underway at a Nottingham house which was damaged in a gas explosion. Investigators have as yet been unable to enter the building to establish the cause of the blast, as police have declared it too dangerous ...
Read full article June 28, 2010Race relations victory quashes demolition plans
Race relations campaigners have won a landmark victory to prevent a local market in London being demolished. The indoor market, shops and homes near Seven Sisters Tube station were due to be knocked down after Haringey council gave permi...
Read full article June 23, 2010Former nightclub to be demolished
Demolition plans for a former nightclub in Weston-super-Mare have been given the go-ahead by the town council. Sands nightspot - which has been out of use for some time – will be knocked down to make way for a seafront car park. Co...
Read full article June 22, 2010Uncertainty over Perth City Hall plans
There is still uncertainty surrounding the proposed demolition of Perth City Hall in Scotland, it has emerged. It was recently decided in a unanimous council vote that the B-listed Edwardian building should be bulldozed to make way for o...
Read full article June 21, 2010Demolition companies embracing sustainability
Sustainability is becoming increasingly important to many leading companies in the demolition industry. With many businesses recovering from the recession, Financial Times construction reporter Ed Hammond recently noted that demolition i...
Read full article June 16, 2010Demolition on Wales flats to begin
The long-awaited demolition of a run down council estate in Wales is set to begin in the coming weeks. Overlooking Cardiff Bay, the flats in Penarth Heights were voted the ugliest unique eyesore in Wales by respondents in a poll conducte...
Read full article June 15, 2010Gateshead eyesore tower to be flattened
A 13-storey tower block that has loomed over River Tyne at Gateshead since the 1960s is to be demolished as part of comprehensive regeneration plans for the area. The Tyne Bridge Tower has been standing empty since 2005, when it was vaca...
Read full article June 14, 2010Demolition chosen over restoration for Kent development
Buildings on a prime Kent development site are to be demolished, after asbestos contamination made it more practical to start a development from scratch. The mill buildings on Sittingbourne's old M-real site will be demolished, but...
Read full article June 9, 2010Cornish firm fined for shoddy demoliton
A Cornish development firm has been fined £4,500 after failing to ensure all the careful procedures for asbestos removal were in place when they demolished an old Perranporth hotel four years ago. Norwegian Homes Ltd had been demol...
Read full article June 8, 2010Lancashire residents evacuated for asbestos fire demolition
People living around a fire-ravaged building in a Lancashire town have been evacuated from their home while suspected asbestos is investigated and appropriate asbestos demolition work takes place. Apex House in Arley Road, Chorley was al...
Read full article June 7, 2010