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FRD’s Grand Opening
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Associations:
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IACDS Annual Meeting
New Drill Systems pages: 48-50
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Reports:
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Polished Performance pages: 58-59
Slicing a Sub page: 12
Great Interest for Tyrolit’s Cutting Pro Competition pages: 56-57
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PDi Magazine hires African correspondent Record figures for SMOPYC 2008 Bobcat celebrates 50th anniversary of the skid-steer loader Husqvarna acquires US producer of concrete saws Fintec Wins Queen’s Award for Export Achievement HB 10000 finalist in “Potencia awards” Failures with drop-in anchors Schwamborn’s world-novelty OMF 250 has rendered sales growth Mantovanibenne Official Sponsor of MX2 Yamaha Ricci Racing Team Hilti acquires majority stake in Indian diamond tool producer Husqvarna acquires Sandvik Nora, former Hagby Asahi IDE calles for the Claude J Brown Prize for the Best Paper 2008 Demco celebrates 20 years in operation Record result for Hilti 2007 Mantovanibenne 45 years JCB announces successor to long serving US CEO John Patterson Finmac strengthens its position in Australia
Concrete Cutting
Slicing a WWW2 Sub
Great Interest for Cutting Pro Competition
Shows
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Diamond Tools
Three new products from Atlas Diamant Diagrip from Husqvarna
Reports
Dutch Demolition Professionalism Polished Performance Technical Platform ideology brings more benefits to each product group
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FRD’s Grand Opening
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New SPE 316 Dust Collection Unit
Associations
Two new demolition attachments from Arden Equipment
IACDS and the city of arts and science
Recession, just talk The arrival of the Americans New show for the demolition industry Demolition takes a global stage
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Recycling
This is no monkey business New functionality in ASRI version 2.0 Efficient onsite recycling in cramped site in NYC
Most important in Europe 2008
Demolition with a difference
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JCB excavators land airport demolition job
HTC starts own dust collector production Four new Cat® H-series small wheel loaders HTC’s “ALL System” for completely levelled floors
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“Courage on historic project”
Increase despite decrease
CSDA Elects 2008 Officers and Board of Directors Market figures for the international con- crete sawing and drilling industry, 2007 Obituary: Sidney Hunt Snr
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Demolition
Demolition with a Atlas Copco grapple Technology for the big boys Dismantlig of the Vinavil factory in Italy Great interest for German demolition
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Special Survey 16 18 20 23
South Africa Demolition Success Future Potential Stronger environmental legislations in South Africa
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New Drill Systems
Words from O’Brien How big is the IACDS industry covered turns by PDi? Each year PDi tries, in a general way, to estimate the size of the different industries we feature in the magazine. International statistics covering demolition, concrete sawing and drilling, recycling and floor grinding and preparation are difficult to obtain.
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IACDS celebrated its thirteenth anniversary in
Market data, such as annual value, number of contractors, manufacturers
grand style in Valencia, Spain in early May.
and excavator sales, for the general building and construction industry, is possible
The recently formed Spanish Association
to collate from the various associations around the world and their international
of Technical Demolition Drilling and Sawing
umbrella organisations. But in the fields PDi covers it is more difficult. Best market
(AEDT) hosted the delegates from around
information is from the concrete sawing and drilling industry as it is looked after by
the world.
the international association IACDS, but even here some national associations need
This newest country sawing and drilling association was formed last year with
to update their statistics. For demolition there are several strong domestic associations, but there is no
assistance from IACDS and its member as-
united picture on how big the industry is. The European Demolition Association
sociations. Assisting countries in forming their
has helped to get a clearer picture of the European market.
own associations has become a common en-
Statistics for recycling are very hard to obtain as recycling is such a diversified
deavor for IACDS. Assistance has been also
area with so many different types of recycling sectors. There appears to be no way to
provided to Italy, Poland, Russia and Slovakia
find market figures on construction related recycling.
and many of those members have attended
The fast growing sector for floor grinding and floor preparation is the hardest to assess, as no actual branch associations exist that specify these methods.
IACDS meeting or hosted them. Perhaps this effort was an unseen part of one of the goals
Most of the time for all these sectors, we rely on association figures and data
set forth by the founders for the exchange
supplied by the manufacturers and suppliers. But sometimes manufacturers are re-
of information between associations. Spain
luctant to reveal numbers or even comment on a specific territory for fear of possibly
and these new country associations join the
sharing too much information with competitors.
IACDS member associations from Australia,
It is probably only manufacturers that have an interest in market figures and
Austria, Germany, Japan, Spain, Sweden,
how many contractors there are in a certain field in a certain country or for instance
Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the
how many concrete floors there are to grind in China or United States. I believe that
United States.
manufacturers that operate internationally have a good grasp of the potential market in those countries they are operating in. If market information is available from several sources it can be analysed and is probably more accurate and the more information available the better for all involved. With more information we can learn even more about each other and improve. So stop being so secretive and mysterious and share your market information. Maybe international umbrella associations should have a section in their websites where the national member organisations could log in and provide updates online. Maybe even manufacturers and suppliers could share their information in a similar way. This subject is relevant as we are publishing market figures for the international concrete sawing and drilling industry on page 70 of this issue. Several countries have provided 2007 figures, but some figures are now two and three years old and some countries still do not have an association. I would like to ask those of you who can help to update some of the missing figures
form their own associations, what else has IACDS been able to accomplish since its founding in 1995? Even though the IACDS members only convene once a year, the IACDS members can be quite proud of what their organization has accomplished. Two very documents that were created, at the beginning with much difficulty, have been revised and enhanced over the years and now are accepted quite well. They are the new “Basic Parameters for Concrete Drilling and Sawing Equipment” and the revised “Tolerances and Limits for Construction Drilling and Sawing.” The manufacturers of concrete drilling and sawing machines, in order to unify
to contact either me, IACDS or CSDA
the parameters and allow better comparisons
so together we can get appropriate market
of hydraulic machines, drafted the parameters
statistics for 2007.
document. The tolerances document forms
Jan Hermansson Editor-in-Chief jan.hermansson@pdworld.com
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the preconditions for accuracy and/or limitations to differentiate the advanced capabilities of the professional cutting contractor.
The project to collect worldwide market data for sawing and drilling contractors continues even though there is some resistance by members to share the data or there is a lack of data to be collected. IACDS has been able to identify that the total number of contractors worldwide exceeds 10,000. Great strides were made at the May meeting to expand the number of countries reporting information and it was hoped that this effort would gain wider acceptance for its merits and benefits to the industry in the future. The IACDS website continues to grow and add features. Following the May meeting, a new job story feature has been added whereby an architect, engineer or general contractor can access job stories from around the world to better understand the capabilities of cutting contractors and the types of jobs that can be completed with diamond cutting technologies. IACDS has also assumed the administration of the Diamond Award for concrete sawing and drilling. This award is being transformed into a true international competition. The next award will be presented in the United States during the annual World of Concrete show in Las Vegas, Nevada in 2009. The future is very exciting for international associations like IACDS. The first thirteen years of IACDS have been very productive as well thanks to the dedication of sawing and drilling professionals from around the world who have come together to provide a better future for the sawing and drilling industry.
Best regards Patrick O’Brien President IACDS
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the assets of Meco, Masterpiece Engineering Company, based in Prescott, Arizona, USA. Meco is a leading producer of floor saws for cutting concrete and asphalt. The company has annual sales of approximately US$ 9M with majority of sales in the US. The acquisition complements Husqvarna’s product range for the construction industry and reinforces the Group’s leading position in floor saws. “Meco has a strong market position in the US and Australia,” says head of Husqvarna Construction Products Anders Ströby. Synergies will be achieved with existing operations in terms of production and distribution.
PDi Magazine hires African correspondent PDi Magazine is happy to announce that Kevin Mayhew is the magazine’s correspondent in Africa. Kewin is a freelance journalist based in Johannesburg. He entered South African journalism in 1979 and has worked in newspapers, radio and television. Awarded a national award for transport journalism hard news in 1986 and has written extensively on business matters in southern Africa and has travelled a lot in Africa and Europe as well as worked in England, Germany and the Middle East. In this particular issue Kewin is writing about the development of the demolition and recycling industries in South Africa.
Record figures for SMOPYC 2008 The 14th edition of SMOPYC, the International Public Works, Construction and Mining Fair, held at the Zaragoza Fair in Spain from 22 to 26 April, was a major success. SMOPYC 2008 beat its own records for attendance and participation with 2,014 exhibitors from 44 countries and over 100,000 visitors. The Fair continues to climb in the rankings and is now among the leading shows in the world for machinery used in public works, construction and mining. The show organisers announced the next SMOPYC would take place from 5 to 9 April 2011. The success of this year’s fair has already prompted many exhibitors to reserved areas for the next show in three years.
www.smopyc.com
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Bobcat Celebrates 50th Anniversary of the Skid-Steer Loader This year is the 50th Anniversary of the Bobcat® skid-steer loader. As part of worldwide celebrations Bobcat will be hosting a number of events in Europe, Middle East and Africa during 2008. In addition, a special 50th anniversary logo has been created to ensure that this industry landmark is very prominent at every industry show at which Bobcat is participating in EMEA this year. “50 years ago, Melroe Manufacturing Company, the forerunner to the Bobcat Company, introduced a compact front-end loader that evolved quickly into the M-400, the world’s first true skid-steer loader. The M-400 later adopted what has become the world famous Bobcat brand and was a starting point for the global compact equipment industry,” says Bobcat EMEA President Neil Woodfin. “In the last half century, the compact loader market has continued to grow to reach annual sales worldwide of over 100,000 units in 2007. Whilst the company has gone through many changes over the last 50 years, one thing hasn’t changed; Bobcat’s commitment to outstanding quality, workmanship and innovation that has helped to maintain its leadership, so that today, one in every two skid-steer loaders sold is a Bobcat machine.”
www.bobcat.eu
Husqvarna acquires US producer of concrete saws Husqvarna has signed an agreement to acquire
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Fintec Wins Queen’s Award for Export Achievement Fintec Crushing and Screening Ltd has crowned an extraordinary 12 months in its history by winning a Queen’s Award for Export Achievement in the UK. It was awarded for “a substantial and sustained increase in export earnings to a level which is outstanding for the products or services concerned and for the size of the applicant’s operations.” The Northern Ireland-based manufacturer, which became part of the Sandvik Group of Companies in 2007, has previously won the 2006 International Trade Award and captured the Northern Ireland Exporter of the Year award two years in a row in 2006 and 2007.
HB 10000 finalist in “Potencia awards” Atlas Copco proposed the HB 10000 DP in the “I Potencia awards”, organized by TPIedita, the publisher for technical magazines in Spain and awarded by a select panel of members from the most important construction and rental companies in Spain. The HB 10000 DP participated in the category for Demolition, drilling and recycling equipment. Several hydraulic breakers competed in this sector, including the NPK GH-40, Sandvik Rammer BR2214 and Indeco HP 12000 among others, but only the Atlas Copco HB 10000 DP was among the three finalists. Its impressive features, productivity and state of art technology were highly appreciated by the panel members, and stood out over the competitors’ hydraulic breakers, although the award in this category finally went to a quite different kind of machine, the Metso LT-1213S mobile crushing plant.
Failures with drop-in anchors Over the course of the last few years, members of the US Concrete Sawing and Drilling Association have observed failures when using 0.5in (12mm) drop-in anchors and many assumed the problem was with the anchors. The majority of failures have occurred in the internally threaded region of the anchor, causing half of the anchor to remain in the concrete and the other half to be pulled out. This mode of failure poses a serious hazard to operators, as the drill rig could suddenly fall on them. To evaluate the failures, the CSDA sponsored a senior engineering project at the University of Toledo College of Engineering. From their results, the students defined a summary of important installation parameters for using drop-in anchors. These include, anchors should be installed perpendicular to the surface; anchor countersink depth should be limited to 0.5in (12mm) and expansion plugs should be fully set and the threaded rod should be fully engaged with the anchor. The students also recommend that levelling screws should be adjusted before the base plate is installed on the threaded rod and the installation torque on the threaded rod should be limited to 19 ftlbs (25.76Nm). Project information and software can be viewed on the student’s web site: www-mime.eng.utoledo.edu/design_clinic/ design_expo/Fall07Pages/2007-04-3/index. html.
www.csda.org
Schwamborn’s world-novelty OMF 250 has rendered sales growth A unique patented oscillating milling system on the OMF 250 produces an extremely high milling energy, which allows machines with less than 60% weight compared to traditional built cold milling machines. This is an important issue when working in areas with a limited ceiling height, low transport capacities or working in narrow areas. Since the first introduction at BAUMA 2007 there has been an increasing demand from communities and contractors in Europe and Asia for the OMF 250 in various asphalt and concrete applications. The compact and small design, as well as the low operating weight, allows easy operation in narrow areas. A unique DOC-Drum-Overload-Protection protects the milling drum and drive when milling over hidden steel bolts in the subsurface.
www.schwamborn.com
Mantovanibenne Official Sponsor of MX2 Yamaha Ricci Racing Team Three young and promising pilots, Davide Guarneri, Nicolas Aubin and Roberto Lombrici, will have a new sponsor Mantovanibenne. The Italian company has started its collaboration with the MX2 Yamaha Team for 2008 Worldwide Championship races which will take place in different countries where Mantovanibenne is present with its sales network and Dealers. The opening race will be 6 April 2008 in the Valkenswaard circuit, Holland, followed by Spain, Portugal, Bulgaria Grand Prix and Mantova, the first of the two Italian races. The official sponsorship with Yamaha Ricci Racing Team was announced at the Samoter Fair in Verona. Mantovanibenne is organizing a racing tour with customers and collaborators.
www.mantovanibenne.com
Hilti acquires majority stake in Indian diamond tool producer The Hilti Group has purchased an 80% stake in the Indian-based Bhukhanvala Diamond Systems Private Ltd. The two companies have worked together since 2002 and are now taking a step that will strengthen joint development and production of diamond consumables. “We have the same goals as the Hilti Group as we place tremendous value on quality and reliability in the development and production of our diamond cutting discs and diamond consumables,” says Bhukhanvala Diamond Systems Private Ltd CEO Nitish Bhukhanwala. Based in Navsari, roughly 250 km north of Mumbai, the company was founded in 1971 and specialized in diamond products for the construction industry and stone working. Today the company has some 250 employees and has annual sales of US$15 million. Bhukhanvala Diamond Systems Private Ltd set a goal of further cultivating and expanding existing business and using its high-quality diamond products to generate a greater presence on the international market. “The stake in this company not only provides us with access to valuable product knowledge but also to relevant production technology. The expansion potential of Bhukhanvala Diamond Systems Private Ltd. corresponds to our intent to grow further,” says Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bhukhanvala Diamond Systems Private Ltd and Head of Hilti’s Electric Tools & Accessories Business Area Matthias Gillner.
www.hilti.com
Husqvarna acquires Sandvik Nora, former Hagby Asahi Husqvarna has acquired the assets and operation relating to products for the construction industry within Sandvik Nora AB (previously Hagby Asahi
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AB), a company within Sandvik’s Mining and Construction business area. The acquired operation comprises production and sales of diamond tools and related machines for sawing, drilling and grinding. Annual sales amount to approximately SEK 65M. The operation is based in Nora, Sweden and Vantaa, Finland. The acquisition complements Husqvarna’s product range for the construction industry and reinforces the Group’s leading position in the Nordic region. “Hagby has a strong market position in Sweden and Finland. Synergies will be achieved with our existing operation in terms of production and distribution. In addition, Hagby’s floor-grinding machines complement our existing international product offering”, says Head of Husqvarna Construction Products Anders Ströby. Husqvarna is the world’s largest producer of lawn mowers, chainsaws and portable petrolpowered garden equipment such as trimmers and blowers. The Group is also a world leader in diamond tools and cutting equipment for the construction and stone industries. Net sales in 2007 were SEK 33.3 billion and the average number of employees was 16,000.
www.husqvarna.com
IDE calles for the Claude J Brown Prize for the Best Paper 2008 Professional demolition engineers within and outside the Institute are invited to submit papers for the 2008 Best Paper Award. There are two categories. “Best Paper” which is open to all and second “Best Paper from a Student Member of the Institute”. The prize is set to £1000 in each category. Criteria: There is no set title or subject for the technical paper. However the subject must be of relevance to demolition engineering and be the candidate’s own researched work. The wide range of subjects to be found in the British Standard BS6187:2000 “Code of Practice for Demolition” could be used as a guide to those suitable. It is expected that papers will consist of 6,000 words, plus illustrations. They should contain a bibliography and a reference section. Submissions must be accompanied by a signed statement that it is the candidate’s own composition. Entrants for the Student Best Paper Award will be expected to provide proof that they are studying at a recognized university or college. Closing Date: The final date for submission of papers will be 31st August 2008. Papers should be sent to IDE Best Paper Award 69 Poplicans Road, Rochester, Kent ME2 1EJ, UK info@ide.org.uk Papers will become the property of the Institute of Demolition Engineers who may publish them, with
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the appropriate credit, on the Members’ website. If papers do not meet the required standard no prize will be awarded.
Demco celebrates 20 year’s in operation Swiss manufacturer Demco Technic AG has announced that the company is celebrating the 20th anniversary this year. The anniversary is set to be celebrated in the end of September in Seon, Switzerland.
John Patterson
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Record result for Hilti 2007 Sales growth of 13 %, operating result 26 percent higher, net income up 23 %.The Hilti Group has posted double-digit growth figures for the fourth time in succession. In 2007 the company boosted sales once again by 13 %, from 4.1 to 4.7 billion Swiss francs. The operating result rose overproportionately compared to sales, advancing 26 percent to 533 million Swiss francs. The Hilti Group’s net income increased from 344 to 422 million Swiss francs, marking a rise of 23 %. Growth was purely organic. The average number of employees increased by 9.7 % from 17,250 in 2006 to 18,930. Of the 1,680 new positions created by the Group in 2007, more than 80 % were based in sales.
www.hilti.com
Mantovanibenne 45 years This year the Italian manufacturer Mantovanibenne celebrates it 45th anniversary. The company based in Mirandola, near Modena was founded by Alberto Mantovani and started out initially making buckets. Demolition equipment followed and complemented by a range of attachments including Quick Couplers, Crushers, Pulverizers, Rotating Pulverizers, Multisystems, Shears, Pile Breakers, Grapples, Grabs and Riddling Buckets.
www.mantovanibenne.com
JCB announces successor to long serving US CEO John Patterson JCB has announced that John Patterson, who has led the company through an unparalleled period of growth in America, is to be succeeded as CEO by Chief Operating Officer Matthew Taylor. John Patterson, 58, continues as Chairman and CEO of JCB Inc, based in Savannah, Georgia, USA, and will focus
Matthew Taylor on JCB’s American business. He will remain on the Main JCB Board as a Director. Matthew Taylor, 48, will take up his new role of CEO from 1 June. He joined JCB in April 2006 as Managing Director of JCB Sales and in January last year became Group Chief Operating Officer. John Patterson joined JCB in 1971 as a Field Service Engineer and rose through the company’s ranks to become Chief Executive in 1998. He was promoted to Managing Director and CEO in 2004. Under his leadership, JCB’s business has doubled in the past four years and the company has undergone the biggest global expansion in its history with new manufacturing facilities brought on line in the USA, Brazil, India, China and Germany.
www.jcb.com
Finmac strengthens its position in Australia The Finish demolition robot manufacturer Finmac Demolition Oy is steadily widening its territory. Recently the company formed an agreement with Sandvik in Australia and two machines have already been delivered to Australia. Sandvik Mining and Construction Australia (Sandvik) is the sole dealer and is providing specialised applications, sales and service support to Finmac customers. New dealers are also continously being set up in Europe and recently Finmac F16 robots were delivered to an asbestos clearance project in Paris. Paavo Salonen, founder and part owner of the company is very satisfied with the development of the company and the growing sales of its product range.
www.finmac.fi
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The UK based concrete sawing and drilling specialist Holemasters Demtech was recently hired for a wire sawing job to slice up a Second World War submarine.
In six neat pieces, two out of sight for the camera.
Mersey Travel owns the submarine, known as U-534. It is a German type 1XC/40 originally used for training and weather watching and was sunk in Kattegat straights of Denmark on 5 May 1945 by a depth charge dropped from a Liberator bomber. The submarine was salvaged in 1993 and put on display in the Liverpool Historic Warship Museum at Mortar Mill Quay, Birkenhead.
Destined for scrap After some years it was destined for scrap until Mersey Travel, the Liverpool transport and tourism body stepped in with a plan to make the U-boat part of a new tourist attraction at Woodside ferry terminal on the river Mersey. Mersey Travel will invest £3M in the development to display the artefacts recovered from U-534 and the sections of submarine at a purpose built site. To move it to Woodside Ferry Terminal in one piece was difficult. Mersey Travel also had plans to cut the sub in pieces, which would enable the inside to be viewed from the ends fitted with glazed panels. Mersey Travel contacted the Holemaster Demtech Bolton depot, which came up with the idea to cut the sub in sections by using diamond wire equipment. Traditional methods of cutting where not suitable as the cut had to be done in a single slicing process with a good deal of accuracy to allow the fitting of the glass panels on the open ends.
Wire sawing best solution Holemasters proposed diamond wire sawing and a bespoke system was designed utilising a HILTI WS 15 as the drive unit and scaffold towers to deploy the specially manufactured pulleys, which incorporated additional tensioning for the single 50m of Hilti wire used to encircle the hull. A closed loop cooling system was incorporated and the free wire was air-cooled. Many interfaces where cut at once whilst only removing material the same thickness as the wire diameter leaving a perfect visual cross section ready for viewing. Each section was cut following the installation of supporting steelwork, which was also used for lifting the section onto the floating heavy lift crane. The cutting speed
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and force were intentionally run low in order to prevent wire breakage. Wire connectors were also changed regularly preventing the almost impossible task of re routing the wire in the event of a break within the in accessible bowels of the steel hull. Each cut took between 3-5 days and only two breakages occurred during the cutting of all five sections. The cutting was completed within the 4 week programme, including the removal of the aft deck Gun and conning tower, which are to be re located once the sections are placed at the new site. Holemasters also undertook the removal of rotting deck work weighing about 110t and via an approved contractor removed 15,000 litres of hydraulic oil from internal storage tanks. “We have cut steel previously, but not on this scale. The complexity is that you are not just cutting one face, you could be cutting six or eight faces at one time, including items of pipe work valves, ballast tanks, pressure hull and internal services”, says Holemaster Demtech Sellafield Technical Project Manager Andrew Doyle. “On the stern section, we cut through the drive shafts that were 300mm of solid steel. We used a series of pullies to control the wire’s angle of attack, creating straight clean cuts and maximizing the cutting potential.”
www.holemasters.co.uk History of U-534
U-534 was launched in February 1942 and was initially used as a “school boat” and kept in the Baltic Sea to train new crews and test new systems. In May 1944 it was released for operational duty, but it was not sent on offensive patrols. It was assigned the duty of weather reporting and required to avoid contact with the enemy to ensure regular reports. On 5 May 5 1945, U-534 was sailing in the Kattegat, One of the cuts seen from above.
To the left a Rusty sub before the big cuts. February - March PDi • Issue 21 - 2008 • A pril - June
WW2 Sub North-west of Helsingor, Denmark, and although German Naval Commander Admiral Dönitz had ordered all his UBoats to surrender as from 08:00 on 5 May, U-534 refused to do so. She was heading North towards Norway, without flying a flag of surrender, when she was attacked by a Liberator bomber from RAF 547 Squadron, which dropped depth charges. It took heavy damage and began to sink by the stern. Forty-nine of the 52 crew members survived, including five who escaped via a torpedo hatch as she lay on the sea bed. It was raised from the seabed in 1993 and taken over by the Warship Preservation Trust.
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FRD’s Gran
FRD Europe BV made
11 April unforgettable for 170 guests when the company’s new premises were officially opened.
On Friday the 11 April FRD Europe organized a big event to officially open and celebrate the finalization of the new European FRD head office located in Utrecht, the Netherlands.
10 years on European soil It was a happy and proud Dick van der Starre, President of FRD Europe BV, who opened the ceremony and greeted the 170 guests. Dick van der Starre has been Furukawa Rock Drills man in Europe since the Japanese company opened its first European premises in 1998. A choice that proved to be right as FRD Europe has increased their market shares on the European market ever since. The big day for the official opening at Proostwetering 29 in Utrecht offered nice weather to the 170 invited guests. The guests were clients, distributors, Furukawa colleagues, Furukawa Rock Drill top direction, suppliers, accountants, advertising agencies and the Pan-European press. The new premises is twice as large as the old plant and office, also located in Utrecht. And the new office measure more then 4000 m2. The new premises offers among others more and better assembling capacity, a lot more storage capacity and more efficient logistic process. FRD’s European head office has a completely full service function containing assembly, storage, transportation, logistics, technical, sales, marketing and promotional support as well as product development and after sales support. The target is mainly the European market but the Utrecht facility also supports other market areas.
From the right Mr. Yoshino, President of Furukawa Company, Mr. der Starre, President of FRD Europe BV toasting with sake.
FRD Europe BV has a staff of 16 people in Utrecht, two in Germany and one in Spain. Further 47 distributors are supported by the European headquarters
Strong market presence Dick van der Starre is telling to PDi that the current sales in Europe is about EUR 40 million. “We have a very good market situation and very satisfied clients which means that our products do their job well. In 2007 the Spanish market was our strongest platform and for 2008 we are expecting that Russia will be our strongest market”, says a happy and satisfied Dick van der Starre. The celebration on the 11th of April was something that goes be-
The entrance to the new FRD Europe’s premises on Proostwetering in Utrecht.
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nd Opening Dick van der Starre gave a brief presentation of FRD’s history in Europe.
The new FRD office in Utrecht communicates in particular one thing: Space and efficiency! More storage room, more space for assembly, more room for logistics, training, after sales, etc. Kato, President of Furukawa Rock Drill Japan and Mr. Dick van
yond standard. The guest were initially welcomed with a drink in a big hall wrapped up with large decorations, products, laser beams and music. Dick van der Starre held a welcoming speech followed by a speech of Mr. Kato, President of Furukawa Rock Drill in Japan. The actual opening ceremony was conducted according to Japanese tradition with drums and drinking of sake. After the opening ceremony the visitors had a chance to take a closer look at the new premises. The celebrations then continued at a famous railroad museum not far away from Utrecht. The guests were guided through the museum and the actual dinner took place between antique railroad wagons and steam locomotives. Besides the exotic buffet guests were served great entertainment in the various bands that were on stage like La Vie en Rose, Trio Cool Gipsy Hot Hot, Kalashnikov Brothers and the last success act from the samba band Batucando. As a conclusion the FRD Europe’s celebration of its new premises in Utrecht is long to be forgotten.
The samba band Batucando was one of many popular entertainers during the celebration day.
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South Africa, an amazing country on so many levels. A country in the south of the world that has been headline news so many times in terms of its people, nature, resources, etc. But what about demolition and recycling in this region? PDi’s Africa correspondent, Kevin Mayhew, has looked into it. The South African demolition sector is only about 30 years old. Despite being a relevant player in the economy and the future development of the country, it has no central body speaking for it.
30 years of history The exact size in terms of earnings or employment of the South African demolition and recycling sector is difficult to quantify. Historically the sector can be traced back to the 1970s and early 1980s when there was a call for big projects to remove old power stations and make way for new or expanding mining operations. Prior to that, it had been a small industry, which centred on use of manual demolition processes. Today the industry comprises three principal areas of lighter demolition for removal of smaller structures manually, industrial demolition using mechanical aids and then explosive demolition. The consensus within the industry is that there are only two major players that provide a full spectrum of services up to explosive demolition and a handful of others that undertake most operations short of explosive demolition. The value of each category is difficult to establish, but the Inspectorate of Explosives of the South African Police Services told PDi that it received up to five applications per year for explosive demolition. This Inspectorate is in overall charge of enforcing strict stock control, handling and detonation of explosives in South Africa, whether, it be in the mining, quarrying or demolition sectors.
Two major players In the explosive demolition arena, South Africa is particularly well placed, although it only has two major players
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in the field, Wreckers Dismantling and Jet Demolition. Over the past three decades South Africa has achieved an enviable reputation and the infrastructure for successful execution is very effective. “South Africa is well serviced with explosives through its local industry and it has the necessary policing in place to make it world class,” says Wreckers Dismantling, Estimator/Technical, Kit McCarthy. Wreckers announced in May that it had secured a major contract for the explosive demolition of a 22-storey building in the Nigerian capital Lagos. It had to compete against foreign opposition for the contract. The company proudly says that it has undertaken work on just about every continent.
The commercial hub of South Africa In the past three years industrial demolition, and limited explosive demolition, has received a boost from the announcement that the principal commercial hub of South Africa, Gauteng Province, is to construct the combined aerial and subterranean Gautrail Rapid Rail Link, a monorail system to link its OR Tambo International Airport with key residential and commercial nodes in the capital of South Africa Tshwane (Pretoria), Johannesburg, Midrand, Rosebank, Sandton, Hatfield, Centurion and Kempton Park. This will facilitate smoother commuter transportation to reduce congestion on its roads and highways, some of which are amongst the busiest in the southern Hemisphere. Experts have predicted that by 2015, Gauteng Province will be the 14th largest urban region in the world. The ambitious Gautrain Project will provide high-speed 160km/hour trains servicing 22 stops and is regarded as an important element in the handling of the commuter needs of the area.
Africa Gautrainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s construction commenced in September 2006 and most of the demolition work for the project was completed in 2007, according to spokesperson for the project, Keleboglie Machaka. The awarding of the contracts for this project also highlights another area of economic change that is prevalent in post-Aparthead South Africa, the introduction of Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment, which emerged as an evolution of the initial affirmative action employment, that followed its democratic elections in 1994. The affirmative action was to try to absorb previously disadvantaged persons (Black, Indian and Coloured as well as other gender and physical impairment categories) into the job market to redress the imbalances of employment in favour or Whites by the previous political order. Given its multi-billion dollar budget, Gautrain became a force to be reckoned with and linked its contract
awards to positive proof of black empowerment as well as business and operational skills transfer. With millions of tons of excavated and demolition material to be transported it established a separate company, Induna Tippers, to remove two million tons of material while introducing driving and other training for employees ass a skills transfer exercise. Today all major players in the industry have strong black empowerment credentials. On the lighter operating side of the industry, it is also seen as a significant area to try to introduce black empowerment as it provides a relatively inexpensive option for small to medium black businesses to secure work and build up their capacity in an economy that is presently demanding a significant amount of such demolition work. With regards to training, the industry generally acknowledges that much of the skills growth for it is gained on the job. Bigger players in the sector do have internal
training modules where possible, but the nature of the business dictates that many solutions to problems are established on a need to solve an individual problem basis. The entire South African economy has been divided into various sectors that are serviced by Sector Education and Training Authorities, which have introduced a unique system of graduated skills development to try to provide sound and recognised training rapidly to its population. Interestingly, there is no specific skills training module set for the demolition sector. However, certain elements of the demolition and recycling process have been covered, such as driver and mechanical machinery training, and this is usually with regards to operating in other sectors such as construction, mining or quarrying.
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Demolition Success
Despite its relatively small size in global terms, the South African demolition sector has notched up some notable achievements, from the provision of locally manufactured vehicles and attachments to success in explosive demolition.
The undoubted success story for the country is the spectacular development of what is today one of the world’s leading manufacturers and distributors of heavy machinery and equipment that criss-cross demolition and constructions sites worldwide alongside better known international names.
Bell close to 50 year’s Bell Equipment had its humble beginnings at Richards Bay in 1962. Richards Bay, which is today one of the largest bulk ports in the world, was then a developing port town on the east coast of the country in Zululand in Natal Province (today KwaZulu-Natal). The company manufactured machinery for the local agricultural sector. Today it generates annual gross revenues in excess of US$600m by providing world class articulated dump trucks, wheeled loaders, three-wheeled material handling machines, rigid articulated haulers as well as tractor-loaderbackhoes. It has representation throughout South Africa, Namibia, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of Congo in the southern African region. Internationally, it has branches in Germany, Spain, France, America and the United Kingdom. In its sights are opportunities in Eastern Europe, the
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Middle East and North Africa, according to its chief executive, Gary Bell. The company prides itself on its cutting-edge manufacturing and assembly as well as its research and development using parametric modelling software combined with intensive in-field and laboratory testing of products. It has a fleet of about 30 prototypes to put new concepts to the test in real working conditions.
Desmond Equipment Further south on the same eastern coast in the much smaller town of Port Shepstone, although it does not have a port, is Desmond Equipment. From humble beginnings in 1973 as a transport business, it is today a provider of solutions to the demolition, construction and quarrying sectors in South Africa and is increasing its presence in other southern African countries. Its range, which is marketed as Dezzi, covers front end loaders, haulage tractors, articulated 4x4 haulers and articulated 6x6 and 6x4 dump trucks. In development at the moment is a 30t dump truck, three wheeled range of loaders, a larger grader, harbour handling equipment and materials handling equipment. Leading South African
Bell Equipment is South Africa’s success story. It has become an international contender in the provision of demolition and construction solutions.
demolition company, Jet Demolition, uses Dezzi equipment for its extensive demolition activities. Wreckers Dismantling based in Halfway House, Gauteng Province, was one of the first operators in the heavy dismantling field, including explosive demolition, when it established itself 25 years ago. In 1992 the company became the first non-American company to undertake an implosion in the US when it secured the contract to implode Mackenzie Hall at the Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan.
Mobile recycling equipment from RubbleBuster
RubbleBuster from Pilot Crushtec.
Another South African success story in the sector is the RubbleBuster crusher manufactured by Pilot Crushtec based in Jet Park in Gauteng Province. It has been steadily making inroads into the European market for which it was originally intended when launched some 17 years ago. Constant improvements over the years have enabled this complete on-track, diesel-driven, mobile, horizontal
special survey shaft impact crusher grow its share of the international market, particularly in Europe and the United Kingdom. Paul Chappel, export sales manager for Pilot Crushtec, attributes its success in these two key markets to its relatively small size. “In the UK and European markets the smaller contractor, who is required by legislation to recycle material, does not want to incur major expense, so he runs smaller machines on site. The RubbleBuster is ideally suited to this,” he said. The RubbleBuster is a fully hydraulic-driven machine, with a feed hopper, a crusher and a discharge conveyor, all in one unit on tracks.
Future potential
Whilst the high profile drivers of the demolition and recycling sector in South Africa have generally been in its richest province, Gauteng, the entire country has seen major activity as well in the past three years. Certainly, future activities are of a national nature, as well as on the African continent. The awarding of the 2010 World Cup Soccer final to South Africa four years ago provided a lot of opportunity as the ten venue cities began massive upgrading of stadia and, in some cases, green field construction of facilities.
Significant change in city centres
South Africa’s Wreckers Dismantling becomes the first non-American company to undertake a demolition in the United State when it imploded Mackenzie Hall at the Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan, in 1992.
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In both instances, demolition and recycling will be a dominant part to enable expansion or clear for new, centrally located, venues. All the country’s major urban centres have also experienced a significant change in city centres, with an initial flight of commercial activity to surrounding suburbs and now a reshaping of its inner-city buildings for residential applications. With the experts predicting that the province of
Gauteng will be the 14th largest urban node in the world within eight years and the port city of Durban heralded as having the fastest growing peri-urban population outside of Mexico City, the need is to take existing vacated central city commercial buildings and refurbish them into dwellings. By way of example, the Johannesburg metropolitan authorities are considering a number of options that call for up to 300 buildings to be gutted and converted to residential units. The first of such transformed buildings, Nuggand House, was completed at the end of last year. It transformed a building constructed in 1951 for light industrial activity, such as printing, to 48 residential units. South Africa’s infrastructural monoliths, such as the national rail, port and pipeline operator Transnet and its
special survey electricity supplier, Eskom, have both announced major investments to meet the needs of the future. There is expected to be a high demand for demolition and recycling from these sectors. In his summary of trends in
its last annual report, the chairman of Bell Equipment Company, Howard Buttery, said: “Looking ahead, we are confident that the current infrastructure spending in South Africa will continue to yield opportunities for the growth of our business.” South Africa’s economic activity is underpinned by high levels of commodity mining, which will, for the foreseeable future, remain on a growth path due to mainly Asian and Chinese demand. The need for expanded mining activity and renewal of existing facilities is therefore also seen as a major potential growth area for demolition and recycling. Due to its experience and acceptability as a world class
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operator in the field, the South African sector can also reasonably expect to benefit from the economic expansion of African countries. Many have a similar commodity profile and will need the equivalent extraction and transportation expansion as South Africa. This is generally seen as relevant to mainly heavy industrial and explosive demolition activity. With regards to the provision and maintenance of mechanical requirements for the demolition sector, it is healthily placed to service South Africa and its southern African neighbours. Due to the robust activity of the past few years in South Africa, all elements of demoli-
tion operations h a v e access to benchmark local and international products.
Strong local players In the field of carriers and attachments there are strong local players that are involved in the development, provision and maintenance of equipment,
with the two major indigenous success stories being Bell Equipment and Dezzi. They compete against such international competitors as Caterpillar, JCB, Komatsu and Hitachi. Attachment providers represented include Atlas Copco, Sandvik, Furukawa and Indeco. Mobile recycling equipment suppliers such as Pilot Crushtec, Metso Minerals and others have a presence and concrete sawing and drilling equipment brands include Hilti, Husqvarna, Tyrolit, Diamond Products Cape to mention a few. In terms of diamond tools and machinery for concrete cutting, South Africa is nationally serviced by about eight professional suppliers that provide the latest international technology, mainly from Europe and America. The sector indicated to PDi that there is a degree of local development to try to adjust machinery for harsher handling than in other countries where the machinery is used by more skilled operators. Unfortunately, South Africa has no established certificate of competency to identify people that have been taught how to handle such machinery and tools properly, which results in a lack of understanding about best handling techniques and preventive maintenance. This leads to potential downtime and productivity loss which is presently addressed through hardiness
adjustment to machinery and tools where possible. On the products available, Brian Clark, spokesperson for Gauteng-based Diamond Products Cape - one of the larger local companies which purchased the diamond tool divisions of Boart Longyear and Huddy Diamond last
Stronger environmental legislations in South Africa
Demolition in South Africa, whilst poised for growth in the foreseeable future, is also plagued by major challenges and restrictions. Environmental legislation requirements must be adhered to regarding the structural demolition as well as the method of disposal of rubble mainly for asbestos content reasons.
Final banning in March 2008 With many innercity buildings being demolished, refurbished or imploded, one of the major concerns is the disposal of asbestos content that features in most of the affected buildings. They were constructed during the economic boom in South Africa between 1960 and into the 1980s before the carcinogenic and respiratory problems of asbestos were conclusively understood. The final banning of the use, manufacture, import and export of asbestos and materials containing asbestos in March this year brought the curtain down on asbestos use in future construction and aligns South Africa with restrictions imposed by its major European and American trading partners, but demolition has been left with the legacy. The relevant regulations favour wet removal of asbestos from demolition sites and, where impractical, dry removal is permitted with very strict controls required to limit contamination and protect clean areas. Most of the country’s large and mid-sized demolition and recycling companies have specialist divisions or access to the necessary contractor expertise to undertake this element of the demolition process. The law also imposes controls over the use of high-pressure water jets and prescribes demolition site working environment conditions. “It is fortunately an area of the industry that will kill itself off as buildings containing asbestos are replaced. It appears that in many cases during refurbishment, the necessary work is done to remove either in part or totally the asbestos content,” says Johannesburg based issue management consultant Brian Gibson. year - says its product range covers machinery and tools generally available to the industry. This includes: Wet and dry cut laser welded diamond blades for concrete, asphalt, masonry and stone,
critical electrical power shortage, which has seen the introduction of what the local national power utility, Eskom, calls “load shedding”. It is a structured rotation of power cuts in select areas throughout the country at certain times to try to take pressure off the country’s power grid as it attempts to improve its power supply through better maintenance and re-commissioning of mothballed power stations in the short term. Ideally such interruptions, which vary between two to four hours on designated days, are predetermined, but in many cases they are due to failure of the infrastructure for maintenance reasons. This creates a traffic gridlock situation that disrupts time schedules on site where main power is used. Similarly the removal of rubble through blackened traffic lights and gridlocked traffic play havoc with schedules and potential penalty clauses. Ironically, it was the large scale demolition of old power stations to make way for new ones that gave the local demolition industry one of its major boosts in the 1970s. On-site generator driven demolition is also not spared as its fuel costs escalate for both vehicles and generators as the country’s fuel prices spiral along with those of the rest of the world.
Lack of power a problem Another clear factor that is bedevilling the industry in South Africa, and with it southern Africa, is the current
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Demolition companies are spread countrywide and serviced by major contractors for recycling that handle all types of removal and dispersal. There are only about 12 sizable companies in South Africa that get the lion’s share of the work for demolition and recycling. Most are in Gauteng province, but operate nationally where needed. The major centres outside of Gauteng Province do have large companies based in them that generally operate nationally as well. For softer elements, such as public liability insurance, the country has a number of brokers that provide cover for this activity from the smallest contract to explosive demolition. Issue 2 - 2008 • April - June •
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INCREASE DESPITE DECREASE Two big shows have taken place this spring in our sector, in different parts of the world. Both showed clear signs of optimism despite that their countries are struggeling with recession. Read our review of CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2008 and SAMOTER 2008.
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Despite an economic slope in United States that continues, CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2008, the largest trade show in North America of any industry in 2008 and the co-located IFPE 2008 expositions have set records for attendance, exhibition space and number of exhibiting companies. CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2008 and IFPE are known as global showcases of the latest equipment, product innovations and technological advances for the construction, construction materials and power transmission industries.
21 % bigger then 2005 More than 144,600 industry professionals from around the world attended CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2008 and IFPE 2008 during their five-day run on 11-15 March at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, USA. CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2008 covered more than 2.28Mft2 of exhibits (211,966m2), taken by 2,182 exhibitors, and was 21% bigger than the last show, held in 2005.
International Attendance A record number of over 28,000 international industry professionals visited the shows, which is more than 19% of total attendance and represents more than 30% growth compared to the last shows. International attendance increased by more than 50% from the Latin America and Caribbean marketplace, and doubled from China, India and Turkey. There were also significant increases from Canada, Australia, Russia and the Middle East. International visitors to the shows hailed from more than 130 non-U.S. countries. There were more than 60 official international customer delegations organized by the U.S. Department of Commerce as well as in-country trade associations and related groups.
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Exhibit Features The show included a record 14 international pavilions highlighting products and services developed outside the United States. CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2008 with 10, from Brazil, Canada, China, Finland, Germany, Italy, Korea, Spain, Turkey and the United Kingdom, and IFPE 2008 with four, and China, Italy, Spain and Taiwan. IFPE 2008 hosted a new pavilion sponsored by the American
numbers, more than 100 000, which set a new attendance record and should be compared to CONEXPO’s 144 000, visitors.
More than 10% increase The increase over the 2005 edition was more than 10%, with peak figures (of up to 20%) for international operators, especially from East Europe and Asia. The event, which boasts the patronage of CECE (European Committee of Site Machinery Manufacturers’ Associations) and the Ministries of Infrastructures, Transport, Employment and Social Security and International Trade, welcomed 1026 exhibitors (+3.5% over 2005), of which 30% international from 36 countries, over a net exhibition area of more than 130 000, square metres (+13.5%). There were also more Italian and international journalists than ever, up by 80% (602 accredited journalists, of whom 40% international), 50
Gear Manufacturers Association, welcomed back a Power Transmission Distributors Association pavilion, and set up a new pavilion to highlight the expanded presence of sensors at the show. CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2008 featured a new Safety Zone of exhibits and demonstrations from industry and government groups, including the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Mine Safety and Health Administration, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, and the Aerial Work Platform Training/International Powered Access Federation. The next edition of the triennial shows will be 22-26 March 2011 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas.
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The other big show this year, that proved to be even more international this time, was Italian show Samoter in Verona. The show was organisaed some weeks before CONEXPO and the 2008 edition showed most significant result concerning visitor
Italian and international media partners (press, web and TV) ensuring resounding success. “We achieved attendance even better than forecasts,” said President of VeronaFiere, Luigi Castelletti. “Thanks to detailed work carried forwards in recent years with international promotion through Samoter Tour, that visited (and will continue to visit) the main countries in Eastern Europe, as well as even closer
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collaboration with the main trade associations. We are delighted by such attendance, especially on an international scale, and are convinced that the market, on the basis of meetings at Samoter, will see new impulse in the business field.” Samoter thereby confirmed its role, among sector experts, as one of the reference shows in the construction sector and the most important European appointment in 2008. The organisational formula was particularly appreciated by operators as regards the trade sector layout and the impressive convention programme: the Samoter Specials, in short, welcomed a series of courses dedicated to individual sectors (earth moving, concrete, road building, drilling, crushing, lifting/hoisting, vehicles and components), while more than 40 theme conventions were organised, attended by over 2,200 visitors. There was also excellent attendance by visitors and specialists at the Demo Area, the test ground of 20 000 square metres for “live” action and testing of the latest innovations available on the market.
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“Recession, just talk” There is currently so much negative comment in the world market about an impending recession. This is particularly prevalent for the US, but the market contenders do not appear to agree, with Conexpo being a good example. More new products then ever were launched with more exhibitors and more visitors. Conexpo was a show of optimism and proved to be an even stronger international arena this time. The international influence was obvious and as an example never before has so many Italian demolition attachment manufacturers attended. No other single nation was so well represented in this field as Italy. And demolition and recycling equipment had a much stronger presence than at previous Conexpo shows. However it was disappointing that diamond tools and concrete sawing and drilling equipment were largely absent from the show, but the World of Concrete exhibition has strengthened its position in this field. Even floor grinding equipment manufacturers were sparse at Conexpo, but there were many new products on display.
The world’s biggest breaker released Italian manufacturer Indeco used Conexpo to launch the world’s biggest hydraulic breaker HP 18000. The breaker was shown some weeks before at the Italian show Samoter in Verona. It is 4.6 m high, weighing 11.05 t and can handle tools with a diameter of 250 mm. “It has a destructive potential that is far and away the best of any breaker on the market,” says Indeco managing director
Michele Vitulano when unveiling the breaker at Conexpo. Despite its size, the HP 18000 is also rapid and versatile, achieving a striking rate of up to 460 blows/minute. “That sort of speed is quite incredible when we think how much rock is moved. Compared with other breakers, it has greater hydraulic efficiency, a better ratio between input and output power, and this leads to greater energy yield. This has been achieved by introducing new technological systems and improving existing ones throughout the Indeco range. The new automatic power and speed variation system makes the Indeco giant more sensitive, and so much more adaptable to the material it is demolishing,” adds Vitulano. Other features on HP 18000 include the CDPS system, which sends a signal to the operator if the breaker is working below optimum performance and warning to stop. The breaker also has special reinforcement, is extra silenced and vibration dampened. In addition the mounting bracket is interchangeable with the one for Indeco breaker HP 12000. This is an advantage as the same carrier can now be used for two different breakers. One of the first HP 18000 breakers will be used for breaking the hard black New York granite in a construction job on Manhattan.
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Atlas Copco is completing its range of medium-size hydraulic breakers with the MB 1500, a straightforward product requiring practically no maintenance. The breaker operates without a high-pressure accumulator, substantially reducing the number of moving components. But details such as the StartSelect, allowing the start-up and shutdown behaviour of the
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breaker to be adapted to the specific application characteristics, or the AutoControl ensuring maximum percussion power under all operating conditions, have been included. The MB 1500 features single blow energy of 3000 Joule and achieves high efficiency thanks to the energy recovery. Its robust and sturdy design turns the breaker into a universally applicable tool for demolition, trenching or quarrying jobs. The shape makes the MB 1500 extremely versatile and manoeuvrable. The MB 1500 joins the medium-size range of Atlas Copco hydraulic breakers and supplements the MB 1200 with its 1200 kg service weight and for the MB 1700 with its 1700 kg service weight. “Power, reliability and a low maintenance expenditure were the benchmarks for the designers of the MB 1500. A product has evolved which is distinguished by its versatile application, its slim design and its extremely high efficiency,” says Product Line Manager Medium & Heavy Breakers, Torsten Treger.
New breaker from Sandvik Also for breaker producer Sandvik CONEXPO became launch pad for the new BR2155. Initially the hammer will be available only for the European market and will subsequently receive a phased introduction in other markets. With a working weight ranging from 1,190 to 1220 kg and an impact rate of 490 to 760 blows per minute, the all new BR 2155 hammer has been designed for carriers in the 20 to 22 tonne operating weight class. The new BR 2155 hammer boasts a modular design that provides users exceptional flexibility to match the hammer precisely to their application and material requirements. The new BR 2155 from the stables of Sandvik encapsulates the very latest in breaker design. A slim body, robust housing made of wear resistant steel, a replaceable bottom plate and an integrated lubrication system make up the all new BR 2155. A key feature of the new hammer is its modular design that allows customers to choose from a range of options as a “Retrofit” to match their application, material and budget. This flexibility enables customers to retrofit the hammer after purchase and ensure that the hammer is always to the latest and most appropriate configuration as application requirements change. The BR 2155, being offered in sound suppressed configuration, also benefits from a lightweight design that affords the unit a classleading power-to-weight ratio and high productivity levels in a wide variety of demolition, recycling and other industry wide applications. The proven fixed blow energy concept available in other models of hammer in Sandvik range is also available in the new BR 2155. Durability and reliability, two main features of all hammers from the Sandvik family are fully integrated into the design of the new BR 2155. A tool of 118 mm diameter ensures optimum wear and an excellent impact & bending resistance. Well protected hoses prevent it from wear and pinching damage while a highly efficient relief valve provides extra protection to the hammer. Service Kit for Economical Operation of the hammer and a range of tools for different applications, from Demolition to Boulder Breaking is available.
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tion, primary cracking of structures and crushing reinforced concrete beams in a controlled and virtually noise free manner.
ConExpo No Gamble for Extec & Fintec The ConExpo 2008 exhibition in Las Vegas, the first worldwide show attended by Extec Screens and Crushers Ltd and Fintec Crushers and Screens Ltd since they became part of Sandvik, was a roaring success with the two companies netting orders worth in excess of $20 million. Extec and Fintec, both now part of the Sandvik Group of Companies, enjoyed a staggering demand for its products during the five-day ConExpo. The companies, which were launching the Extec S-7 mobile screen and the Fintec 1440 mobile impact crusher, confirmed orders valued at more than $20 million during the show comprising a large number of major orders from US-based companies. Additional orders were taken from UK, Ireland, CIS, Germany and from across the Middle East and Far East. “ConExpo 2008 was a phenomenal success for us,” says group marketing manager Roger Murrow. “This was the first time that Extec and Fintec had exhibited side-by-side as part of Sandvik and the response from customers was just overwhelming. In particular, the new Extec S-7 and Fintec 1440 models proved extremely popular.” The largest model in Extec’s S-Series, the S-7 sets new standards in screening productivity. The machine features the same Doublescreen design as the S-4, S-5 and S-6, but boasts a tripledeck configuration together with an additional side conveyor that helps make the Extec S-7 the most productive mobile screen in its class. With a transport weight of 38.2t, the Extec S-7 is powered by a Deutz BF4M 2012 diesel engine developing 74.9 kW that
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meets or exceeds all known emissions regulations. The Extec S-7, which is 18m long, utilises two independently adjustable screen boxes each measuring 3,048 x 1,524mm. The Fintec 1440 is a track-mounted impact crusher that combines Fintec’s experience in the design of mobile crushers with Sandvik’s leadership in the manufacture of high output impact crushers for quarrying, demolition and recycling applications. Powered by a Cat C-13 diesel engine, the Fintec 1440 is carried on a manoeuvrable tracked undercarriage and incorporates a Sandvik PR301D impactor with a fluid clutch drive. Fed via a two-deck prescreen, the crusher is a four hammer open-style rotor with a pair of hydraulically adjustable impact curtains that together deliver high outputs in materials including granite, slate, limestone, brick and asphalt. A relatively low weight of 49.8t and 15.5m long in transport mode means the Fintec 1440 is transportable in a single load. Optional extras include a dolly unit, belt scales, and radio remote controls. “Our primary reason for exhibiting at ConExpo was to unveil our two new models and to remind customers that we’re now part of the Sandvik Group of Companies,” says Murrow. “We’re absolutely delighted at the response from US and international customers to both the new and existing products. This has been, without question, the most successful exhibition we’ve ever attended.”
Rubble Masters fast expansion in North America North America has become the most rapidly expanding market for RUBBLE MASTER. “The Conexpo show was a huge success,” says RUBBLE MASTER North America Business Developer Nikolaus Hottenroth. “Interested visitors from the USA and around the world were in agreement after seeing the RM100 as cutting edge technology at its finest. The RM100 is regarded worldwide as the technology leader in the crushing sector, especially by companies that have had experience with RUBBLE MASTER and other crusher manufacturers.” Fuel prices and ever tightening environmental regulations, which make the dumping of construction debris either very expensive or completely impossible, are prompting many demolition and construction companies in North America to search for profitable solutions. And this is why the interest in RUBBLE MASTER Compact Recyclers® is growing. Gerald Hanisch, Managing Director of the Austrian manufacturer HMH and President of RUBBLE SYSTEMS Inc., pointed out the dedication shown not only by the growing team of official RUBBLE MASTER sales partners in North America but also by the US customers. “Our sales partners and customers in North America have grasped the concept of mobile recycling with RUBBLE MASTER, and this is the message they pass on with full conviction and commitment. This is why the huge success in North America is due largely to them, besides the high quality of our products. The great importance they attach to service is another reason for this success and one that we can continue to build on.”
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A couple of year’s ago PDi introduced, as first international magazine US manufacturer Dustcontrol Technology’s efficient dust control system DustBoss. DustBoss was, what PDi has experienced the first dust control system for outdoor demolition jobs. DustBoss is today sold successfully both in the US and Europe and has a network of distributors and service providers both in the US and Europe. DustBoss is also CE certificated. DustBoss could be seen in their own booth at CONEXPO and at Samoter in Mantovanibennes booth, who represents DustBoss in Italy. Since DustBoss showed up with its innovation a couple more brands has been introduced, both from Europe. One of the is WPL DustBuster from Italy and now recently another Italian company named Tower light released their Gladiator range. The product is called Dust Fighter. Dust Fighter PDi • Issue 2 - 2008 • April - June
A proud father and son, Mauro and Michele Vitulano presenting the world’s biggest hydraulic breaker, Indecos HP 18000.
is equipped with 24 nozzles mounted at 360° and creates an ultra-fine mist that attracts dust and drives in to the ground. GLADIATORdust-fighterwith its powerful fan with blades made of synthetic material,allow to cover a distance of 20-30 m (DF 3000) or 40-60 m(DF 8000).Thanks to the presence of a particular filter the Dust-Fighter can be used with potable or not potable water, thismeans that the machine can operate in the presense of thewater main or can self prime the water from rivers, ponds or external tanks.The frame of the structure is mounted on a two wheels under carriage with a tow bar. The Dust-Fighter has in both versions, manual and automatic (option) oscillation system.The vertical position of the cannon can be manually changed.
Three new products from Rotair On the occasion of the 2008 SAMOTER International Exhibition, Rotair spa, Italian reference manufacturer in the field of Hydraulic anti vibration hammers Ecosilent series, presented three new models of hammers extending the possibilities of installation on operating machines up to 21 tons. The present range of hammers covers weights from 60 up to 1300 kgs, with 8 different models, offering perfect coupling solutions. Rotairs ECOSILENT breaker range has many interesting feature and for instance the beating section is contained in an Integrated single block casing, without tie-rods and featuring an anti vibration device which, thanks to special elastic buffers reduces the strain on the beating body, thereby ensuring greater power for the beating stroke. The new breakers are aasy and simple to install on the operating machines, even with varying hydraulic features thanks to the ample variability of the ratio between pressure- oil capacity and counter-pressure. The breakers has energy recovering features, high degree of counter-pressure tolerance, reduced amount of reactivity transmitted to the supporting arm of the operating machine, easy and fast accumulator control-recharging feature, “control power system” device which optimises the breaker performance according to user requirements and they offer easy and fast distributor access which can be effected directly from the upper head section. Rotair spa is presently dealing with more than 70 countries in the world. The high quality standard of the hammers, their reliability and profitability generally acknowledged from the users are confirmed by important distribution agreements with the main international producers of operating machines.
Meccanica Breganzese success at Samoter and Conexpo The Vicenza based company Meccanica Breganzese, which claims to be the worldwide leader in the production and sales of bucket crushers, reported successful attendance at both Samoter and Conexpo. The company presented four models of their bucket crusher line, BF601, BF70.2, BF90.3 and BF120.4 at Samoter and over 1000 MB customers visited the stand. The numerous
other visitors to the stand Middle and Far East and Africa where also impressed with the bucket crushers, which were also demonstrated at the show. The same line of products was also presented at Conexpo in Las Vegas to the North American audience, which MB claim generated a lot of interest from visitors. Besides these two events MB were also present at a number of other trade shows during spring and early summer. These were the French show Artibat, Smopyc in Zaragosa, Spain, a show in Istanbul, Turkey, Autostrada Polska show in Poland, Maskin Expo in Sweden, TiefbauLive in Germany and CTT in Russia. MB has also qualified for the Premio Edilportale Marketing Awards for their 2007/2008 advertising campaign for the Edilio Awards for excellence in web site and advertising communications. The competition takes place on-line from 2 April to 31 July, through www.edilio.it, the portal site that currently boasts a community of 85,000 sector professionals. Portal users will decide the Competition winners. Every user will have the opportunity to view the different advertising campaigns and vote for their preferences by simply accessing the dedicated section of the website. As well as a user jury, there will also be judging by a technical jury consisting of qualified experts from the advertising and building industries. In September both juries will announce the individual winners of the 4 categories: • Best advertising campaign (user jury) • Best web advertising campaign (user jury) • Best advertising campaign (technical jury) • Best web advertising campaign (technical jury) The winners of the first edition of the ED Awards will be presented at the Bologna SAIE 2008 programmed for 15 to 18 October. Issue 2 - 2008 • April - June •
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“The arrival of t Finally the American manu-
facturers have arrived in the market of track-mounted crushing, screening and recycling plants. At the ConExpo show three years ago, their presence in this segment was zero but at this year’s ConExpo in Las Vegas quite a few manufacturers displayed this type of equipment that has been the European standard for well over 20 years. PDi’s Heikki Harri reports.
But the market is still dominated by European manufacturers. However, at present the Europeans face the major disadvantage of the value of the dollar. In the past, when only European manufacturers could offer this type of equipment, the dollar value did not matter, but now it certainly does. Another but probably lesser disadvantage is that traditionally, American customers prefer locally made machines and this may affect the situation, as well. Of course, there is an exception amongst the American manufacturers, namely Terex who has owned Powerscreen, Pegson and Finlay for a few years. These three manufacturers are all based in the UK and are basically in the same situation as their European competitors. The list of American entrants to this segment included many traditional manufacturers who joined the bandwagon of this new, for them, type of equipment. Amongst them there were such established companies as Telsmith and KPI-JCI, both owned by Astec Industries, Screen Machine Industries and CEC, Construction Equipment Company. Some of them featured crushing plants, others displayed a tracked screening machine and some also showed a recycling version with the magnetic separator over the belt for steel removal. Cedarapids, another Terex owned company, showed their new wheel-mounted portable plant. However, the European manufacturers, with the exception of the missing Italian companies, with so many years experience in this product range dominated the scene.
jaw crusher and the one with an inclined screen, but the range of their tracked products is already quite impressive. These include three jaw plants, two cone plants, two HS impact crusher plants, two screening units, and one conveying plant with an apron feeder. “As one of our original names, Pioneer, implies we have been the pioneering company in this sector amongst the American manufacturers,” explains, National Sales Manager Fred Gross. “We have achieved good growth through our strong partnership with distributors and, what from our point of view, is also very important. That all our products are manufactured in the US.” Like KPI-JCI, Telsmith also belongs to Astec Industries. Telsmith brought to the show their first tracked machine, the TJ3258, which is equipped with a jaw crusher and aimed at primary crushing particularly in quarrying operations. Construction Equipment Company also has a wide range of track-mounted plants, namely jaw, cone, impact crusher and screen. Screen Machine Industries is another manufacturer of tracked equipment. Currently they offer screens and impact crusher plants. Also McCloskey International offers screens and crushers mounted on tracks. Generally, all American equipment manufacturers are in the same situation. While the domestic market shows clear signs of flatter sales, the markets outside North America offer much more potential for expansion. Now Americans should be out there marketing their products.
Made in America
Tracked units in recycling
The first time American manufacturers showed their array of tracked equipment was in Las Vegas. For example KPIJCI demonstrated two plants, one with a
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KPI-JCI is the most advanced American manufacturer of track-mounted crushing, screening and recycling equipment. At the show they had two machines on tracks. The photo shows the FT3055 equipped with a jaw crusher.
the Americans” Rubble Master showed the company’s latest flagship, the RM100. In the back there is one of the many landmarks of Las Vegas, the Las Vegas Hilton hotel.
“One major use for track-mounted crushing units in the US is in the recycling process of road pavement. This type of machine has proved its efficiency in recycling the old pavement, which can then be used as part of the new surface. This is why the contract crushing and recycling segments have been the eager to accept the concept,” says Metso Minerals USA Marketing Manager John Stolowski, who is one of earliest pioneers in marketing the track-mounted concept in the country. “Metso started to market them over 15 years ago, and we made almost all the mistakes that could be made. We were not quite sure what we were selling and to which type of applications and the customers were naturally even less educated. The early age can well be compared with the arrival of the colour TV after so years of black-and-white television. In the beginning, also the colour TV sets were very expensive. Now the market for tracked units belongs to the category of business as usual.” In addition to market acceptance, he also sees another factor favouring the mobile, track-mounted concept.
“Whenever and wherever the tracked units are being used, they always automatically reduce all sorts of hauling needs and related costs. Now, with the fuel price going higher almost on a daily basis, this also increases the interest of all kinds of crushing, screening and recycling operators to this relatively new system,” he adds. As all manufacturers from Europe, John Stolowski sees the problems that the high euro and low dollar cause. “We just have to be so much better and offer reliable and efficient machines and good service working closely with dealers and customers,” he says. Hubert Watson, Marketing Director of Extec and Fintec, the two manufacturers of tracked equipment acquired by Sandvik a year ago, share the common feeling. “In particular, the recycling and contract crushing operators have accepted the concept. But there is still quite a lot of education needed, since it clearly appears that some potential customers are unaware of the benefits. But we will get there,” says Watson. According to Hubert Watson, ConExpo was a major turning point. “American customers also saw the local manufacturers offering track-mounted units, so the concept was not any more a European idea. We had an excellent show with a lot of orders and one new dealer appointed. For us ConExpo was a real success,”
says Watson. HMH, the compact line manufacturer from Austria under the brand name Rubble Master and specialized in recycling, was another satisfied European company at the show in Las Vegas. There the company introduced the new flagship RM100 equipped with an impact crusher to the North American clientele. “The first Rubble Master units arrived here almost 10 years ago, so we regard us as an established and successful company both in the US and Canada. I also believe that we have changed a lot the ways of how our customers are able to produce construction and demolition debris more efficiently, more economically and more profitably,” says HMH managing director Gerald Hanisch, who was particularly pleased with the results of the exhibition with many orders and distribution links. For the company the investment was very timely and justified, because North America now is the fastest expanding market for Rubble Master.
Trust in economy Although the American economy is suffering from the ramification of the downturn of the housing market, equipment suppliers are continuing to be optimistic. Caterpillar CEO, Jim Owens, explained the optimism at the company’s ConExpo press conference. “We see the future contain many positive prospects. The year of 2008 will prove not as good as previous years, but the upturn will come at least in the two next years. This is based on a few observations. The heavy investments in the infrastructure will continue, commodity prices remain on a high level and many customers need to replace their aging fleets. These factors alone justify our optimistic view for the coming years,” he says. Issue 2 - 2008 • April - June •
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Demolition Takes Global Stage PDi’s Mark Anthony visited the National Demolition Association’s 35th annual convention in Las Vegas and witnessed a turning point for the US demolition sector and the first step towards a global industry voice.
Of all the potential venues in the world for a demolition convention, Las Vegas must surely be the most fitting. This, after all, is the land of a thousand implosions, the city where resort and casino hotels have such a brief lifespan that demolition contractors look on covetously and impatiently as new hotels rise from the rubble of their predecessors on the world famous “Strip”. And with 20,000 additional hotel rooms planned for completion in the next five years at a cost of around $40 billion, the economic attraction of “gambler’s paradise” is easy to understand.
Strong impact from recycling unit suppliers
This then was the venue for the 35th annual convention of the US National Demolition Association. With an area covering 8,500m2 of the Mirage hotel’s vast event centre and attracting delegates from across the 50 states and beyond, this latest gathering was also the biggest in the NDA’s history. While the event is, first and foremost, a conference, several manufacturers took the opportunity to provide the demolition fraternity with a sneak preview of new products just weeks ahead of the ConExpo-Con/Agg exhibition, also in Las Vegas. Two of the larger new arrivals on display highlighted the demolition industry’s increasing alliance with the waste reduction and recycling sector. The Eagle Hybrid Traxx (www. eaglecrusher.com) is a track-mounted mobile impact crusher that utilises diesel electric power to drive the impactor and the plant and a hydraulic drive to power the tracks. Fintec, meanwhile, took the opportunity to provide visitors with a sneak preview of a new machine that would be officially launched at the ConExpo exhibition the following month. Powered by a fuel-efficient Cat C-13 diesel engine, the new Fintec 1440 (www.fintec.com) is carried on a tracked undercarriage and incorporates a Sandvik PR301D impactor with a fluid clutch drive. Fed via a two-deck pre-screen, the crusher is a four hammer open-style rotor with a pair of hydraulically-adjustable impact curtains that together deliver high outputs in materials, including granite, slate, limestone, brick and asphalt. While both Eagle and Fintec rely upon mechanical means of breaking, a new company called Sylentmite (www.sylentmite.com) was offering a rather more scientific approach. Sylentmite harnesses the phenomenal breaking power of calcium oxide to produce a concrete breaking compound that is silent, vibration and dust free and which can be used in such spark-sensitive applications as petro-chemical works. Such compounds have been on the market for many years but their use has traditionally been limited by fears of leaving such potentially destructive materials unsupervised On the bike; US Demolition overnight and Asscoation’s President John by the demolition Wring. industry’s seemingly
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insatiable appetite for productivity. But at a time when clients are becoming ever more sensitive to dust and vibration emissions, their time may have come at last. One of the more niche but nonetheless interesting items on display was the Panther 5700 ride-on floor preparation system from Industrial Equipment Company (www.ind-equipco. com). The electrically-powered, easily rechargeable machine features an angled blade that is capable of removing bonded carpets and carpet tiles, wood laminate flooring and other floor tiles. Capable of running a full day on a single charge, the machine is virtually silent in operation, produces no exhaust emissions or fumes, and makes a productive alternative to manpower in soft strip applications. Addressing the same problem, but with an attachment rather than a dedicated machine, was Outline Products LLC (www.outlineproducts.com) which was showing a surface scraper system that can be attached to a compact skid steer loader. Obviously, the attachment is more cost effective than a dedicated floor stripping machine. Perhaps more importantly, the Outline Products 3500 XLT has the added benefit of drawing additional utilisation from a skid steer loader, a machine that is common among demolition equipment fleets. An attachment of a quite different kind was also introduced at the NDA convention, this one designed to address the increasingly important issue of segregation of metals. With steel prices currently making and breaking demolition tenders, the need to segregate steel has never been more important. Enter Bateman Manufacturing (www.batemanmanufacturing. com) which has introduced a range of five excavator-mounted grapples, each equipped with its own integrated magnetic separator. With attachment weights from 281 to 795 kg, the Bateman range features a unique quick hitch and pin alignment system to ensure rapid deployment, allowing the grapples to be used alongside a range of other attachments on a single carrier.
But for all the new products on show, perhaps the most interesting thing to come out of the Convention was the NDA’s new Strategic Plan. As a mature trade association, the NDA has decided that the time has come to clearly state its aims and objectives for the betterment of the American demolition industry as a whole. Following a study that took more than two years, the Association unveiled its Strategic Plan at the Convention. The following is an extract from the NDA Magazine, Demolition:
NDA’s Strategic Plan After scanning the “demolition process” environment and soliciting the views and opinions of the organisation’s members, the Board of Directors identified a number of strategic issues that it wanted to address in the future. After much discussion over a three day period, the Board selected five major elements that would make up the tasks of the current Strategic Plan. 1. Organisational Vision and Mission 2. Leadership Development & Succession Planning 3. Communicating Our Message 4. Image & Awareness 5. Providing Membership Value None of these elements is more important than any other element and each of them will produce operational and programmatic initiatives that will move the element forward. They are all part of a master plan to move the Association forward and meet its Mission.
Organisational Vision and Mission This element of the Association’s Strategic Plan is crucial. It answers the dual questions of why do we exist and what do we want to accomplish. All other elements of the Association’s reason for existence and operations flow from its Organisational
Vision and Mission Statement: “...To provide the members of the National Demolition Association with the tools necessary to be leaders in environmental stewardship, safety, education, professional competency and government advocacy...” With every programme that the Board approves and every initiative the Association undertakes, decision makers within the organisation need to ask of what they are doing is “part of our Mission”. The Association’s Vision and Mission Statement say this is who we are and this is what we represent. In addition to its new stated objectives in the US, the NDA’s annual convention also provided an opportunity for some promising international accord. The CEO of the UK’s National Federation of Demolition Contractors, Howard Button had been invited as a guest speaker on the subject of training and the creation of a competent workforce. The convention also marked the appointment of NFDC president John Wring as international director of the NDA, while European Demolition Association president Yves Canessa was also in attendance. It is early days, but it seems likely that the three associations will shortly begin a greater collaboration, one that at last provides the demolition industry with a truly global voice.
www.demolitionassociation.com
From the left Howard Button, Yves Canessa, John Wring and Drew Lammers.
In the middle keynote speaker Kyle Petty.
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PDi’s Mark Anthony reports from the recent IDE seminar
Richard Green, MIDE.
Demolition with a Difference
In any walk of life, there is a temptation to allow constant exposure lead to tedium. For demolition engineers, many of whom are second or third generation, it is tempting to see each new project as just another contract, even though each will bring its own mixed and often unseen bag of challenges. But such temptation was banished at the recent Demolition with a Difference seminar held at Leeds’ Royal Armouries, the Institute of Demolition Engineers’ home away from home in recent years. The biggest and best-attended of the IDE’s recent seminars, the event also marked a change in format with a number of exhibitors including Dig A Crusher, DigBits, JCB, Red Rhino and Sandvik also showing their wares on the day. Anthony Hawetson.
Malcolm Ingry.
John Woodward, MIDE.
Packed Auditorium But the main attraction of the event was in the packed auditorium. Hosted by IDE President David R. Turner, the seminar was kicked off by Anthony Hewetson AMIDE who has worked in the nuclear industry for over 35 years. Not surprisingly, Hewetson’s work at the Sellafield nuclear facility involves the handling of potentially contaminated concrete that requires extensive processing before it can be reused as a construction material. But perhaps the most striking factor of Hewetson’s presentation was the timescales involved. While demolition contractors have grown accustomed to contract periods that can be measured in days, Hewetson reports that the decommissioning of Sellafield is scheduled to last for a staggering 125 years. Next up was Safedem managing director William Sinclair MIDE. Using a video produced by the Glasgow Housing Authority, Sinclair took the audience through the preparation and successful completion of the simultaneous implosion of five identical high-rise structures. The video was commissioned to provide residents and stakeholders with a greater understanding of the demolition process but it was also an object lesson in resident liaison and the more technical aspects of explosive demolition. Video also formed a key part of the presentation by Chris Dobson AMIDE, health and safety manager of W&M Thompson (Earthworks) Ltd who spoke about the recent demolition of the City Library in the company’s native Newcastle. Conducted using high reach excavators, while the surrounding shops and thoroughfares remained open, the project was unique in that it was captured on a time-lapse video, allowing stakeholders and residents to view the project as it progressed. The resulting video can be viewed at: www. newcastle.cov.uk/core.nsf/a/libraries_timelapse_video
Turning to Mecca
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After a short break, during which delegates had an opportunity to meet and greet the exhibitors and to network with their fellow demolition professionals, Controlled Group’s Richard (Dick) Green took to the stage. With a presentation style that is part expert, part stand-up comic, Green delighted the audience with the background to the demolition of a bridge
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close to the Muslim holy city of Mecca for a Saudi-based contractor with the name bin Laden! Due to its proximity to Mecca, non-Muslim’s were unable to visit the site before or during the proposed demolition using a combination of explosives and traditional methods, meaning that Green and his team had to train a number of locals to do their work for them while they monitored progress via a special remote video link. Keltbray Ltd’s project director Jim O’Sullivan then outlined the challenges facing his company on the “bottom-up” demolition of a high-rise structure at 20 Fenchurch Street in London. Similar to the 122 Leadenhall Street featured in the Autumn 2007 edition of PDI (Pages 20 – 21) only larger and more complex, the Keltbray project requires the outer frame of the structure to be separated from its inner core, starting at ground level.
Demolition Simulation After a hearty lunch and much talk, delegates reconvened to greet Dr Hatem Tagel-Din, chief scientist for Applied Science International, the company that is pioneering computerbased demolition simulations utilising the Applied Elemental Method devised by Dr Tagel-Din himself. Having flown into the UK specifically for the IDE event, Dr Tagel-Din took the opportunity to show how his company’s system had been used in the US and beyond and how it might be utilised here in the UK to predict the demolition of more complex structures. Maintaining the Demolition with a Difference theme, C&D Consultancy’s John Woodward MIDE provided a fascinating insight into the decommissioning of the Frigg North Sea gas platform, a project with which he has been deeply involved. The decommissioning of the entire Frigg field has been charged to Aker Kvaerner and the upperstructure of the first of the platforms has now been towed to Shetland where it is being dismantled by a team from Technical Demolition Services (TDS) under Woodward’s supervision. Rounding off a highly educational and entertaining event explosives expert Malcolm Ingry of Ex-Chem then explained how his company’s products were utilised by the demolition industry and how this has lead to an interesting sideline in the movie business. Although still best known as one of the UK’s foremost explosives experts, Ingry’s showbiz sideline has seen him working on the pyrotechnic effects on numerous big budget movies including Saving Private Ryan and the last three James Bond releases. The next IDE seminar is scheduled to take place at One Great George Street in London on 3 October 2008. Contact the IDE office or visit www.ide.org.uk to book your place.
Demolition with an Atlas Copco grapple
Using a MultiGrapple model MG 2700 the Sottrum-based demolition company ATR Abbruch Transport Recycling GmbH has torn down a Federal Railways building in Bremen, Germany. In just two days some 1,400m3 of walled-in space was demolished and separated down to the top edge of the foundation. The MultiGrapple MG2700 tore down the 10 x 20 x 7 m building without any difficulty. The ceilings and the outer walls were 200mm and 360mm thick, respectively. Since the demolition site is located in Bremen’s city centre, silenced demolition tools were needed to minimize noise pollution for the residents and business owners. “The grapple has done a perfect job. I am planning to buy additional grapples in the near future,” says ATR GmbH manager and proprietor, Gerhard Jodeit. The short opening and closing times of the grapple jaw, as well as the accuracy with which the tool is positioned by the endless rotation unit, are extremely convenient for demolition jobs. The Hardox material, which is highly resistant to wear, provides an optimum weight-to-grapple ratio. A constant operating pressure allows the wide jaw to safely keep a firm hold on heavy and smooth concrete slabs. Even though the blades wear down in the course of their life cycle, “nothing slips out, not even after long operating stretches,” adds Gerhard Jodeit. For more than ten years ATR Abbruch Transport Recycling GmbH has been working in the industrial and reinforced concrete demolition sector, container and recycling service.
www.atlascopco.com
Technology for the big boys
On the island of Madeira a new road is to be built connecting the port of Funchal with the island’s central expressway the Cuota 400, which links the tourist resort Ribeira Brava with the airport. A 600m tunnel will lead through the mountainous region shortening the distance between the port and the villages and towns in the middle of Madeira. The coastal areas of Madeira are heavily built-up and 23 silos unused for 12 years must give way to the tunnel. The island’s Road Traffic Authority is located in the immediate vicinity of the silos so that blasting is out of the question. A demolition using a hydraulic breaker would cause too
much noise. This was a job tailor-made for the DP 2800 demolition pulverizer. Attached to a crane the pulverizer is steered from different control stands. A banksman helps the crane operator to position the demolition pulverizer. The operator can also rely on a camera filming the work from above. The pulverizer jaw is opened and closed by radio control. The demolition company Tecnovía Madeira has been granted three months to tear down the 23 silos, each 25 m high. “The concept works. The first tests after the pulverizer was attached already showed that we could work successfully. The project is quite demanding and the pulverizer is the crucial element of the whole operation. We are very satisfied,” says managing engineer Alvaro Castillo.
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“DCH 300 just cut” Grinding and cutting with the same tool is possible, but an all-rounder is not always the best choice. All the new DCH 300 from Hilti can do is cut, but it does it exceptionally well. Cutting to the unrivalled depth of 120mm, this electric diamond cutter sets a new standard because it reaches depths angle grinders cannot.
Cuts to a depth of up to 120mm are no problem for the DCH 300. Even the smaller DCH 230, which reaches a depth of 85mm, beats its competitors because, until now, the maximum depth achievable with conventional angle grinders equipped with discs up to 230 mm was about 60mm. The unrivalled cutting depths reached by these new DCH tools are the result of clever design and a new means of cutting depth adjustment.
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Universal cutting
These tools are ideal for cutting materials of all kinds, including reinforced concrete, granite kerbstones, slabs, bricks, blocks and many more. Metal beams, steel pipes and reinforcing bars also present no problem for these electric diamond cutters. Both machines feature a virtually identical ergonomic in-line design with the grip and cutting disc in exactly the same axis. This design has the advantage of allowing more precise guidance with less pressure required, resulting in easy, comfortable, safe operation. The DCH cutters are guided away from the operator’s body. Not only does this make them less tiring to use because the operator can make use of his or her own body weight to help guide and control the tool, it also offers a very significant safety advantage as sparks and fragments fly
off in the working direction, away from the operator’s body. Low vibration greatly reduces health risks to the operator, even when the tools are used for long periods, and Hilti VCU vacuum cleaners can also be connected, making virtually dustless cutting possible. Hazardous dust is then removed right at its source.
Hilti Smart Power With a 2.6 kW motor providing the power, performance figures are equally impressive. Thanks to Hilti Smart Power, an intelligent electronic control system that constantly regulates motor power to suit the material being cut and the pressure applied to the tool, cutting performance remains constantly high even when working on the toughest, thickest materials. The corresponding Hilti diamond cutting discs were developed together with the tools and are thus perfectly matched. Professional users therefore benefit from a level of system performance that offers much more than just the sum of its components. As with all Hilti tools, the DCH 300 and DCH 230 come complete with Hilti Lifetime Service. Hilti provides this comprehensive, top-class service for the entire life of the product, completely free of charge for the first two years from date of purchase, covering repair or replacement of defective parts (even parts subject to wear and tear) and including free pick-up and return transport. After that, Hilti continues to prove the quality of its products by setting a repair cost limit for the entire life of the product. That is not just reassuring to know, it is unique in this field.
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IACDS and the city of arts and science
This year’s annual meeting of the international association of concrete drillers and sawers was held in the Mediterranean city of Valencia in early May. The event’s host, the Spanish association for technical demolition, drilling and sawing (AEDT) the newest member of the IACDS, aptly chose the venue for the convention. Andrei Bushmarin reports. Text: Andrei Bushmarin • Photo: Daniel Trachsel
The two-day assembly took place at NH Las Artes hotel, which was located a short distance from the avant-garde complex of buildings called the City of Arts and Science. Concrete sawing and drilling techniques, being the product of technological advance, have everything to do with the engineering science and, as all winners of Diamond Award readily prove, a lot to do with art, so the organizer’s choice seemed very appropriate. On top of that, the Spanish association did a magnificent job of putting together an extensive cultural and entertainment programme packed with events, so the business flowed seamlessly into pleasure and back. Every attendee, undoubtedly, has their words of appreciation for the Spanish party, particularly for Jose Blanco and Silvia Castel, whose efficient work made the guests’ stay
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in Valencia both productive and exciting.
Delegates and sponsors
The conference welcomed some 40 delegates representing 14 countries. The core of the international association may consist of European members, but the meeting also saw delegates from the USA, Australia, Japan, Hong Kong and Russia. Among the attendees were contractors, tools and machinery suppliers and representatives from national associations. Eight manufacturers, including Hilti, Cedima, Husqvarna, Tyrolit, Saint-Gobain, Tractive and joined by the young Spanish company Anzeve and Infe, a member of the AEDT, sponsored the event.
Vast agenda The meeting’s agenda covered a broad scope of issues ranging from internal financial matters and marketing analysis of the industry through training in diamond cutting for architects and engineers at university level to up-and-coming businesses like concrete grinding and polishing. IACDS President Pat O’Brien opened the meeting with a report on the development and introduction of Standard 2007/1 Basic Parameters for Concrete Drilling and Sawing equipment, which followed the revised Tolerances and Limits for Construction Drilling and Sawing. Development of a common standard for diamond tools is likely to be a next step toward further unification of the industry, although it may take some time to achieve. In his report, Pat O’Brien also touched upon the matter of the IACDS’s website as one of the awareness raising tools available to the association. From this year the site will contain case studies of concrete sawing and coring contractors with
direct links to the home pages of national associations, which they represent. All case studies will be divided into groups according to the nature of job such as concrete coring, wire sawing and flat sawing.
Still little activity seen from “non-active” members With Spain on board, the international association now consists of nine active members. Poland is soon expected to join the ranks of the concrete cutting community, however, according to Andrey Kosolapov, who is aware of the situation there, the Polish are still mulling over the membership issue. The state of affairs in Russia, another long awaited candidate for the IACDS membership, also remains murky. For some time now, a handful of Russian companies, both contractors and manufacturers, have been calling on players in the domestic market to establish a national association. However, all those efforts have yielded little results so far, but it always takes time to reverse an old thinking pattern, so there remains hope to see Russia among the association’s members. At the moment though, Polish and Russian companies enjoy the dubious status of the IACDS “non-active” members. The association officers put forward a proposal to triple the amount of membership fee for them citing payment difficulties as a reason. The attendees, however, supported Donat Fritsch of SVBS, who suggested maintaining it at the same level while setting a two-month deadline for nonactive members to meet. Companies failing to comply with it will face expulsion.
Money matters Financially, the association is doing well as Daniel
Trachsel, IACDS’ secretary, was pleased to inform the delegates. 2007’s reported profit of CHF14,309 is the highest for the organization in recent years, largely thanks to the German association, which managed to find sponsors to defray the costs for the 2007 Annual Meeting. A profit of CHF 550 on revenues of CHF 31,000 is anticipated in 2009.
Emerging market There has been a lot of recent talk in the diamond cutting community about concrete grinding and polishing. In keeping with current developments, the meeting agenda, too, allowed enough time for the attendees to discuss this budding market. Antonio Zerolo of Anzeve started the debate with a presentation called “From concrete sawing to concrete grinding” in which he detailed specific features of these techniques and showed their alluring opportunities. The technology is progressing at a clip with wet grinding systems for treating natural stone or resin floors are now available on the market. This information was augmented with a presentation from Alain Dupont of Husqvarna on concrete floor preparation. A surge of interest in concrete grinding and polishing techniques is not just a European phenomenon, it reached every corner of the world, as
American and Australian participants were quick to confirm. According to Pat O’Brien, the concrete grinding and polishing market in North America has been seeing an impressive growth of late. Only three years ago the World of Concrete show featured just 5 companies producing floor preparation machinery, while as many as 55 manufacturers showcased their products during the last exhibition. Concrete polishing techniques find numerous applications in the States, some of them rather exotic, like producing polished concrete countertops, with fibre optics inside. Greg Berry of the CSDAA echoed the president’s statement referring to a noticeable rise in the number of companies doing concrete grinding in Australia in the last five years, the business that historically was a prerogative of immigrants of Italian origin. The current market for tools is estimated at Euro 200,000 million worldwide, with an annual growth rate of 35%. However bright the prospects of concrete polishing may look, contractors also spoke out of problems, the main of which related to different mentality of concrete cutting operators who often find the process of surface preparation laborious, uneventful or simply boring. The concrete cutting companies, which also embraced concrete polishing techniques, may find themselves facing a choice whether to retrain their existing personnel or hire new staff to do the job.
Pat O’Brien delivering a presentation on the insurance programme employed by the CSDA
The Spanish party – Jose Blanco, Silvia Castel (in the white blouse) and colleagues.
“Gut feeling” as the market research tool Marketing analysis has always been part and parcel of every IACDS annual meeting. The market information is usually provided by national associations and manufacturers, with everyone in attendance trying their best to supplement, specify or correct it. Although these tactics have essentially enabled the IACDS to get a grip on what is happening in most countries over the years, there are still many blind spots in the concrete cutting world, which want further investigation. A ringsider cannot help but notice that the IACDS attempts to estimate even a number of contractors in countries like Iran, China, India or Russia, let alone their revenue or turnover, still remind more of foretelling than of an actual marketing survey. Of course, non-existence of national associations there, exacerbated by nontransparency and unruliness of local markets, takes most of the blame, but those countries are not the only ones,
Antonio Zerolo of Anzeve making a presentation “From concrete sawing to concrete grinding”. which seem to be beyond the IACDS reach. Surprisingly, France, a country seated nearly in the centre of Europe- turned out to be an information black hole as far as the diamond cutting market is concerned. Portugal is yet another example of a European country of which the industry’s knowledge is somewhat limited. Under the circumstances, “gut feeling”, as one of the delegates put it, seems to be the most usable market investigation tool. What the IACDS can do to fill the information vacuum is to get contractors and manufacturers from non-member countries more involved in the Issue 2 - 2008 • April - June •
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The group of participants at the recent IACDS meeting, this time held in Valencia, Spain, which was organised by the Spanish concrete sawing and drilling association.
association’s activities. Great Britain’s drilling and sawing association, DSA, has already set a good example to follow. They make contractors and suppliers from Ireland the honorary members of the national association, thus encouraging them to take an active part in the work of the organization. All in all, the DSA appears the most organized and efficient of all European associations, except, perhaps, for Germany, with a nearly 25-year track record and a wide range of services available to its members. The DSA pays much attention to training and certification of its contractors by offering operator accreditation and training schemes for skills certificates, the so-called SCSC cards. The Spanish will soon follow suit by starting to provide apprentice programmes, as each operator will be required by the government to hold a professional ID card certifying their qualification to perform sawing and drilling work. Despite its infancy, the AEDT is just two-years old; it already made great progress in attracting new members. The Spanish association currently features 47 members, 37 contractors and 10 suppliers. The AEDT tends to work in close contact with construction-related associations, with much of the association activity being targeted at architects and building project managers. The association also provides its members with an insurance programme. The business, though, went down recently as the world loan crisis reached the country. Spanish banks now merely refuse to subsidize any construction project. 2008 is not promising to be a great year for the US, Japan and Switzerland either, for a variety of reasons. Although America is recovering from the recession, the country’s housing market is still 30% down. Japan introduced new, more stringent construction laws that provide for meticulous inspection of every site, on which any building activity is planned, thus thwarting operations of local contractors. Switzerland suffers from depressed prices and a lack of the industry consolidation. On the positive side, Australia reported a 10% growth in the membership, the business is good, and the training programme, which is now being reviewed, adopted by the majority of the association members.
Diamond Award 2009 The brainchild of Horst Wapler, the German association’s officer, Diamond Award has been popular with concrete sawing contractors since the very first competition. Four criteria, by which every entry is judged, are planning, and complexity, innovation,
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degree of difficulty and quality requirements. All entries are assessed by an IACDS award committee. The last Diamond Award, which was held in April 2007, attracted 25 entries from 7 countries. The award ceremony took place in Munich during the Bauma show, with Hiroshima-based company, Komu Co, taking the first prize. Tondin S.R.L. of Italy and German Angerer GmbH came second and third, respectively. 2009’s competition will see a number of changes to its procedure. With the Internet ruling the roost these days, Diamond Award is becoming a “dot-com” contest or rather the “dot-org” one, since we are talking about the IACDS website. All contestants shall upload their entries on the site using a standardized form, which will be posted on it. This is meant to relieve the applicants of severe headaches caused by the onerous task of writing a job story. The entries made in English and German are accepted, and the award committee will extend its assistance with translation to those shy of English and German. All entries should be filed before 31 October 2008. The award winners will be announced at a press conference on Wednesday, 4 February 2009 at 10:00 AM during the World of Concrete show. The organizers shelved the idea of a prize fund for the time being, opting instead for sponsoring airfare and hotel rooms for the top three winners. Given the amount air carriers charge for a transatlantic flight and hotel rates in Las Vegas, it has every chance of becoming a better incentive for the contestants than prize money. The winners’ airfare for will be covered out of individual donations from the manufacturers Cedima, Diamond Products, Hilti, Husqvarna, Nestag, Saint-Gobain and Tyrolit, while managers of the World of Concrete show will provide free accommodation for them. They will also promote the event on the World of Concrete website.
“Catch them when they’re young and they study” Another project, which the IACDS is about to launch, has to do with educating potential specifiers about diamond cutting at university level. As many attendees testified, both professors and students of architecture and construction in universities, colleges and technical schools in their countries are equally ignorant of the availability of these techniques. Apparently, something has to be done to remedy the situation. However, as the industry found out, it is not quite ready at the moment to make the pitch due to the absence of any textbooks
to present the university crowd with. A first step toward breaching the gap has already been taken by Andrey Kosolapov, who wrote a textbook, in which he summarized knowledge about concrete cutting techniques gained so far. Paired up with Jan Lemos from Sweden, he has been working on a project aimed to reach architects and engineers on the university level for some time now. The meeting decided that every association member should establish a contact with universities in their countries and find out what information about concrete cutting they need and then prepare a presentation for them on the basis of the data they would manage to garner.
Insurance programme for contractors Jan Lemos and Pat O’Brien made their presentations on the subject of insurance programmes adopted by their national associations. The main difference between the two policies lies in the amount of coverage, which is offered to employees. In Sweden, employees are insured under a separate government programme, so the association programme only provide for business insurance, completion warranties and motor insurance. A similar situation is seen in Germany where insurance companies offer limited packages to workers because of the government insurance. This approach has proved successful, and it was decided to contact the insurance companies in Sweden and Germany to find out whether this policy could be transferred to other European countries.
St.Petersburg vs Dublin The next IACDS meeting in June 2009 will take place in St. Petersburg, Russia, as most delegates were eager to see the Russian northern capital during the famous “White Nights” season. At the moment, there is no association in Russia to shoulder the responsibility of hosting the meeting, but Hilti and Husqvarna, which have strong representation there, volunteered to carry the brunt of the organizational load. St. Petersburg is also a hometown to Olvex, Russia’s biggest contractor and IACDS member, which is prepared to render assistance to the meeting organizers. However, given a complicated visa procedure, as Russia was never known to be a country to easily get in and out of, Dublin, Ireland, was suggested as Plan B in case the St. Petersburg option would prove too difficult to organize. “Diamond Innovations” has volunteered to provide their Dublin manufacturing facility to host the IACDS meeting if Dublin is chosen as the location for the 2009 meeting.
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Dismantling of the Vinavil factory in Italy
The Italian contractor General Smontaggi, based in Novara and specializing in demolition, was appointed to carry out the various phases of the operation to dismantle the Vinavil factory in Bari. Phase one of the project contained removal of all the hazardous materials and General Smontaggi planned and carried out the regeneration of all materials containing asbestos, leading to the disposal of more than 30 t of this hazardous mineral. The internal clearance of the plants followed, including removal of the huge furnaces, which were still filled with carbide, a substance that is inflammable when in contact with water. More than 4,000 t of carbide was cleared from the premises and disposed of. Once environmental concerns had been addressed phase two started which was the demolition of the buildings. One after the other, the buildings were progressively torn down by General Smontaggiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s machinery. The overall volume of 70,000 m3 generated more than 5,000 t of material, which was crushed and then dumped as inert waste. The final part of the demolition required the removal of an imposing metal structure consisting of eight large silos positioned in two lines housing various equipment. The silos, each measured about 7m in diameter and almost 60 m heigh. The silos are adjacent
to a main railroad line and are only 7 m away from the nearest track. Following phase one, that took place on Sunday, 20 January 2008, when the first four silos were torn down, explosive charges were placed at the base of the remaining four that were demolished on 3 February, 2008. All the material resulting from the first demolition was sorted and sent for recovery or disposal. Several layers of sand were used to mitigate the impact between the structure and the ground. The four steel pillars supporting each silo were replaced with pillars made of reinforced concrete. This was done because the thickness of the original pillars would render the explosive allowed in Italy for civilian purposes ineffective, while the temporary pillars could be demolished using explosive loads allowed by Italian regulations. Explosive was positioned in each pillar into nine drilled holes with a 30 mm diameter. More than 50 kg of explosive was placed in the cavities to carry out the whole operation. Safety measures required that the area be cordoned off in a 100 m radius. Road and railroad traffic was temporarily halted as the silos were torn down. To ascertain the intensity of vibrations resulting from the demolition, at least two seismographs were used. Issue 2 - 2008 â&#x20AC;˘ April - June â&#x20AC;˘
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“This is no monkey business”
The UK Red Rhino 4000 series customer, ‘Rubble Monkey’, started their company from scratch and is now inundated with enquiries. The three directors of Rubble Monkey, Steve Bailey, Ian Newton and Garry Brown, established the company back in August 2007. “We had no clients to start of with and bought our 4000 in time for the annual Thame show with the hope
we would generate some enquiries,” said Steve Bailey. “This smaller crusher caused quite a stir and we managed to book our first jobs by the end of the day.” The majority of Rubble Monkey’s customers tend to be small to medium size builders. The company has been generating a steady hire income, but has recently noticed a change in
Sandvik Crusher Control System:
New functionality in ASRI version 2.0 ASRi has a simple touch-screen interface that will provide as much or as little information as required. In addition to the top-level readings always shown on the normal picture, there are five more main menu items for more information on any of the given topics. Customers currently taking advantage of the benefits of the Sandvik crusher control system will find more useful functionality in the newest upgrade - ASRi 2.0. Some of the enhancements included in the new version: • Brighter screen with
better colour discrimination and increased operating temperature range (-20 till +50 ºC)
high resistance to vibrations and high temperatures.
• A newly developed power measurement unit with the ASRi-bus integrated into the power transducer, reducing the number of components and the space required for installation. Supplied with a 4-20 mA output for external measurement.
• Easier navigation though history. In addition, historical data on liner wear in relation to operating time and energy consumption and automatic synchronization of all History displays
• Operator’s access can be limited with a password if needed • Possibility to save up to five snap shots of History for further transfer to ASRi-Reporter for analysis. • The crusher can be calibrated without the drive motor running.
• New layout with better functionality • New processor with four times higher calculation capacity and increased memory capacity
• New software has been developed for ASRi 2.0 (ASRi-WINi, ASRi-Reporter, ASRi-OPC-Server). These new program versions are backwards compatible with older systems. Furthermore, ASRi 2.0 can replace older ASRi versions
• New USB port allows
the down loading of historical data and the updating of the ASRi program, without connection to a laptop
• A completely new, compacttype oil tank connection boxes. Filled with epoxy, it has
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the level of phone calls received. Red Rhino believes this is due to the government legislating and regulating the building industry, forcing it to recycle onsite waste instead of sending it to landfill, which could end up costing a lot more than hiring a crusher. Eddie Goldswain from Goldswain O’Neil Builders in Aylesbury recently hired the 4000 from Rubble Monkey to use onsite. The idea was to dig out the old concrete driveway and reuse the crushed material as foundation at the back of the house where a new extension to the kitchen/dining room where built, and also at the side of the house for a new garage. Eddie Goldswain turned up at the Red Rhino factory to ask the details of his nearest 4000 hirer and a week later hired the machine. “I wasn’t sure if it would cope with the material we wanted to crush, but it did surprisingly well,” says Eddie Goldswain who also aid that the crusher was so easy to use, especially as he did not have a lot of extra space to work. “It was a pleasure using the machine and I will hire it again, especially for jobs where I need to hire a skip and buy
aggregate. It works out much cheaper just to hire a Red Rhino,” he adds.
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Efficient onsite recycling in cramped site in NYC The US company Cavaliere Onsite Recycling based in Stamford, Connecticut was contacted by Sano Construction for processing waste building material from the demolition of an apartment building in New York City. COR applied their RM80 Compact Recycler for crushing bricks, blocks, rock and concrete. The request was to produce material from approximately 4,000t in 4 days. COR is facing a growing demand for quiet equipment like the RUBBLE MASTER Compact Recyclers with lower emissions and for compact units able to deal with high levels of throughput. At this site the final material was reused as general backfill.
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Great interest for German Demolition Conference Europe’s largest nation in terms of demolition has held another well attended seminar organised by the consulting firm ASCO Abbruch und Sprengtechnik. This year’s seminar was held in Berlin and gathered some 440 delgates. PDi’s Mikael Karlsson reports.
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Between 29 February and 1 March the German consulting firm for demolition and blasting technique, ASCO Abbruch und Sprengtechnik Consult GmbH, once again organised the 14th German Demolition Conference in Berlin. The event took place at Hotel Berlin and gathered some 440 delegates from eight countries and 48 exhibitors in the demolition industry.
Focus on problem solving This year the annual conference focused largely on actual problems with today’s demolition techniques and how to improve safety and quality in demolition works. Some 20 reports were presented and debated. According to Mr. Dietrich Korth of ASCO: “The discussions came up with many suggestions in the area of, for example, improvement of analysis of waste and of very early safety coordination, quality criterions of ramps, problems of damage caused by fire, the importance of quality certification in Germany and
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quality criterions for demolition companies in Austria.”
German association continues to grow There was also a presentation of the activities and results of the national German Demolition Association (Deutscher Abbruchverband) that has more than 400 members. A very important result of DA recent work is the standard DIN ATV 18459 for Demolition and Rebuilding Works. This standard contains all regulations of planning and payment for demolition works along with education for demolition workers. Currently some 23 companies have obtained the certification for demolition works and a further 15 are trying to qualify. The next conference of the European Demolition Association (EDA) in Rome from 29 May to 1 June was also discussed. “And I hope that the German specialists will soon be members of EDA,” says Mr Korth.
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The development of core drilling systems is just going in one direction. Faster diamond core bits, light weight drill stand systems and drillmotors with higher torque and efficiency as well as compactness, easy transportation and set up are very important parametres. Hilti launched during 2007 the DD 120 that fits the well-known red box from Hilti.
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feels really great to present DM 330, which is the foundation in our new line of drilling equipment. DM 330 really puts the user in focus. It is a compact machine with excellent ergonomics and performance. We are now a complete supplier for drilling equipment,â&#x20AC;? says Husqvarna Construction Products product manager Lars Gustafsson. The DM 330 , weighing 13kg, features an ergonomic handle that makes the drill easy to carry around. The controls are designed and positioned to further enhance ergonomics and to facilitate drilling. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For us, efficient drilling equipment is just as much about manoeuvrability and ergonomics as it is about capacity and adaptability to different drilling jobs. When you can work without unnecessary effort and without wasting time, before as well as during the job, then you can really talk about efficiency. We have kept this in mind with the DM 330,â&#x20AC;? adds Lars Gustafsson. DM 330 has great jaw width and can be used with drill bits from 50 to 350mm in diameter and on all of Husqvarnaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s larger drill stands and gyro systems. The machine has a water-cooled gearbox, which reduces wear. Other technical refinements are Smartstartâ&#x201E;˘, which facilitates drilling both during the initial stages, as well as during operation. By pressing the half-speed button, the speed is reduced. The Elgardâ&#x201E;˘ function considerably increases the machineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life by protecting the motor if it is overloaded for long periods. The machineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s three gears make it easy to set the optimum drill speed. LED indicators let the operator put the optimum load on the machine and carry NDHELD DRILL MOTOR WITH ATTRACTIVE DESIGN AND FUNCTIONAL ERGONOMICS 4HE MACHINE out the work in the best possible way. ULAR AND THEREFORE EASY TO MAINTAIN AND REPAIR 3MARTSTARTÂ&#x2030; SIMPLIFIES YOUR JOB The DM 330 will be available in the MAKING A STARTER HOLE OR CUTTING THROUGH REINFORCEMENTS ! SOFT REAR SECTION AND first half of 2008.
excels in wet drilling applications up to 75mm in diameter or it can be used with Multiquipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Cobra dry drilling bits up to 125mm in diameter. The Cobra is made specifically for drilling reinforced concrete dry. The CDM1H is perfect for electrical and plumbing jobs where operators need to drill through walls and floors. The 11-amp, 115-volt hand held core drill operates at 0-1,800 rpm and weighs 4kg. It comes with a convenient, adjustable shoulder rest, a three-position handgrip and internal water feed. A carry case and tools are also included. Multiquipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s CDM-2CSA is a compact drill rig for applications requiring accurate straight or angled holes. It can be mounted by a bolt or vacuum base. The rigâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s adjustable column simplifies angle drilling. This dual-speed 15-amp unit has a 230mm
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capacity. With motor, the drill rig weighs 28 kg. Tw o f u l l - s i z e d r i l l stands are designed for larger jobs where accuracy and versatility are required, such as drilling concrete for post and flag pole installation. Multiquipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s CDM-3CS Straight Mast and CDM-3CSA Angle Base models have bit capacities of 250mm and with an optional spacer block, 305mm. Both can be used as bolt or vacuum base with an optional vacuum pump. The columns on both drill stands reach heights of 1.07m. The stands weigh 31.5kg and 33.75kg, respectively, and can be driven with either Milwaukeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 4096 or 4094 motors, or a DM15A9C power source. Options with these drill rig stands include a vacuum pump, switch box assembly and spacer block.
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Three new products from Atlas Diamant The German diamond tool manufacturer Atlas Diamant from Wunsiedel has released several new products recently which were introduced at the German show Eisenwarenmesse “Practical World” in Cologne earlier this year. The first novelty were the a new drill system for dry drilling with a 25 mm core drill. The system is using a Drill Master type core drill and can with the new Atlas Diamant system be used with water cooling and drill up to 1000 holes in masonry and hard lime stone. The new drill system is being patented. The second novelty from Atlas Diamant is a series of diamond discs for dry cutting type Spirox 10. The diamond discs has in particular two important caracteristics: From inside and out placed view holes and angled water tracks on the blade. The angled water tracks minimizes the contact zone between the diamond tool and the material and provide in such a way for striveless and fast separation cuts without lateral block. Size and positioning of the view holes arranged in the master blade provide for retarded heat development with the separation process. The third novelty is a series of Diamond grit grinding wheels with regulatory diamond structure, type Z12.
A new procedure makes the positioning for that possible Diamond particle in an exactly defined arrangement. The result is an increase of the Schnittgeschwindig keit of 30 70% and a simultaneous increase that Tool life span of 30 100%. Friction disks of this category are at present of 230 - 350 mm Diameter available (angle sanders and engine disconnecting switches).
Due to the extremely positive echo on the fair the management announced the extension of the assortment up to the diameter 1200 mm. With it then also wall saws and large joint cutters can be equipped with such disks.
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Diagrip from Husqvarna
Husqvarna Construction Products has launched new diamond tools, which provide an increase in cutting speed over conventional tools. “Diagrip provides an even and stable cutting in all types of materials, even reinforced concrete. This feature, in combination with high cutting speed and longer life, means that we can really talk about a revolution in diamond tool technology. It’s a tool the user can depend upon even in very tough environments,” says, Vice President Diamond Tools Construction Michel Hubermont. The company has used Diagrip technology for natural stone, where
requirements call for efficient, long lasting and powerful tools for sawing hard materials. Now this technology has been refined and transferred to the company’s construction business. “The Diagrip technology involves a specific treatment of the diamonds so they are distributed optimally in the segments. The diamonds are also kept longer in the segments and can thus be fully utilized. The result is diamond tools with superior cutting capacity in all types of concrete,” adds Michel Hubermont. Diagrip technique also significantly improves the life of the tool because of the even protection of the metal bond. Diagrip will give a 20-30% increase in cutting speed over conventional tools, the company claims.
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Dutch Demolition PDi meets Demarec Demolition & Recycling Equipment BV
Demarec Demolition and Recycling Equipment BV is a young and rapidly growing manufacturer of attachments for the demolition and recycling industries. Based in the small and quiet village of Sint Anthonis, in the south eastern part of the Netherlands, this newcomer is setting new standards in the business. PDi’s MIkael Karlsson reports. Text: Mikael Karlsson Photos: Mikael Karlsson & Demarec
Two experts in demolition and recycling attachments, Ruud de Gier and Marcel Vening, founded Demarec in 2001. Before that both had worked for many years at the well-known Dutch attachment manufacturer Verachtert, which is now Caterpillar Work Tools.
“Set new standards” Demarec has since the very start set new standards in the demolition and recycling industries with new technical and quality innovations. “There is a lot of competition out there. But we mostly see our competitors copying each other, than trying to sell with lower price and tell the customers what he can and cannot do with the attachment,” says Marcel. “Now we listen with care and details to what our customers want and develop attachments to resist the tough conditions out in the field they need them for. And our strategy is working. Our production has more or less doubled every year since we started business seven years ago.” The very first example of this was the demolition and sorting grabs for 10t to 70t carriers, with new features that Demarec developed and introduced in 2001. At the time the completely new Delta-box frame allowed a robust construction of the yoke and grabs with extremely powerful closing strength. Meanwhile the strong and stable design allows less thickness of the plates with lower weight and thus more load capacity.
“Best is not cheap” “Striving to have the best demolition and recycling attachment is not compatible with the cheapest purchase price on the market. Instead we think in terms of lower cost of ownership throughout the whole life cycle of the attachments as the most important for our customers. We have grabs that have been
The demolition and sorting grabs with the Delta-box frame allows a robust construction of the yoke and grabs with extremely powerful closing strength. The strong and stable design allows less thickness of the plates with lower weight and thus more load capacity.
working 15,000 hours in very tough conditions that are still in good condition,” says Marcel. To take the product development of grabs a step further, Demarec recently launched demolition and sorting grabs for carriers between 3t and 8t and from 15t to 20t with the patented DemaDrive-sytem. This is a unique and fully maintenance-free grab concept, with a compact design and long service life that delivers a constant closing force. In 2003, Demarec introduced its static and rotating pulverisers fitted with the DemaPower-system. This new
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Demarec was founded by two experts on demolition and recycling attachments, Ruud de Gier (right) and Marcel Vening, in 2001. Ruud is responsible for Research and Development and Marcel for Sales and Marketing.
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n Professionalism The factory and office are situated in the small and quiet village of Sint Anthonis, in the south-eastern part of the Netherlands.
The company also launched its Multi-Quick Processors, the MQP series, for carriers between 22t and 65t in 2004. “Right now we are completing the series with the MQP25 model for carriers between 18t to 25t,” says Marcel. What makes the Demarec Multi-Quick Processors unique is that all available jaws are built using exchangeable wear parts. This goes for the upper jaw, as well as the lower jaw. “We were actually the first manufacturer in the world with a multi-quick-processor where you can change the jaws hydraulically, just in 10n minutes. And all models are available with at least three types of jaws. More type of jaws, for example a tank shear, will be available soon,” says Marcel. “We have jaws that are suited for cutting and pulverising of concrete, reinforced concrete and for the cutting of steel and scrap. And soon we will launch a line of scrap shears.”
The production of Demarec started with some 50 grabs in 2001, and since then the production has more or less doubled every year.
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Demarec has a large number of component suppliers, but is doing all assembly and quality inspections in-house at the factory in Sint Anthonis, the Netherlands.
What makes the Demarec Multi-Quick-Processors unique is that all available jaws are fully built out of exchangeable wear parts. This goes for the upper jaw, as well as the lower jaw. cylinder technique has been developed in-house at Demarec. It has a double-action differential technique, which means the pulveriser has extremely fast cycle times. The jaw can open and close in 4-5 seconds. Furthermore, the cylinder has 20% more power than conventional cylinders thanks to the application of two pressure chambers in the cylinder. This gives an enormous increase in working capacity of as much as 30%.
The pulverisers’ upper jaws have a ground tooth plate with two front teeth which ensures outstanding penetration into the concrete.
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HTC starts own dust collector production Four new Cat® H-series small wheel loaders
The Swedish concrete grinding equipment manufacturer HTC starts a new era in the dust collection area by introducing the vacs HTC 5 iAD, HTC 10 iAD and HTC 15 iA* at the Nordbygg Exhibition in Stockholm 2008. This is a revolutionary invention in a field where nothing much has happened during the last 30 years, the company claims. The list of advantages with the HTC vacs compared to traditional vacuum systems is long. The vacs were introduced to the Swedish market during the spring and the launch for the rest of the world will be during the summer of 2008. The HTC vacs all have continuous working with automatic filter cleaning, which gives a low filter cost and a much higher efficiency compared to traditional vacuum systems, the company claims. They all have an integrated pre-separator, which reduces the strain on the filter. The machine is equipped with a fine filter tube and H13 filter. Changing the filters is very easy. The vac is small compared to its performance and can be rotated for filter change, maintenance and transportation. The vacuum lowers in height to ease transportation. The vacs are specially adapted to the HTC grinding machines. HTC 5 has one Longopac, HTC 10 two and HTC 15 three, which makes it possible to work longer before a change of bags must take place on the bigger machines. The change of the bags can be performed while the vac is running, i.e. grinding can continue while changing the bag. The big HTC 15 iAD can handle more than one grinding machine. All vacs have the same spare parts and filters and there is a 2 year warranty on the vacs. The working environment has been a key issue when designing the HTC 5 iAD, HTC 10 iAD and HTC 15 iAD. The cyclone in the vac is especially designed to maximize the separation of the very small dust particles that occur when grinding and minimize the emission of dust into the air. It is also possible to divert smells. The vac is constructed so a palette can be placed under it to collect the dust bags (Longopacks) to avoid heavy lifting.
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The new Caterpillar small wheel loaders 924H, 924Hz, 928Hz and 930H replace the G-series loaders 924G, 924Gz, 928Gz and 930G. The 924H and the 930H feature a unique VersaLink™ loader linkage, which combines integrated tool carrier versatility and parallel lift with superior cycle times. High Lift VersaLink option with or without quick coupler is available for special applications that require more reach and lift height. A new multi-purpose bucket adds to the versatility. In addition, the 930H can be equipped with up to six hydraulic valves for unrivalled work tool control and compatibility, allowing the machines to be used in the widest range of applications. All Caterpillar small wheel loaders employ a load-sensing, variable flow hydraulic system that senses work demand and adjusts flow and pressure to match. It provides faster cycle times, with low operator effort and improved fuel efficiency and can be configured with various joystick options to suit the operator or application. Caterpillar also offers the option of biodegradable hydraulic oil for working in environmentally sensitive applications. Special waste handler configurations extend the range of guards and protection along with the optional reversing fan and wide fin spacing
radiator and allow safe machine operation in high airborne debris environments. The 924H, 930H and 924Hz employ a new 100% full locking front axle differential as standard equipment. This replaces the current limited slip option and offers the advantage of less heat generated in the axle while still delivering improved traction and reduced tyre wear. Operators can engage the differential lock on the go. The new loaders feature the Cat® C6.6 engine with ACERT™ Technology, which meets all current emission regulations. The engine also has features to reduce maintenance requirements and increase uptime. The electric fuel-priming pump eases maintenance. All regular service points are accessible from ground level on the right side of the engine. All four loaders feature the improved Hseries cab and operator station, designed for easy entry and exit and for efficient operation throughout an entire shift. The 930H is also available with unique QuickSteer™ mode, which enables higher productivity and efficiency with less operator fatigue when loading trucks. QuickSteer allows full articulation by turning the steering wheel only 50 degrees.
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HTC’s “ALL System” for completely levelled floors The HTC ALL system stands for ”Automatic levelling laser system” which automatically grinds all large floor surfaces completely level. HTC ALL system is an accessory for HTC 950
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Great Interest for Cut The International
Tyrolit competition for concrete cutting professionals is full steam ahead and the interest is great. The qualification competitions are taking place all over Europe and a number of national championships have been organised. PDi Magazine has followed two of them; the Spanish and Swiss national final and more coverage of national championships is to come uring the autumn. Not to speak of the Grand Final in January next year.
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The Spanish Championship in Barcelona
The first national championship of the TYROLIT Cutting Pro Competition in Spain was a complete success. 32 professionals from the industry took up the sporting challenge in concrete drilling and sawing. The winner Miguel Zollo Sevilla (Perforacion y Corte Saldaña) achieved the best time in each of the three disciplines. He and the second-placed Antonio Cuevas (Perforacion Moyano SLU) are therefore the first definitely qualified participants for the European Championships to be held in Austria in January 2009.
Impressive qualifications The Competition in Spain attracted a great number of competitors and spectators. In three regional tournaments the participants first had to qualify for the actual competition. The TYROLIT Cutting Pro Competition then took place on 31 March (final rehearsal) and 1 April in Barcelona with altogether 32 competitors taking part. In the competition the participants impressed the spectators with their ability and with the record times they achieved in wall sawing, core drilling and hand sawing. In addition to strength and knowhow the competitors had to apply the right technique: the fastest times were achieved through the optimal loading of tool and machine. The winner Miguel Zollo Sevilla (Perforacion y Corte Saldaña) recorded the best time in each of the three disciplines – wall sawing, core drilling and hand sawing. With just 2:49:08 in wall sawing, 2:42:47 in core
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drilling and 0:32:01 in hand sawing he put his rivals firmly in their place. Antonio Cuevas (Perforacion Moyano SLU) came second, Antonio Jose Civanto Sanchez (Perforaciones Andaluzas en Madrid) was third. Miguel Zollo Sevilla has therefore set a clear standard for the following championships.
The Swiss Championship in Wetzikon
Urs Birrer won the second national competition of the Tyrolit Cutting Pro Competition, held on 26 April in Wetzikon, Switzerland. He works for the Swiss company Bibi Betonbohrungen and proved his professional skills by scoring the best time in Wall Sawing 2.35:21. His time for Core Drilling hit 3.16:07 and 35:04 for Hand Sawing giving him the best score of 65 points in the total contest. Paul Maurer, working for the company Meister, came in second place recording 2.38:49, 3.09.55 and 35:26 respectively and Sergio Tedde of Etiaglio came third with scores
tting Pro Competition Brief facts about the Tyrolit Cutting Pro Competition
Every national competition will last – including the award ceremony – about half a day. It will take place parallel to a local TYROLIT fair and thereby creates an attractive event for professional users, customers and visitors. Standard Rules and Regulations The TYROLIT Cutting Pro Competition uses a standardised set of regulations that allows for fair competitions and internationally comparable results. In addition, machines, tools, concrete and all other competition material are defined and conditioned to guarantee that every athlete can compete on the same terms.
of 3.26:99, 02.35:00 and 42:93. T h e r e were 20 professionals from all over Switzerland participating in the competition that took place adjacent to Tyrolit Hydrostress premises in Wetzikon. Also hundreds of supporters and Tyrolit employees had joined up to make this a remarkable event, which also included a barbecue in the spring sun. The Tyrolit Cutting Pro Competition is the first international competition in concrete drilling and sawing. It uses a standardised set of regulations that allows for fair competition and internationally comparable results in Wall Sawing, Core Drilling and Hand Sawing. In addition, machines, tools, concrete and all other competition material are defined and conditioned to guarantee that every competitor can compete on the same terms. National competitions will now take place from May to October. Great Britain and Italy has recently fininshed their national championships and we will report about them in the next issue. Further France, Sweden and Germany have their championships later this year. The winners from all seven national contests, including Spain and Switzerland, are qualified to participate in the European Championship that will be organised in Austria in January 2009.
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Exercises and Products Athletes compete against each other in three exercises: wall sawing, core drilling and hand sawing. The time is taken for every exercise, the participant with the fastest total time wins. On the stage, every exercise is performed by two athletes in parallel. The result is an exciting competition that is intuitively understandable and attractive for spectators. Wall sawing: The goal of this exercise is to saw a slice off a reinforced concrete block as quickly as possible. The cut has to be performed in at least two passes. An optimal performance will depend on one hand on the ideal cutting depth of the first and second pass. On the other hand, the feeling of the athlete for machine, tool and concrete will be decisive. The wall sawing system consists of the TYROLIT wall saw head WZ and the hydraulic power pack PPH25RR***. This aggregate directs the power of 25 kW by means of a radio remote control system onto the TYROLIT diamond wall saw blade WSL*** (diameter 825 mm). Core drilling: In this exercise the athletes have to drill a hole in a reinforced concrete block. With the start signal, the drill rig has to be mounted and motor plus core drill have to be fixed before the drilling can begin. The installation of the drilling system requires skill and experience. A fast drilling time will depend on applying the right pressure on the core drill. For this exercise, a state-of-the-art TYROLIT system consisting of the drill rig HCCB-5 and the drill motor DME32S*** (electric) will be used. The core bit CDL*** has a diameter of 102 mm. Hand sawing: A disc has to be cut off from a concrete tube. Power and know-how of the athlete in dealing with the one-handed angle grinder are essential for this task. The set-up consists of a petrol-driven, one-handed angle grinder made by STIHL (TS 700, 5 kW) that powers the TYROLIT diamond saw blade DCU*** (diameter 350 mm). The cutting is done in wet conditions with the water directed into the cut over the concrete tube and not via the machine. Safety In order to take part in the TYROLIT Cutting Pro Competition, the athletes must have proficiency and experience in the command of the machines and tools. In addition, the regulations specify the mandatory protective equipment for every exercise. On the stage, the movements of the competitors are limited to safety areas that are clearly marked. Further information The website www.cuttingprocompetition.com provides further information on competition dates, registration processes, regulations, etc. in the respective national language. TYROLIT Schleifmittelwerke Swarovski KG and the construction division With 80,000 products, TYROLIT is part of the Swarovski group and is one of the largest manufacturers of tools for grinding, cutting, drilling and dressing, as well as machines for the construction industry. The family company employs over 4,618 staff at 25 production locations worldwide, and in 2007 TYROLIT generated sales of 538 million Euros. Innovative power is one of the most important success factors of the company. In the construction sector, concrete and similar products are processed, dressed or demolished. Cutting and drilling operators, asphalt and green concrete cutters in civil engineering, as well as tile, fireproof and pre-stressed concrete manufacturers and the specialist construction trade: all of them rely upon TYROLIT machines and tools. Quality and innovation in construction bears the name of TYROLIT or TYROLIT-Hydrostress. TYROLIT’s extensive know-how ranges from detailed basic research through product development to state-of-the-art diamond tools. Tools and machines are developed together as one system and virtually every major project, be it tunnel extension, offshore tasks or the demolition of nuclear power stations, bridges and waterways, is performed with the aid of TYROLIT system solutions and the specialist skills of its application engineers.
Urs Birrer from Bibi Betonbohrungen won the Swiss national championships and is hear flanked by second place winner Paul Maurer (right) from the company Meister and third place winner Sergio Tedde from company Etiaglio. Issue 2 - 2008 • April - June •
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Rental market leader Equipment Development Company shapes up its processes and prospects. PDi’s Jim Parsons reports
says Hommey. “Becoming more efficient ourselves helps us provide our customers with better products at a better price.” Going lean is also an appropriate reminder of the days when co-founders Leo Swan and Ed Harding struggled to get both the company and the concept of construction rental equipment off the ground. Operating as Rental Tools and Equipment Co., Inc., with a small stockpile of tools from a small, run-down building just outside Washington, D.C., Swan and Harding responded to customers’ frequent requests for a large-area concrete grinder by crafting their own dual-disc model. They demonstrated their homebrew product at the third American Rental Association convention and returned with orders for 18 units. “We had absolutely no idea how we would produce them,” recalls Swan. “Luckily, we didn’t know any better, so there was nothing to stop us.” The grinder’s immediate popularity in the rapidly evolving rental industry led Swan and Harding to create Equipment Development Company in 1959 as a separate entity that could focus on developing other products. Over the years, EDCO product lines have expanded to include various types of cutting saws, scarifiers and planers, chisel scalers, scabblers, and support equipment.
Productive paradigms Grinders remain the centrepiece EDCO product and the source for the company’s standing as the US leader in surface preparation rental equipment. Hommey notes that the current line of gas, electric and propane-powered dual-disc grinders are direct descendents of the machine Swan and Harding crafted 50 years ago. A surviving model of that initial product run with serial number 5 occupies a place of honour in the company’s conference and training room. CONTRx Systems ProPolisher II.
CONTRx Systems ProPolisher IV.
Business has never been better at Equipment Development Company, Inc., the Frederick, Maryland based manufacturer of EDCO surface preparation, cutting, and finishing tools. Capitalizing on nearly a half-century reputation for reliable, easily maintainable, and perhaps most important durable products, EDCO is one of the US equipment rental industry’s most recognized and soughtafter brands.
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So why is the company’s sole 85,000ft2 (7,897m2) manufacturing facility becoming emptier and emptier? That is by design, according to marketing director Chuck Hommey. Over the past several years, EDCO has adopted lean manufacturing methods aimed at optimizing its production processes, eliminating waste, and sharpening workflows. EDCO tools remain as good as ever, Hommey says, but the time, resources, and costs required to make them have been substantially reduced. “Taking a proactive approach made it easier to integrate lean methods into our operations, rather than being forced to adopt them, a move that might have proven more disruptive and costly,” PDi • Issue 2 - 2008 • April - June
erformance” “The grinder is our most popular machine,” adds Hommey. “We’ve enhanced it over the years with features such as multiaccessory discs for various surfaces and applications.” Other standouts among the EDCO family of products include the 8in (200mm) walk-behind scarifier. “This is a product that covers all the bases to make contractors’ lives easier,” says Hommey. “The 14in (350mm) down cut walk-behinds are bread-and-butter machines for us in what is a very competitive market.” While the EDCO product line has certainly diversified, all share the common characteristic of surviving years of use and more than occasional abuse. “Leo and Ed understood from the outset that contractors would be tougher on rental equipment than tools they owned,” says Hommey. “That’s why we use 7-gauge steel for the frame and undercarriage for durability, and reduce vibration and operator discomfort.” Being based entirely in the US has also helped EDCO maintain its market edge. But Hommey believes the company’s technical knowledge and product support are of more importance to rental dealers and customers. “We’ve been in this industry for a long time, and understand the kinds of issues and challenges that are out there, whether it’s dealer marketing or operator training,” he says. It is those same qualities that EDCO plans to bring directly to contractors through its new CONTRx Systems, which debuted at the 2007 World of Concrete with single, dual and quad-disc concrete floor polishers. “We’re leveraging the success of the EDCO brand in the rental market to create products for applications that have a higher level of technical complexity such as polishing,” says Hommey. “We provide everything a contractor needs to get started and be successful in the polishing market, the machine, prep accessories and chemicals, training, and follow-up support.” Although EDCO plans to create a dealer and distributor network for CONTRx, customers will have the option of purchasing products and accessories online. And with other CONTRx products and accessories in the works, such as hardscape saw, vacuum, core drill rigs and diamond blades, Hommey does not expect the vacant facility space to remain idle for very long. “That’s one of the advantages we have as a manufacturer,” he says. “We can make things to accommodate whatever direction the markets go. And, we have a good foundation to start with.”
Actions and responses One trend that is definitely in EDCO’s future is the drive toward more sustainable facilities and safer worksites. Hommey notes that more and more projects are taking advantage of the valuable LEED points available via polished concrete floors, which provide greater reflectivity for energy savings, are easier to install and require less maintenance. EDCO saws and grinders are also now fitted with hook-ups for vacuum and water systems, making it easier for operators to better control dust and slurry. Still, performance and value will likely remain atop most every contractor’s and rental dealer’s list of priorities. “While people always want to do things faster and more efficiently, they’re also savvy about the return on investment on the machines, especially on the rental side,” says Hommey. Tackling those challenges will be the job of Leo Swan’s sonin-law, Frank Stancyzk, and Ed Harding’s son, Bill, who serve as co-presidents. The families’ third generation of leadership is also
Founder Leo Swan (centre) stands with one of his company’s original dual-head grinders. Flanking him are copresidents Frank Stancyzk (left) and Bill Harding. being cultivated in various parts of the company. “I don’t think you could have had two better families collaborate on building a business,” says Hommey. “They’ve each brought their respective skills and talents in technical innovation, sales and marketing, and innovative thinking to create and grow the company. I think those qualities show up in every produce we produce.” Although Ed is deceased, Leo frequently takes time from his retirement to visit the facility and check up on operations. Asked if he would have done anything differently during those early days, he responds with a laugh that more money would have been helpful. “It certainly would have helped us buy a better building sooner,” he says and adds that he is very pleased with the way EDC has evolved. “We’ve kept the quality in our products, and we’ve kept good people to make them,” he says. “In any industry, knowledge makes a big difference.”
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Marketing Director Chuck Hommey with some EDCO machines ready for shipping.
Below EDCO 14-in. (360 mm) walk-behind saw.
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UK Squibb shows:
“Courage on Historic Pr
The demolition of a former UK brewery
in the heart of Bristol’s city centre has revealed more than discarded yeast and hops, as PDi’s Mark Anthony reports.
If the stereotype is to be believed, it is not unusual to find a demolition operative in the pub; so perhaps finding a team of them in a former brewery should probably come as no surprise. What is less usual, however, is finding demolition engineers and archaeologists working in such close proximity and with such a high degree of co-operation.
Site Clearance Working directly for property developer Hamptons International (HDG Manseur), Squibb & Davies (Demolition) Ltd is responsible for the demolition of the former Courage Brewery, a 2.5 hectare site located on a bend of the River Avon and less than one kilometre from Bristol’s Temple Mead railway station. The site, which has been renamed Finzels Reach, after the sugar refinery that once stood on the site, will ultimately contain 399 two and three bedroom apartments, 28,000m2 of Grade A offices, and 8,500m2 of retail space including restaurants, bars and public areas. The site will be linked to Castle Park on the opposite side of the river by the Mobius Bridge, a one-part curved bridge that will enter the site through the old compressor house, which is being retained. Before then, however, Squibb & Davies is required to clear the site whilst retaining all the listed buildings and working in close conjunction with Bristol City Council, which has employed Oxford Archaeology to preserve and record historical artefacts found on the site. The site, originally part of the flood plain of the River Avon, was given to the Knights Templars in 1128, who then set about draining the area. The river has moved progressively across the site through erosion of the Northern bank, and is currently some 100m further north than in the 12th century. The site has since been home to a watermill, parts of which have been discovered near the Hop Store, cloth working, and tanning. In 1788 the site was acquired by the Philip George and Bristol Porter Brewery company, who subsequently purchased most of the existing site as the brewery expanded. Eventually the company consolidated its brewing activities and moved the plant to Reading in 1999, when the site was closed. The brewing equipment was sold to Russia where it is still in use. The site appears to have been too wet to form part of a settlement and was only developed in Norman times. All of the artefacts found to date are 12th century and later and much of what was there was almost certainly lost in a massive Victorian redevelopment in the 1880s.
100 archaeologists Uncovering these artefacts is a team of up to 100 archaeologists spread across nine sites within the redevelopment. As Squibb & Davies remove the unlisted buildings or clear the site to ground level, they are handed over to Oxford Ar-
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chaeology to excavate. Squibb & Davies’ contract started with the soft strip, light demolition and asbestos removal and was originally scheduled to last for 48 weeks. However, the developers have extended that timeframe to ensure that the archaeological team have sufficient time to carry out the necessary collection and recording of artefacts. “The site is kept under very close scrutiny both by ourselves, and the Council. We have a watching brief, which does feel as if we have someone looking over our shoulder all the time, but if we don’t make the effort to preserve and record the history of the site, it will be lost forever,” says IDE Associate Member Westley Squib. “A lot of the previous archaeology must have been destroyed in the Victorian era when the site was originally redeveloped. This time we are preserving as many of the original features as possible and recording in minute detail everything else.” “To accommodate the archaeology teams, we have cleared a progression of sites within the development and allowed them to excavate before we hand over to the developers. We even moved the weighbridge and lost our one way traffic system when the marketing suite was built in our exit road,” says operations manager Nic Grout. “But when the site is finished in two years time, we will have the pleasure of knowing that everything of value has been preserved and everything else was recorded for posterity.”
Building Retention Squibb & Davies says that it has removed and processed around 32,000m3 of concrete with a further 22,000m3 remaining. They have also removed and recycled 4,500t of steel, but have had to put 100t of new steel back in to support the facades of the listed buildings. “The buildings are extremely fragile and we have had to do additional strengthening of some of them or they would have simply fallen down,” reports Gareth David. “On the corner of the Fermentation building we built a buttress, but it took weeks to get permission to construct. And in the Compressor building we have tied the walls together because the walls were neither not tied nor keyed.” David says that many of the original piles extended to 14m, but didn’t reach bedrock. These have now been extended to 18m.
Buildings Saved The building’s river front has had to be scaffolded from a barge on the river. Squibb & Davies has removed all the floors and 22 boilers from the Compressor building, which was built in 1712 and contains the original parish stone set in the wall. All this material has had to be removed through a set of double doors to ensure that the structure of the building remained intact. In the Fermentation building, the company has had to remove 1.5m of concrete raft flooring and then excavated down a further 2m for the benefit of the archaeologists. “You are made to feel a bit of a vandal because this work interferes with the original fabric of the building,” says Gareth David. “But if we hadn’t acted quickly, all these buildings would have been lost.” “We have worked with the developers and the Council to preserve the character of the area by ensuring what remains is usable and of practical and aesthetic use for future generations,” concludes Westley Squibb. “I believe we have done a very impressive job and I hope that those who enjoy the development in generations to come will appreciate what we have achieved here.”
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New SPE 316 Dust Collection Unit The UK based SPE International has developed a 3-phase version of the company’s popular 316 single phase unit. The new dust collector has a powerful 4kw, 415v motor and has been designed to cope with the high volume of dust created by larger surface preparation equipment. The new unit is fitted with clear flow PTFE filters as standard with an optional hepa filter also available. Standard hose connection is 70mm, however, a 50mm adaptor can be used to suit the particular application. Careful consideration was given in the design
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process to ensure the finished machine was compact and easy to transport. The overall height is just 1.4m and is able to fit easily into most commercial vehicles. Another benefit is a 415v power take off from the unit allowing both the dust collector and connected surface preparation machine to be powered from just one mains socket. Noise levels are also low when compared to single-phase dust control vacuums.
The SX-series, from the Swedish concrete grinding equipment manufacturer HTC, is a line of grinding tools for use on hard to very hard concrete, natural stone and terrazzo floors. The tools have been developed as a complement when other tools are unable to cut or for extreme removal. The innovative design and the characteristics of the segments make these tools completely unique in the market. The segments are manufactured using the new “Pixeltechnology” which means the diamonds line up to achieve maximum grinding quality.
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HTC has also announced the availability of a 2-year warranty on all 2008 machines. HTC’s
machines have been upgraded constantly and the company is pleased to introduce this warranty. To obtain the extended warranty customers will need to follow the service plan. The service has to be carried out by an HTC authorized garage. The improved quality also means that the service only has to be carried out every 500 hours or every 12 months.
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Two new demolition attachments from Arden Equipment
French manufacturer Arden Equipment has released two new demolition attachments recentliy, the pulveriser BBH1300B and the multi processor CU1300. The official launch took place on the 9th of April at the Arden premises in Charleville, France as well at the Spanish show Smopyc in Zaragosa. BBH1300B weighs 5120 kg and is
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developed for carriers from 45 to 55 t. The body is fully protected by removable wear plates and teeths are exchangeable. The new attachment is available from June 2008. The multi processor CU1300 has three different jaw sets, which can be switch in a few minutes with one single pin. The attach-
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ment with BB jaw weighs 1350 kg, with CB jaw 1270 kg and the CF jaw 1350 kg. The multi processor is developed for carriers between 14 to 19 t. The CU1300 will be available from September 2008.
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“We are aiming for number one in all categories,” says Husqvarna Construction Products President Anders Ströby. Husqvarna continues its crusade in concrete related machinery and equipment with an even stronger focus on organic growth.
Technical Platfo more benefits to After years with a strong focus on acquisitions it is easy to think that new product ideas come from the many company acquisitions. But for the past couple of years more energy has been spent on the development of its own products. Husqvarna Construction Products now has just over 100 employees working solely on new product developments.
Massive news flow Since the trade show Bauma last year the market has seen several new products released by Husqvarna, such as the new drill motors DMS 160 and DM 230, the floor saw series FS 300, 400 and 500, the new drill stands DS 50 Gyro and DS 70 AT, the power cutter K 960 with Dual Charge technique that lowers emissions and fuel consumption and the K 750 OilGuard that has been developed particularly for the rental market as it has been equipped with an optical mechanism that indicates if there is no oil in the fuel or if the wrong type of oil is used. The K650 Cut-n-Break is also quite new being introduced at the end of last year. During the autumn a new electric version of the Cut-n-Break will be launched. Husqvarna has also launched the diamond tool series Kite and the new core bits B 345, AS 25 B, AS 45 B and now recently the new diamond blade series Diagrip (see page 51). Another newly developed drill motor, the DM 330, will be launched shortly (see page 50). There are also some more novelties on the power cutter side. The electric cutter K 3000 will be launched in a wet version for indoor use. A new wet cutting kit has also been adapted to all power cutters, K 3000 Wet, K 1250, K 750 and K 960, using less water but with the same result as earlier. K 960 Ring and K 960 Chain have new motors providing lower emissions. But the biggest news is probably Husqvarna’s entry into the high frequency sector with the wall saw WS 440 HF. “WS 440 HF is really something different and I would say that we are setting a new standard f o r
The demand for machines for both heavier removal as well as polishing is increasing. Husqvarna’s new floor grinders cover a wide range of applications.
electrical wall saws,’’ says Equipment Product Manager Lars Gustafsson. “The saw is based on totally new technology, which gives the user increased possibilities for fast and efficient sawing. We have succeeded in optimizing the power to weight ratio and developed a saw that is light and flexible but also very powerful, something that was difficult to achieve before. The powerful, water-cooled electric motor generates 13 kW at the shaft, despite that the saw only weighs 25 kg. Due to the new technology the WS 440 HF is as powerful as most of the much bigger wall saws on the market.” Lars Gustafsson is a good example of Husqvarna’s investment in organic growth. Despite being young he has a lot of experience in product development and worked in the product development management for Mercedes in Germany for five years.
Creation of Technical Platforms HCP has been emphasising their product development for several years and this year the market will see some results of that. “To some extent we have also been changing our product development strategy. From being a producer of single
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Product Manager Lars Gustafsson is very pleased with how the development work is organized at Husqvarna. The creation of “Technical Platforms” gives good interaction between different product groups and gives additional benefits for the end-user and for Husqvarna itself.
orm ideology brings o each product group products we now much more try to create efficient solutions for various applications in the construction industry. Product solutions that strive to increase efficiency, safety and ergonomics,” says Anders Ströby. “Our target is to bring our whole product range to a new level, incorporating completely new characteristics and features. The new wall saw is a good example of that and more high cycle wall saws will be introduced later,” adds Lars Gustafsson. Husqvarna’s new way of developing new products is anchored in, what they call, the creation of technical platforms. These are intended not to serve just one type of product, but can interact and be used for different product groups. By using this strategy many different advantages can be received. In general better product solutions can be provided to the users and new technical solutions for one product type can be adapted for other products. The results will improve both the products and their production.
No stop for acquisitions
Even with a stronger focus on organic growth Husqvarna has not put a stop on acquisitions. Recently the company acquired the US floor and road saw manufacturer MECO in order to step into the important “service saw segment”. Husqvarna has also acquired the Swedish diamond tool manufacturer Sandvik Nora, formerly owned by Japanese Asahi and named Hagby Asahi. To the Swedish market it came as a bit of a surprise and there is speculation that the acquisition was done due to Sandvik Nora’s strong representation in Finland and because of Sandvik Nora’s range of floor grinders.
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Safety and ergonomical aspect are prioritised sectors in the development work. Picture to the right shows one of the drill stands equipped with a handle for easy lifting of the stand.
Integration forms growth opportunity The floor grinders that were included in Husqvarna’s range of products as a result of the acquisition of King Concepts last year are considered to have great growth potential. The demand for machines for both heavier removal as well as polishing is increasing and Husqvarna’s products cover a wide range of applications. Due to the acquisition of Soff-Cut Husqvarna has now become a complete supplier of floor preparation equipment including equipment for laying concrete, troweling, dry cutting and grinding and polishing the floor. This opens up a new type of business for the contractors enabling them to do all steps to a finished floor with less effort. ‘’Here we can really talk about offering complete solutions to our customers’’, says Anders Ströby. Through access to the existing technical platforms the acquired products have a potential to be further developed and to reach new customers. Right picture with the new high frequency wall saw WS 440 HF demonstrated at the new Product Center in Jonsered outside Gothenburg.
Product and Service Manager Håkan Aldén in front of the latest additions of Husqvarna Power Cutters.
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Russias biggest concrete celebrates its 15th anniv On 29 February, Olvex, the biggest concrete sawing contractor in Russia, celebrated its 15th anniversary by throwing a gala party in its home city, St.Petersburg. Founded back in 1993, the company worked its way through the chaotic 1990s and evolved into the major player on the Russian contractor market.
Around 200 attended the celebrations including long-standing business partners and government officials. The Olvex founders, Yury Mokin and Sergei Chavkin, were presented with state medals “Honorary Builder of Russia” on behalf of “Federal Agency for construction and housing utilities”. Executives from various units of concern “Rosenergoatom”, the state-owned enterprise operating all nuclear plants in Russia and customer of Olvex, took turns to congratulate Russia’s biggest concrete cutter. Other customers and partners of Olvex, Soyuzpetrostroy, Satory, Mostootryad 19, Mostotrest and Ingeokom, were quick to join them. Guests from outside Russia also came to share the event with Olvex including representatives from Caterpillar, Renaissance Construction, Cedima and Promat.
Strong presence on the international market Always committed to the idea of never-ending development, Olvex keeps stepping up its presence in international markets by offering its services to specifiers in Scandinavia and Eastern Europe. A subsidiary of Olvex has been operates in Ukraine since 2006 and have dismantled a few thousand metres of reinforced concrete structures using wire sawing. A concrete sawing/drilling unit of Olvex has been resident at one of the largest European steel mills, ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, for nearly a year. In late 2007, Olvex Oy, the Finnish branch of Olvex, completed a few concrete drilling jobs in the Helsinki area. Another sister company Sofia-based Olvex EOOD, started work in Bulgaria in 2007. In January 2008, the company signed a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in the field of concrete cutting and demolition with a Delhi-based contractor whereby Olvex will develop wire sawing and drilling solutions for its Indian counterpart. Olvex is also in talks with a big demolition company from Stockholm regarding joint projects in Sweden and Russia.
...and on the domestic market as well Olvex keeps the pace up on the domestic market as well.
Yury Mokin (above) and Sergei Chavkin (below) accepting commemorative badge “Honorary Builder. St.Petersburg Union of Construction Companies” from Lev Kaplan (right), vice-president and director of “St.Petersburg Union of Construction Companies”
The company performs cutting and drilling jobs at seven nuclear plants in Russia. And so far sawed about 50,000m2 and drilled some 100,000m of reinforced concrete. Olvex also demolished some 10,000m3 of reinforced concrete using diamond cutting techniques at the main production unit of Russia’s biggest steelmaker “Severstal” in Cherepovets. The Olvex fleet of concrete cutting equipment includes reaches 80 wall saws. The company has also increased the number of concrete cutters to 250, of which 50 specialists work in the Ukrainian, Finnish and Bulgarian firms. The Olvex demolition and recycling division keeps abreast with their colleagues from the concrete cutting department and will increase the number of demolition excavators, some equipped with 40m booms, to 30 units. The division also has 5 crushers for recycling construction waste. In 2007, a total volume of demolition jobs performed by Olvex reached some 500,000m3.
Russia prioritises technology intensive industries Olvex management believes that the policy of the Russian
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To the right Viktor Nikolaevich Lakhno, Deputy Director of Kola nuclear power plant represented the Rosenergoatom Group at the celebration. On the picture Mr Lakhno presents Mr Chavkin with a painting of aurora borealis (northern lights). Kola nuclear power plant is the most northern power plant in the world, belonging to Rosenergoatom. It is located inside the Artic circle.
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e cutter versary A gypsy folklore band called “Cabriolet” entertained and kept the atmosphere on top all night long.
government aimed to develop technology-intensive and company’s operators. They are most experienced specialists in innovative industries and the nuclear industry in particular, concrete cutting in Russia. A unique training programme for guarantees further progress of the company. Involvement of operators and the tendency to use most advanced diamond Russian state enterprises in large-scale overseas projects paves cutting techniques add to the company’s edge. the way for domestic contractors to prove that the export In the year of its 15th anniversary, Olvex sees its next task potential of Russia is not only based on oil and gas but rather as consolidating its leading position in concrete cutting not just on human resources and ability of the Russian companies to in Russia but also on the global market. operate to highest international standards. Also managers of major state-owned companies Entrance, decorated with ballons in have come to understand that involvement of Olvex colours, to where the festivities Russian manufacturers and contractors in their took place in St Petersburg, Russia. projects is a must for the concept of national rebirth to be successfully implemented. At his recent meeting with members of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs – Dmitry Medvedev, the newly YOU NEED A BETTER elected president of Russia, expressed a concern over an underperformance of the country’s economy due to low labour productivity, and blueprints to tackle this problem were laid. Olvex management has been focusing on this issue since the inception of the company. The Russian contractor boasts a number of Sergei Chavkin and Alexander advantages, which allow it to outperform Redich let loose on the dance its competitors. First is proficiency of the floor.
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New show for the demolition industry Between 20-23 January 2009 a new trade show, DemExpo, targeting the international demolition, concrete cutting and floor preparation industries will be held in Sweden organised by Gothenburg Exhibition Centre.
The well-known Nordic trade show Building Machinery (Byggmaskiner), which has been organised since the 1980s by Gothenburg Exhibition Centre will be extended. The next biennial trade show to be held 20-23 January 2009, will have a special area dedicated to the demolition industry, called DemExpo.
“On the frontier to demolition” The Building Machinery trade show has always been an exhibition that has attracted a great deal of manufacturers and suppliers as well as contractors within the area of diamond tools, concrete sawing and drilling equipment, floor preparation and grinding equipment. The majority of the contractors offering these services are also closely related to demolition, decontamination and clearance work as well as recycling. GEC would now like to gather the whole industry under one roof and one name, DemExpo 2009. DemExpo will have its own designated space in the trade show and the organiser hopes to attract not only Nordic exhibitors and visitors, but also from other parts of the world, as demolition is a very narrow and dedicated business. DemExpo is also the only international show in this particular sector. The organiser hopes to be able to include all sorts of tools, machinery and equipment from light hand held demolition tools up to demolition robots, heavy-duty demolition excavators and mobile recycling machinery. The traditional exhibitors with their equipment for concrete sawing and drilling and floor preparation will be offered space in DemExpo. Products for decontamination, like removal of asbestos, PCB and other hazardous materials, as well as equipment for dust extraction, air cleaning and extraction of slurry, will have priority positions at DemExpo. “We have always been in the frontier of demolition and recycling with our existing trade show Building Machinery so why not invest in this area fully and create a dedicated section for it and a meeting place for the professionals. I think this is a very exiting project and we have the premises needed with our extended exhibition centre facilities. We can even provide separate demonstration areas for those exhibitors who would like to demonstrate their machines,” says GEC Project Manager Stefan Sundqvist. “My opinion is also that this industry has been lacking a meeting place for the professionals within demolition and recycling. In the Nordic region of Europe demolition and recycling is experiencing a very positive business cycle right now.”
Red carpet in Demo Village In direct connection to DemExpo the “Demo Village” will be organized. This is completely new as well and is planned to be an event centre where exhibitors and visitors can meet on their own terms and decide what they would like to do.
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Responsible for DemExpo, Building Machinery and Scanbuild at Gothenburg Exhibition Centre from the left; Stefan Sundqvist, Annelie Lundkvist och Kurt Johansson. - June
“In our marketing campaign for DemExpo we are using the term “Red Carpet for the Professionals”. The idea is that we want exhibitors and their clients to feel that both DemExpo and Demo Village is only their place, made for them. They are VIPs and we will do our absolute best to make them fell at home,” says Project Coordinator Annelie Lundkvist. Demo Village will have a lounge area where the exhibitors can arrange customer meetings, demonstrate their machines, and provide refreshments. “What they want to do is in the hands of the exhibitors,” adds Annelie. There are also plans to arrange a display area where contractors can present their services. During the spring and summer 2008 GEC will embark on a massive marketing campaign for DemExpo and Demo Village containing several advertisements, press information and brochures about the event. The show is also organized in close cooperation with branch associations for concrete sawing and drilling and demolition.
Building Machinery and Scanbuild But the shows Building Machinery and Scanbuild, organized parallel with DemExpo will not loose focus with the strong focus on DemExpo? “Absolutely not! Building Machinery has become such a strong name in the Nordic region, in particular for the rental industry. We are not going to decrease the focus on the other shows due to DemExpo. On the contrary we are going to improve both Building Machinery and Scanbuild, investing more money and giving both sections more space. For instance the very well appreciated “Power Tool Street” where visitors can try out the latest electric machines will be organized as usual. So, where ever you live in the world but have interest in the Nordic region, mark Gothenburg in January 2009 in you calendar,” says Stefan Sundqvist.
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JCB excavators land airport demolition job Two JS300 tracked excavators have demolished an outdated terminal building at Koltsovo International Airport in Russia to pave the way for the construction of an additional passenger facility. A new Terminal One building was opened in 2007 and now the airport authorities are investing in a second terminal covering 5,000m2. The development is designed to make Koltsovo Airport a passenger hub between Europe and Asia. Further investment is planned with the reconstruction of runways. The airport has a passenger throughput of more than 1.5 million people each year with more than 20,000 aircraft movements taking place annually. To make way for the new passenger facility an existing building has been flattened by a JS330 equipped with a cutter crusher. A second machine with a hydraulic hammer was used by contractor Uralkomplekt to pull the building down in Yekaterinburg within three weeks of the project starting. A JCB 456ZX wheeled loading shovel
assisted with the clear up. The airport invested in the 456ZX initially to assist in the clear-up operation and then to be used on site for general tasks, such as clearing snow. The machines were supplied by JCB’s dealer in the Ural Federal Region, LLC Predpriyatie Stroykomplekt, which offers a full range of JCB machines, attachments and parts together with 24-hour servicing. JCB offers a range of tracked excavators up to 46t for demolition applications, including the recently added 29t JS290. The company’s XD range of high specification excavators are specially built to cope with the rigours of demolition. Machines built to this specification include the JS220, JS260, JS330 and JS460. The JS330 is additionally offered with a modular joint and high-reach boom configuration, taking the working height to 21m.
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EVENTS CALENDAR
Conexpo Russia 2008 September 15-18, Moscow, Russia www.conexporussia.com
Bauma China 2008 November 25-28, 2008 Shanghai New International Exhibition Centre, China www.bauma-china.com SAIE 2008 September 15-18, Bologna, Italy www.bolognafiere.it Byggmaskiner DemExpo 2009 January 20-23, 2009 Gothenburg Exhibition Centre www.bygg-maskiner.se www.demexpo.se World of Concrete 2009 February 3-6 Las Vegas, USA www.worldofconcrete.com 15th German Demolition Conference, 2009 March 20-21, Berlin, Germany www.asco-abbruch.de
CSDA Elects 2008 Officers and Board of Directors The Concrete Sawing & Drilling Association is pleased to introduce its 2008 Officers and Board members who were elected at the 36th Annual CSDA Convention held 4-8 March in Las Vegas, Nevada USA. “CSDA’s emphasis on safety and training programmes for the cutting industry will continue to be a strong focus for this new Board,” stated President Tom Stowell. “In addition, CSDA has initiated a programme to create a company certification process for contractor members that will be introduced in 2008.” Elected to serve until 2010 are: Skip Aston, Ohio Concrete Sawing & Drilling, Inc. Sylvania, Ohio; Ron Culgin, Pro Cut, Inc., Waltham, Massachusetts; Patrick Harris, Concrete Renovation, Inc., San Antonio, Texas; Mike Nelson, K2 Diamond, Torrance, California; Chris Priest, Sanders Saws, Honey Brook, Pennsylvania; and Jack Sondergard, Central Concrete Cutting, Inc., Edgar, Wisconsin. Joining them are the returning Board members, whose terms expire in 2009. They include: Steve Garrison, Diamond B, Inc., Santa Fe Springs, California; Aaron Louisell, Diamond Concrete Sawing,
Grand Rapids, Michigan; Lisa Mullen, Bluegrass Concrete Cutting, Inc., Greenville, Alabama; Rick Norland, Construction Solutions, LLC, Paola, Kansas; and Mike Orzechowski, DITEQ Corporation, Lees Summit, Missouri; and Ron Rapper, Husqvarna Construction Products, Olathe, Kansas. Returning CSDA officers are President Tom Stowell, Norton Penhall Diamond, Fullerton, California; Vice President Doug Walker, Atlantic Concrete Cutting, Inc., Mt. Holly, New Jersey; Secretary/Treasurer Judith O’Day, Terra Diamond Industrial, Salt Lake City, Utah; and Past President Susan Hollingsworth, Holes Incorporated, Houston, Texas. Patrick O’Brien continues to serve as Executive Director of CSDA. The CSDA Board and committees meet quarterly. The meetings scheduled for 2008 are 4-6 June in Minneapolis, Minnesota; 26-28 August in Tampa, Florida; and 2-4 December in Sonoma, California. The 37th Annual CSDA Convention will be 3-8 March 2009, at CasaMagna Cancun Marriott Resort and JW Marriott Cancun Resort & Spa in Cancun, Mexico.
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Byggmaskiner DemExpo 2009 January 20-23, 2009 Gothenburg Exhibition Centre www.bygg-maskiner.se www.demexpo.se Intermat 2009 April 20-25 Paris Nord, Villepinte, France www.intermat.fr IACDS Annual Meeting, 2009 June, 2009 St Petersburg, Russia www.iacds.org
Back row, left to right: Jack Sondergard, Mike Orzechowski, Skip Aston, Rick Norland, Steve Garrison, Ron Culgin, Mike Nelson, Aaron Louisell and Patrick Harris. Front row , left to right: Patrick O’Brien, Ron Rapper, Judith O’Day, Susan Hollingsworth, Lisa Mullen, Chris Priest and Tom Stowell.
Market figures for the international concrete sawing and drilling industry, 2007 Each year in PDi issue 5, in the concrete cutting survey, the magazine present market figures for the international concrete sawing and drilling industry. The figures are provided by the international umbrella organsiation IACDS and CSDA. Unfortunately some market figures have not been updated by the member countries, giving a false picture of the size of the international market value. PDi would appreciate if the non updated figures, according to the table opposite would be updated and sent to either IACDS, CSDA or PDi Magazine so we can publish a clearer picture of the world market in issue 5 this year. PDi • Issue 2 - 2008 • April - June
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Obituary
Sidney Hunt Snr
Sidney Hunt Snr was a leading figure in the UK demolition sector for more than 50 years; the only man ever to serve two terms as President of the National Federation of Demolition Contractors; a founder member of the Institute of Demolition Engineers; Demolition Man of the Year in 1980 and again in 1989; and the originator of the National Demolition Training Group. The man who shaped the UK demolition industry perhaps more than any other individual before or since had a remarkable life and career. He served in the British Army’s Bomb Disposal Unit during the Second World War; he was once stage manager to Dame Margot Fontayne; he instigated the wearing of hard hats on UK demolition sites during his first term as NFDC President; and he was the constant figurehead of the Sidney Hunt Snr Scholarship, the eponymous scheme named in honour of his unyielding commitment to improved training standards in his beloved demolition industry. A passionate and often outspoken activist with the passion, determination and sheer bloody mindedness to get things done, Sidney Hunt Snr counted Lord Snowdon among his closest friends and was held in high regard as much by members of the House of Commons and House of Lords as he was by his peers in the demolition sector. It was these highranking connections that would ultimately lead Sidney Hunt Snr to the second passion of his life – charity fundraising. Together with the NFDC, he was a keen supporter of the Lord Snowdon Award scheme, raising well over £1.0 million for this charity and a number of others. He once said of the demolition industry: “We’re rough bastards, but we have a heart.”
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