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JULY-AUGUST 2013
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WORLD NEWS
Promotion brings
new face to d
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With effect from June 1, Simon Battersby has taken on the
position of advertisement manager for
Demolition & Recycling
International
. He takes over from Lynn Collett, who will now focus
on KHL’s rental magazine,
International Rental News
. Lynn will,
however, also maintain her links with advertisers based in the UK
and Ireland on behalf of
D&Ri
.
Simon will be responsible for the commercial activities of the
magazine as well as the annual World Demolition Summit, in
addition to continuing to manage the sales territory of Central &
Eastern Europe for KHL as a whole. He said of his new challenge:
“While in my previous sales position here at KHL I have already
gained experience of the
demolition sector through
representing
D&Ri
in the
German speaking regions of
Europe. In my new role I am
very much looking forward
to meeting the demolition
industry’s key players from
around the world and learning
more from them about this
special niche sector of the
construction industry.”
Simon Battersby replaces Lynn
Collett as advertisement manager
of
D&Ri
PEOPLE NEWS
Demolition robot
supplier Brokk
AB has appointed
James ‘Cat’
Catalanotto
,
through his
company EMCAT
LLC based in Boston, as its
new regional sales agent for
the New England states of
Connecticut, Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, Vermont, New
Hampshire and Maine. He
will strengthen relationships
with existing customers and
at the same time develop
new contacts for Brokk in
the area.
100
revisited
Viridor awards KDC
carbon black contract
Viridor, one of the UK’s
leading recycling, renewable
energy and waste management
companies, has awarded a
£1.4 million (US$2.2 million)
demolition project to KDC.
The work will involve the
demolition, decontamination and
remediation at the 1960s Sevalco
carbon black manufacturing
facility in Avonmouth near
Bristol, UK.
KDC has been tasked with
the removal of hazardous
products and materials
including asbestos, heavy fuel
oil, tanks, carbon black, plant
equipment, redundant plant
structures and foundations.
KDC will also carry out the
remediation of contaminated
soil and groundwater. The 40
week project will see 26 KDC
personnel working on the 10
hectare site that, once work has
been completed, will be home for
a new waste-to-energy plant.
KDC’s process business
director Will Simpson said
of the contract win: “I am
delighted KDC was selected to
deliver this important project
following an exhaustive selection
process. We won the project
because we demonstrated an
excellent understanding of
the environmental challenges
involved in carrying out
decontamination and demolition
above and below ground.
We’re helping Viridor remove
a contaminated eyesore and
rejuvenate the site into an
environmentally sound one. We
will be using our specialist skills
to regenerate this site, create local
employment and support the
community.”
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As is usual with our annual
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100
listing of the
largest demolition companies,
corrections have come in
that requires the data to be
revisited, with several companies
supplying figures that supersede
the numbers sourced through
independent reporting services.
Firstly, EDS Group’s results
now stand at US$107.1 million,
not the US$58.6 million stated in
the printed table. This actually
places EDS at number 14 in
the
d
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100
as opposed to
the position of 25 the company
occupied in the published listing.
One of the UK’s larger
contractors, Thompsons of
Prudhoe, submitted data that
unfortunately arrived too late to
be included in the list as printed.
It reported its 2012 earnings as
being US$30.2 million, which
places it at 49 on the 2013
d
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100
.
Another new UK name also
should have appeared on the list
in the shape of Manchester-based
P.P. O’Connor Ltd, who reports a
turnover of US$25.1 million for
the 2012 financial year, a figure
that places it at 60 in the ranking.
As a result of these changes to
the listing, the total revenue for
the top 100 companies has risen
to a total of US$5,188.8 from the
total reported in the last issue of
US$5,108.9.
Obviously, these late additions
means that the companies
previously occupying the 99
and 100 positions, Keanes
Ltd and John Stacey & Sons,
unfortunately now drop out of
the main
d
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100
table.
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Demolition a gas
UK contractor Coleman &
Company has recently secured
a number of large contracts that
sees its forward order book stand
at £14 million (US$21.8 million).
The latest contract win is for the
demolition of natural gas storage
structures in the London district
of Battersea, with one of the
holders standing the equivalent
height of a 40 storey structure,
situated just a few metres
away from London’s Victoria
underground railway.
According to managing
director Mark Coleman: “In
recent years we have focused on
developing some unique skills
to tackle the most challenging
demolition tasks. For example,
our approach to dismantling
highly flammable gas holders has
been recognised worldwide. With
the property sector having such
a tough time in recent years, we
knew that we had to go the extra
mile and offer something special
to win significant projects like the
Battersea one. It also means that
although our revenue did dip,
that our profit margin remained
healthy due to the challenging
contracts we secured.”
Work on the Battersea project
is due to start later this year, with
work expected to take 12 months
to complete the job.
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The Battersea gas holders will take Coleman 12 months to remove
