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NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2013
d
&
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WORLD NEWS
T
he industry congregated
in Amsterdam on 31
October for the 2013
World Demolition Summit, held
in the NH Hotel Krasnapolski,
with the evening taken up with
presentation of the 2013 World
Demolition Awards.
The top Award, Contract
of the Year, went to Scottish
contractor Hunter Demolition for
the work it carried out during the
demolition of a former Bank of
Scotland building in the heart of
the city of Glasgow. In the words
Explosive Demolition Award
Fábio Bruno Construções
Industrial Demolition Award
Coleman & Company
Urban Demolition Award
Keltbray
Civils Demolition Award
Micor Ltd
Collaboration Award
Costello Dismantling
S
afety & Training Award
Erith Contractors
Recycling & Environmental
Award
J Jensen
Innovation Award
Kocurek Excavators Ltd &
Volvo Construction Equipment
Details of each of the winning
entries is to be found in the
special supplement published in
the last issue of D&Ri, and a full
report of the winning Contract
of the Year is to be found in the
Summit report in this issue.
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Celebrating
the best
DIARY DATES
2014
INTERMAT MIDDLE EAST
2014
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NDA CONVENTION
February 22 – 25, 2014
Las Vegas, USA
CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2014
March 4 – 8, 2014
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GERMAN DEMOLITION
CONFERENCE
March 28 – 29, 2014
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EXHIBITION
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Buxton, UK
2014 WORLD
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November 6, 2014
Amsterdam, Netherlands
of one of the judges: “Hunter’s
Glasgow city centre project is a
superb example of performing
high profile demolition work
with meticulous attention to
every environmental concern
and technical challenge within
the very heart of a major urban
arena.”
The full list of Awards winners
is as follows:
Contract of the Year
Hunter Demolition
Contractor of the Year
Nikau Contractors
Fiore & Sons’
emergency response
First it was critical to move the
debris off of the highway. Rick
said: “You’ve got fallen utility
lines and exposed gas lines.
There is tree and other organic
materials lying all over the place,
plus residents’ possessions like
four wheelers and lawn mowers
washed out onto the highway.”
The team split up the
responsibilities, with Lawrence
working in the creek area,
building riprap shoring along
Highway 72 and other roads
in the area. Fiore started with
debris removal to get the road
open again. Huge chunks of
asphalt roadway had broken from
the side of the highway, falling
away and making at least one
lane impassable in most areas.
“Our goal was to get the vehicles
moving again and to get people
back to their homes as quickly as
possible,” Rick said. “People’s pets
had been deserted and the homes
were susceptible to break-ins
since they were left unattended.
We knew we had to get moving
quickly.” Fiore expects the clean-
up operation will be largely
completed by the end of this
month.
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Following extensive flooding that
caused major disruption to Coal
Creek Canyon, US contractor
Fiore & Sons was called in by
the Colorado Department of
Transport as an emergency
responder to return life to
normal for the residents who
had forced from their homes.
The unparalleled flooding that
occurred in mid-September, and
especially around the 9th through
to the 12th, had washed down the
canyon side, washing out bridges
and culverts creating ditches 7.6
m (25 ft) wide and 6 m (20 ft)
deep. According to Fiore senior
project manager Rick Givan:
“you couldn’t get across some of
the ditches even with climbing
ropes, they were so massive.”
Just 24 hours after a pre-contract
meeting with the state, a Fiore
crew was on site.
Fiore together with Lawrence
Construction developed a
methodology for the clean-up.
Extensive flooding in Colorado
saw a US contractor called
out for emergency clean-up
operations
