Demolition & Recycling International Magazine July-August 2021 Zurück Ausgabe

INTERVIEW – STEELCOAST
A USA-based ship demolition and recycling specialist is underway on a programme to increase its workforce from 77 to 240 to meet demand. D&Ri talks to its president, Mark Hodgson, and to Eduardo Campirano of the Port of Brownsville from where SteelCoast operates

DEMOLITION EQUIPMENT CHALLENGES
Highlights from our Demolition Equipment Challenges webinar,
featuring panellists Ryan Priestly of Priestly Demolition, Canada; Marcel Vening from Dutch company Demarec; and Riccardo Viaggi, secretary general of the Committee for European Construction Equipment

D&RI 100 2021
In the first global contractors listing since the Covid pandemic took hold, the expected battering of the industry has failed to materialise as the resilience of contractors came to the fore

ATTACHMENTS
Little more than a year ago, the attachments sector was coming to terms with the sudden onset of the Covid pandemic. But it got back on its feet quickly, and now has a central role in the more productive demolition and recycling industry of the future

EXCAVATORS
A potentially game-changing boom change system from Komatsu and a range of new mini excavators from Caterpillar are among the latest product developments aimed at the demolition industry

HYDRODEMOLITION
Aquajet explains five common problems with concrete and how to solve them, while hydrodemolition shows its power in decommissioning and dismantling offshore wind farms in the United Kingdom and Denmark

SITE REPORT
Max Wild demolishes the old Saar bridge in Germany with the help of Kemroc cutting equipment; Erith Contractors undertakes a major basememt construction in an award-winning project in London, UK