Great success for the 18th German Demolition Association Conference

“High-quality opportunities for education and training are an investment for the future.” This was one of key topics of the 18^th Conference “Demolition and Dismantling” on 16^th March 2012 in Berlin, organized by the German Demolition Association (Deutscher Abbruchverband – DA) .

“With a specific professional training program, we provide young people a fair chance in the labor market of an industry with extremely good perspectives. On the other hand, after three years of training, the company has a specialist available, who is already fully integrated into the company structure and the daily processes. A classic win-win situation for both sides. It is one of our key objectives to communicate this well” said Marcel Schroeder, board member at the German Demolition Association (DA), the organizer of the Berlin-event.

In addition to the topic “professional training”, a total of 20 individual presentations were held. Legal aspects of demolition projects were highlighted as well as practice-oriented developments on the field of site equipment and machinery. With three presentations about the dismantling of nuclear facilities, the DA also introduced another hot topic with future prospects for the demolition industry. A mix of content which obviously convinced the auditors.

DA’s board-spokesman Johann Ettengruber, while holding the opening-speech in the completely filled main hall of the hotel “Berlin Berlin”, announced the record number of 640 attendees and 75 exhibitors both from Germany and abroad. Ettengruber promised that the DA will do its best to further improve the agenda and the accompanying conference program in the coming years to make the event even more attractive.