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Recycling
step for
India
A facility for recycling
construction and demolition
waste has been established in
Burari, New Delhi, in India by
India’s Infrastructure Leasing
& Financial Services Ltd. The
new plant has a capacity of
500 tonnes per day and has
been successfully processing
its waste stream from the
construction and demolition
industry to produce recycled
aggregate for use in brick
making and road building.
The rational behind the
establishment of the plant is
to demonstrate the potential
benefits of increasing the
recycling rates of this waste
in the Delhi area. The waste
comes from three designated
zones in Delhi – Karol Bagh,
Sardar Pahargari and the
City.
A total of between 10
and 15 million tonnes of
construction and demolition
waste is generated annually
in the country and the normal
method of disposal is to
send it to landfill. According
to the Indian Government’s
Central Public Health and
Environmental Engineering
Organisation in a recent
report, the Indian residential
building industry alone is
facing a shortage of suitable
aggregate to the tune of
55 million cubic metres, (2
billion cubic feet). In addition,
a further 750 million cubic
metres (26.5 billion cubic
feet) of aggregate would be
needed to allow the Indian
road building sector to meet
its targets. This difference
between the supply and the
demand would further add
to the pressure on natural
resources.
The municipality of Abu Dhabi,
which is to say just the city of the
emirate that is the capital of UAE,
has put a mandatory registration
scheme in place for demolition
contractors. According to Walid
Ramadan, an engineer at the Abu
Dhabi Municipality, the scheme
was introduced to improve safety
after a crawler crane tipped over
while using a wrecking ball in
June 2011.
“We have announced that any
company with a trade licence
mentioning demolition activities
cannot operate unless they are
registered with us. To register they
have to have a safety management
New regulations for
demolition in Abu Dhabi
system,” said Mr Ramadan,
adding that to date 67 companies
had joined the mandatory register.
The registration requirement
for contractors covers eight
broad areas. They must complete
a prequalification form, list
the heavy equipment they own
along with operator licences
and qualifications, be accredited
to ISO 14001 environmental
management standards, be
registered with a waste centre,
provide a copy of a corporate
health, safety and environment
plan, produce a generic risk
assessment for demolition work,
provide their company licence
and a full list of names and
contact details for their senior
management.
This last measure is because, as
Mr Ramadan put it, “We believe
top management should take
responsibility.”
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Compact crushing and screening supplier Anaconda Equipment International has
been named as one of Ireland’s ‘Best Managed’ companies in the Deloitte Best
Managed Companies Awards Programme.
This year’s winning companies were recognised at an awards gala dinner
in Dublin on 7 March 2014. An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, TD, congratulated the
award winners in a keynote speech. The Deloitte Best Managed Companies
Awards Programme, in association with Barclays Bank Ireland, recognises
indigenous Irish companies across Ireland that are operating at the highest
levels of business performance. Pictured left to right: Shane Mallon (Anaconda),
Brendan Jennings (Deloitte), Andrew Hastings (Barclays Bank Ireland).
Data
sought
It is that time of year again!
I am seeking input from all
demolition contractors so
that the 2014
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can be included in the May-
June issue of
D&Ri
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ranking is the only global
listing of the world’s largest
demolition contractors by
annual turnover and in order
for it to be comprehensive,
I would encourage as many
of our reading companies
as possible to complete
the form included with
this issue and return it to
me at lindsay.gale@khl.
com. Should you have any
questions concerning this,
please contact me on +44
(0)1892 786210 and I
will endeavour to provide
answers to them.
The form can also be
downloaded from www.
khl.com/demolition in
editable pdf format to allow
you to complete it on your
computer and to simplify the
emailing process. Otherwise
just complete the paper copy
and use fax technology, if
still available to you, to send
it to +44 (0)1892 786257.
Remember, the more
companies that share their
data with
D&Ri
, the more
accurate and comprehensive
the resulting ranking will
be, so please take the few
minutes required to fill in the
necessary details.
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