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protecting the industry's interests around the
continent.
TheEDA is now aiming towork towards
establishing international standards togovern
the trainingofworkers and the accreditation
of companies. In viewof this, this year’s
Annual Convention2015 is intended to
deliver an event topresent, debate anddefine
a roadmap towards this. The eventwill have
an important technical component, with a full
day conference concerningnewdevelopments,
case stories and round tablediscussions.
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heEDAhas adopted the theme
‘WorkingTogether’ for its 2015
annual conventionwhere contractors,
manufacturers andnational demolition
associations industry from aroundEuropewill
meet at the event inHelsinki, with the aimof
ASSOCIATIONS
EDA confirms
Helsinki line-up
The EDA’s annual convention is being held at the Scandic
GrandMarina Hotel in Helsinki, Finland on 11-13 June,
2015.
D&Ri
reports on what delegates can expect
IDE confirms
sponsorship
deal
The Institute of Demolition Engineers (IDE)
has announced the signing of a 12month
sponsorship deal with Liebherr GB and ECY
Haulmark that will see both companies
sponsoring various IDE regional meetings
and events around the UK. The agreement
could be extended to cover a further 12
months in future.
Commenting on the deal both Liebherr
GB’s Darren Bennet and ECYHaulmark’s
Rick Yarwood jointly said “It’s a great
privilege to become associated with the
IDE and itsmembers.We hope we are
able to use our combined experience
to assist and advise the IDE and its
members in the correct use, selection and
maintenance of plant and attachments.
Liebherr and LaBounty, who are supplied
by ECYHaulmark, have a reputation for
quality and innovation around the world
and we hope we can pass on some of this
knowledge and technical ability through our
association with the IDE.”
IDE President, Duncan Rudall echoed
their comments by adding: “The IDE are
very pleased to have two prominent, well
recognised and influential companies
wanting to be associated with us and we
are certain that both parties will bring a lot
to the table.We look forward to welcoming
them into the IDE and kindly thank them for
their sponsorship.”
(l-r) DuncanRudall (IDE president), Richard Yarwood
(ECYHaulmarkmanaging director), DarrenBennet
(Liebherr GB national accountsmanager)
THURSDAY, JUNE11TH
Thismeeting will be in Finnish only.
09:00
Meeting of the Finnish Demolition
Industry
Organised in cooperation with the FDA
(Finnish Demolition Association)
The followingmeetings and workshops will
be in English only.
14:00
Workshop “Selective demolition:
current practices and innovation”
Presented andmoderated by members of
the European project HISER.
15:00
Visit demolition jobsite
(in parallel
with the workshop “Accreditation of
demolition contractors”)
15:30
Workshop: “Accreditation of
demolition contractors”
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France
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Germany
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UK
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Denmark
17:30
EDAGeneral Assembly
For EDA Board, National Associations and
EDAmembers
FRIDAY, JUNE12TH
09:00
Opening
by
Riikka Kinnune
,
moderator of the conference, FDA-YTP
(Finland)
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Institutional Opening
by
Sirpa
Pietikäinen
, Member of the European
Parliament (Finland)
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Welcome
by
Pilar de la Cruz
, EDA
President (Spain)
09:30
CONFERENCE SESSION 1
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Guidelines for demolition of tower
blocks
BarryWard
(UK)
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Pre-weakening of steel structures to
enable demolition
Holly Price
(UK)
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Case story: Demolition of tower blocks
Johannes Harzheim
(Germany)
Coffee break & networking
11:30
CONFERENCE SESSION 2
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Framework for demolition in the
Netherlands
Edwin Zoontjes
(the Netherlands)
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Circular economy: the approach of the
European Commission
Vincent Basuyau
(Belgium)
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Case story: Demolition of Koverhar
steel mill
Jussi Niemelä
(Finland)
Lunch & networking
14:15
CONFERENCE SESSION 3
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Tracking demolitionwaste: The French
model
Mathieu Hiblot
(France)
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Trends of the European Demolition
Industry
Thomas Lück
(Germany)
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Croatian practices in demolition and
use of recycled C&DWaste
Vedrana Lovincic
(Croatia)
Coffee break & networking
16:30
CONFERENCE SESSION 4
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Trainingworkers for hazardous waste
decontamination
Lars Sandström
(Sweden)
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Workingwith explosives
Johan Finsteen
(Denmark)
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European Professional Card for
demolitionworkers
Jose Blanco
(EDA)
18:00
End of the Conference
Conference programme
