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WORLDNEWS
D
isasterWasteRecovery
will shortlybegin
trainingpersonnel
whowill then support building
owners in centralNepal in their
owndemolition efforts.Gabor
Prudencio, ademolition engineer
with theUK’sBrown andMason,
is inSindupalchowk,Nepal,
inspecting the typical types of
damage topeople’s homes.He
is thengoing tobedeveloping
trainingmaterial on safe
demolitionpracticeusing locally
available tools andmaterials.
Currentlypeople are
re-enteringdangerous, unstable
buildings to retrieve their
belongings and start removal of
someof thedebris – all ofwhich
can lead topotential collapseof
buildings and further loss of life.
News reports indicate that
whilemany local structuresmade
upof brick and stonehave fallen
or show evidenceof cracking,
almost all the area’smoremodern
structures constructedusing
even themost basic reinforced
concrete remain standing. The
two earthquakeswerebelow8
on theRichter scale, which is the
threshold for reinforced concrete,
with the initial larger quake
measured at 7.8.
DWR’sTrainingof Trainers
has started and itwill report
backonprogress.DWRwill also
bedistributingposterswarning
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Jeff Adams
has joined Genesis
Attachments
fromWaukesha
Bearings/Dover
Corporation to take
up the position
of vice president, general
manager. He spent the last
10 years with the latter,
occupying several senior roles
in finance, operations and
general management during
that time.
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IainWalker
has
been appointed
to the position
of global sales
director at Terex
Washing Systems.
Based out of
TWS’s Dungannon facility in
Northern Ireland, he will have
responsibility for growing
TWS business across key
markets globally.
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KPI-JCI and
AstecMobile
Screens has a new
servicemanager at
its Oregon location
in the USA in the
person of
Patrick
McGuire
. He replaces
Ian Pendergrass, who is
now product development
manager at the company’s
manufacturing plant in the
state.
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Jeremy Lindsay
has joined Genesis
Attachments from
Liebherr North
America to take
the position of
Eastern Canada
regional manager. He brings
more than 10 years of
experience in the scrap and
demolition industries and
and will focus onManitoba,
Ontario, Quebec and the
Maritime Provinces.
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Daniel Dupuy
has been appointed
to the position
of global sales
andmarketing
director by French
attachment
specialist Arden Equipment,
succeeding the retiring Eric
Daubail. Daniel joins from
Doosan where he worked in
sales andmarketing roles.
PEOPLE NEWS
O’DonovanWaste Disposal is
investing £15million (US$22.4
million) in a new constructionwaste
processing facility in Alperton, UK.
The three acre sitewill feature an
enclosedmaterial reception and
recycling facility to sort and process
awide range of construction and
demolitionwaste. Jacqueline
O’Donovan, managing director at
O’DonovanWaste Disposal, said:
“We have been looking for a suitable
site formany years and this is in an
ideal location for us. There are so
many large, long-term development
projects in London that there is a
real need for increased recycling
infrastructure like this. Construction
has already started andwe hope to
be fully operational in late spring.”
Demolition industry
aidsNepal clear-up
The scale of the clear-up inNepal is intimidating, withmany buildings in the
afflicted area similar condition as the one pictured
homeowners of keydangers
relating tounstablebuildings and
relevant demolitionhazards.
For those organisations
that areplanningdemolition,
debris andwasteworks in
Nepal please get in contactwith
Aidenwho canbe reachedon
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Volvo chief makes
sudden exit
Volvogrouppresident&CEO
Olof Perssonhas steppeddown
from the company, andwill be
succeededbyMartinLundstedt,
the current president andCEO
of Swedish truck and engine
maker Scania, which is controlled
byVolkswagen. Lundstedtwill
takeup theposition inOctober,
withVolvoCFO JanGurander as
actingCEOuntil then.
Olof hadbeenunder pressure
atVolvo following a stringof
disappointing financial results.
Despite cutting costs by some
SEK10billion (US$1.2billion)
and sellingnon-core businesses
worthSEK20billion (US$2.4
billion), profitability at the
company remaineddisappointing.
Perssonhadbeenpresident
&CEOof theVolvogroup for
four years. Prior to that, hewas
president ofVolvoConstruction
Equipment fromNovember 2008
toMay2011.
Carl-Henric Svanberg,
chairmanofVolvo’s board,
said: “After three years of focus
onproduct renewal, internal
efficiency and restructuring, the
VolvoGroup is gradually entering
anewphasewith an intensified
focus ongrowth and increased
profitability. Thiswill be achieved
by further buildingonour leading
brands, strong assets and engaged
and skilled employees all over the
world.”
“MartinLundstedt has 25 years
of experience fromdevelopment,
production and saleswithin the
commercial vehicle industry.He
is alsoknown for hiswinning
leadership style.”
MartinLundstedt has spent
his career at Scania.He joined the
company in1992 as a trainee after
obtaining anMSc in industrial
management and technology.He
thenwent on tohold anumber
of executivepositions at the
company, andhas beenpresident
&CEO since 2012.
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