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JULY-AUGUST 2013
The date for the fifth
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WORLD DEMOLITION SUMMIT
is nearing. We hope to see you in the Krasnapolski Hotel at
the end of October.
Stuart Accleton from Erith Group outlining
the challenges faced by that company during
the demolition of Walmar House in central
London, UK.
The UK’s NFDC has launched into two
initiatives of major importance for the
demolition industry in general, and chief
executive Howard Button will take the stage
to talk about the first – the Demolition and
Refurbishment Information Data Sheets.
Available as an smartphone ap, among
other forms, these are individual data sheets
covering specific types of waste materials
normally encountered during demolition that
outline best disposal procedures and potential
recycling methods, including facilities in the
area that can process the material.
He will be followed by Sophie Cox, who
will outline the NFDC’s other major initiative,
its high reach excavator simulator, developed
in conjunction with Volvo Construction
Equipment and Oryx Systems. This is
intended to give novices an understanding
of the basics of operating such equipment, as
well as using such equipment to deconstruct
a range of structural types. An example of
the simulator will be on show outside the
conference room.
Finishing the morning session, Neil
Etherington from Able UK will touch on
the skills and experience his company has
developed as a result of the activities the
company has undertaken in dismantling and
breaking up redundant marine vessels.
Following lunch, the first of three papers
devoted to explosive demolition will be
outlined by Summit regular Dick Green,
who will discuss the demolition of the
Ramagundan Power Station in India using this
technique. Given Dick’s past performances,
this will be certain to inform as well as
entertain the Summit audience.
Dick will be followed by another Summit
favourite, Fabio Bruno Pinto, who will present
a project his company recently carried out in
Rio de Janeiro, where he was tasked with a
precision explosive demolition project on a
1,959 m (6,427 ft) bridge that had to leave 400
steel beams in place and undamaged.
Explosive demolition invariable results in
large volumes of dust being generated and
dust suppression will be the subject for Patrick
Villard from Delair CFD, who will present on
an innovative suppression solution that has
been developed by his company, with the aim
of eventually reaching the point of ‘zero dust’
following such demolitions.
The penultimate paper of the day will
be from Claude Chene, who will outline a
challenging urban demolition project in
the heart of the French city of Bordeaux
that required the selective removal of a mix
of structures, including façade retentions,
in close proximity to occupied offices and
residential homes with all the associated
challenges such work imposes.
A truly unique project report will close the
conference, with Clinton Dick, and Simon Gill
from Liberty Industrial coming from Australia
to present the Boodarie Iron Hot Briquetted
Iron closure project. This is a challenging
industrial demolition in the Pilbara region
of Western Australia that involves the largest
demolition project undertaken in the southern
hemisphere in 15 years. It will also tie in with
one of the morning’s presentations, since
Liberty used Applied Sciences International’s
software during the planning phase of the
removal of some of the site's structures.
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INTERVIEW SUMMIT UPDATE
A day to
remember
T
he closing date for the 2013 World
Demolition Awards is upon us. Based
on events over the last four years, the
panel of leading figures in the demolition
industry from around the world are likely to
have their work cut out for them as a result of
both the number and quality of the entries for
the 10 main Award categories.
It is remarkable that four of the eight
judges have been with us from the very
beginning. Henrik Bonneson, Dan Costello,
William Moore and John Woodward have
devoted considerable time and effort to make
the Awards the success they have become
and
D&Ri
would like to thank them for their
sterling efforts. Pilar de la Cruz Romero,
now president of the EDA, has been on the
panel for the last three years as a part of the
agreement between the EDA and KHL, and
this year she is joined by incoming EDA vice
president William Sinclair as part of that
agreement, with Giuseppe Panseri stepping
down. Liesegang’s Marcel Schröder joined
the panel last year, and this year Cardem’s
Patrick Frye has committed to undertaking
the judging task.
This makes the judging panel even more
international, with its members working with
some of the leading demolition contractors
from around the world.
A PACKED PROGRAMME
The one-day conference that forms the
other component of the World Demolition
Summit is coming together nicely, with also
a good international flavour to the countries
of origin of the speakers. The day will open
with an overview of the global construction
industry from the editor of
D&RI’s
sister title
International Construction
, Chris Sleight, who
will touch on the current economic conditions
as well as a look into the future for this sector
of industry.
He will be followed by Dr Ahmed Amir
Khalil, from Applied Science International,
who will outline computer software that
allows the demolition performance of
structures to be simulated before actual
demolition is carried out.
The first of several project reports that
will be made on the day will follow, with
Awards
judging panel
The international panel of judges for the
2013 World Demolition Awards
consists of:
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Henrik Bonneson
COWI
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Dan Costello
Costello Dismantling
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Patrick Frye
Cardem
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William Moore
USA
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Pilar de la Cruz Romero
EDA president
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Marcel Schroeder
Richard Liesegang GmbH
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William Sinclair
EDA vice president
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John Woodward
C&D Consultancy
Bill Moore recently retired from his role
with Brandenburg, one of the largest
US demolition contractors.
D&Ri
wishes
him well for the future and is grateful he
has not retired from judging the 2013
Awards.
