The National Federation of Demolition Contractors has joined a growing number of leading companies across the construction supply chain have committed to collectively halve the amount of construction waste sent to landfill by 2012.
Just a few weeks after the launch of The Construction Commitments: Halving Waste to Landfill, over 30 organisations have signed up to WRAP’s (Waste & Resources Action Programme) voluntary agreement - including leading clients and contractors.
You can view the NFDC certificate here or read more about the campaign here.
Friday 19 February 2010
Tuesday 9 February 2010
Green Targets Could Mean Demolition Boom
Huge expanses of British town and city centres built in the Sixties and Seventies may have to be torn down to meet carbon emission standards for buildings.
In an interview with The Times, the Government’s new chief construction adviser said that there may be no choice but to demolish buildings put up in those decades because it is impossible to refurbish them to a sufficiently high standard.
Paul Morrell, who took up his new post at the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills at the end of November last year, said: “In the Sixties, everything was built cheaper, faster and nastier. If you are going to try to fix buildings, then really you won’t have too many problems with anything built earlier than the Fifties or after the Eighties.
To read the full story in The Times, please click here.
In an interview with The Times, the Government’s new chief construction adviser said that there may be no choice but to demolish buildings put up in those decades because it is impossible to refurbish them to a sufficiently high standard.
Paul Morrell, who took up his new post at the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills at the end of November last year, said: “In the Sixties, everything was built cheaper, faster and nastier. If you are going to try to fix buildings, then really you won’t have too many problems with anything built earlier than the Fifties or after the Eighties.
To read the full story in The Times, please click here.
Thursday 4 February 2010
Talk of potential boom for UK demolition contractors in this month’s Demolition News
The UK Government’s new chief construction adviser has said that the Government may be forced to demolish a large number of British buildings erected in the 1960s and 1970s if they are to meet ambitious Carbon Emissions reduction targets.
Speaking in The Times, Paul Morrell, who took up his new post at the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills at the end of November last year, said: “In the Sixties, everything was built cheaper, faster and nastier. If you are going to try to fix buildings, then really you won’t have too many problems with anything built earlier than the Fifties or after the Eighties. Although you can do some things to buildings from the Sixties and Seventies, like replacing the roofs, there are probably some places that need to come down entirely.”
If Morrell’s predictions come true, it will be a fitting reward for an industry that has spearheaded the green agenda with its world-beating levels of materials recycling.
Demolition News, 25th January 2010
Speaking in The Times, Paul Morrell, who took up his new post at the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills at the end of November last year, said: “In the Sixties, everything was built cheaper, faster and nastier. If you are going to try to fix buildings, then really you won’t have too many problems with anything built earlier than the Fifties or after the Eighties. Although you can do some things to buildings from the Sixties and Seventies, like replacing the roofs, there are probably some places that need to come down entirely.”
If Morrell’s predictions come true, it will be a fitting reward for an industry that has spearheaded the green agenda with its world-beating levels of materials recycling.
Demolition News, 25th January 2010
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