June 04, 2019 | by: NDA
This Week in Demolition with Mark Anothony interviewed NDA president, Chris Godek on the European Demolition Association Study Tour to Japan. President Godek's closing remarks at the conference, hosted jointly by the European Demolition Association and the Japanese Demolition Contractors Association, captured the flavour of what had been a superb event.
From Demolition & Recycling International. Chris Godek, the recently appointed president of the USA’s National Demolition Association (NDA) will welcome delegates to this year’s World Demolition Summit (WDS) in Boston. Chris, who was sworn in during the NDA’s Demolition Rockies event at Aurora, Colorado in March, will give a short welcoming speech to the 400-plus industry professionals expected at the showpiece event taking place in October.
May 21, 2019 | by: NDA
From forconstructionpros.com. The most valuable recyclable product the demolition contractor reveals is the land underneath a building, particularly when it is located in South Boston, one of the hottest real estate markets in the country. In January, National Demolition Association (NDA) member Costello Dismantling was called upon by Sea and Shore Contracting to carefully dismantle the roof and internal structure of a former contractor’s garage in South Boston. The garage spanned between East Fifth and Sixth streets in a heavily residential area.
May 16, 2019 | by: NDA
The attachment body contains hydraulically-actuated pins, controlled from the cab, that connect to the cylinder and jaw set. This enables the operator to change jaws without assistance, and while staying in the cab, making change-outs faster and safer.
May 14, 2019 | by: NDA
From Construction & Demolition Recycling. Choosing the right machinery is imperative for today’s demolition contractors. While many manufacturers of heavy equipment and related attachments exist, the differences in performance, capacity and ease of use can be stark. Until recently, there hadn’t been a simple solution that allowed professionals to test equipment from different manufacturers all in one place.
May 09, 2019 | by: NDA
From constructionequipmentguide.com. TxDOT's strategy is to have minimal impact on the traveling public. Therefore, contractor Flatiron Construction and demolition specialists and NDA member JR Ramon Demolition of San Antonio, Texas, were given a timeline of a 53-hour closure of Pat Booker Road and a 12-hour closure of Loop 1604 for Phase I demolition. A monumental task.
May 08, 2019 | by: NDA
From lehighvalleylive.com. We’ve known for some time that Martin Tower would be coming down on Sunday, May 19, but many questions about the massive demolition project in West Bethlehem have gone unanswered -- until now. On Tuesday, representatives from the demolition company, the property’s owners, Lehigh County and city emergency management officials unveiled new details about how they’re going to take down the 21-story, former Bethlehem Steel Corp. headquarters.
May 01, 2019 | by: NDA
From KHL. If you are a demolition contractor or an equipment supplier looking to enter the 2019 World Demolition Awards, the clock is ticking. The deadline for entries is June 30 – which means there is just a few weeks to go if you want to be considered for shortlisting.
April 25, 2019 | by: NDA
From constructionequipmentguide.com. LiuGong North America (LGNA) has partnered with Kinshofer North America to give scrap and demolition industry professionals a cost-effective, profit-widening scrap and demolition solution. The Kinshofer MQP-30-Y Multi-Quick processor and LiuGong NA 925E excavator combination were featured at the "DEMOlition" event held by the National Demolition Association at its 2019 Demolition Rockies expo in March. The live demonstration gives prospective owners and their crews the chance to operate various types of equipment from different brands, comparing their performance and capability for themselves in a single day.
April 24, 2019 | by: NDA
From The Morning Call. It made the Riviera, a legendary Las Vegas casino of the Rat Pack era, and Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers Stadium disappear in mere seconds. It’s toppled four, 3,000-ton blast furnaces at U.S. Steel in Youngstown, Ohio, and choreographed a tricky implosion of the remnants of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, the target of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. Now, Controlled Demolition Inc., based in Phoenix, Md., is coming to the Lehigh Valley to take down the 21-story Martin Tower.
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