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Demolition work starts on new facility at Carlisle College
Monday will see preparation work begin for the demolition of two buildings at Carlisle College. The old buildings, from the 1950s and 1960s, are to be brought down from the further education college's site to allow room for a new t...
Read full article April 19, 2010Molins sports pavilion to be demolished
It has been announced that a sports pavilion at Mill Lane, Monks Risborough, will be demolished after a fire ravaged the building last week. The site will also see surrounding sheds at the grounds be brought down under controlled demolition. ...
Read full article April 14, 2010Stanwell Health Centre Demolition Delayed
Residents in Stanwell, Surrey, have noted a distinct lack of activity at the site of a health centre where demolition work was due to start last Monday, April 5. Stanwell Health Centre, in Hadrian's Way, is scheduled in for control...
Read full article April 13, 2010Biggest demolition machine in UK to bring down Glasgow flats
Next week will see the arrival of the tallest ultra-high-reach demolition machine to Glasgow. Standing at 65 metres, the machine will be used by demolition contractors to demolish three blocks of high flats in Broomloan Court, Ibrox. Du...
Read full article April 12, 2010Scottish landmark mill to be demolished
Milton Mill in Monifieth, Angus, is to be demolished after being deemed beyond repair. The B-listed building was badly damaged during a fire in 2006 and has since fallen into a state of decay. There had been hope that the historic site ...
Read full article April 7, 2010Famous ballroom to be demolished
A former Conservative Club, famed for its enormous ballroom, is to be demolished as part of a £13million development project. Initial plans involved refurbishing the site in Accrington, Lancashire, but the building is said to be t...
Read full article April 6, 2010Office demolition causes first decline in commercial space
An increase in the number of offices being demolished has led to the amount of available commercial space shrinking for the first time since records began in 1998. The surge in office demolition is thought to be due to 'empty rates...
Read full article April 9, 2010Landmark UK plant decommissioning projects
Two significant decommissioning projects have been completed at the UK's oldest nuclear power plants. Demolition contractors removed the last of 2,300 tonnes of asbestos cladding from Calder Hall, while Chapelcross saw the last of ...
Read full article March 31, 2010Half-demolished office eyesore to be replaced with hotel and flats
An old office block is to be turned into 216 homes and a new hotel, restaurant and shopping complex. The building, Esplanade House in Eastern Esplanade, Southend, was partially knocked down by demolition contractors some time ago. It ha...
Read full article March 30, 2010Landmark chimneys demolished in Kent
What is thought to have been Europe's largest demolition project came to a conclusion on Sunday when Northfleet's landmark 168m tall chimneys were brought to the ground. Hundreds of spectators watched as the two cement towers ...
Read full article March 29, 2010