World Demolition Summit 2015

The conference and 2015 Awards, which are held in cooperation with the European Demolition Association (EDA), will take place in Amsterdam on 6 November 2015.

Dennis McGarel, vice president of sales at Brandenburg Industrial Service Co will use the World Demolition Summit conference to outline the company’s work on the removal of the Prentice Woman’s Hospital and Maternity Center in downtown Chicago, USA. Brandenburg is one of the world’s top five demolition contractors.

Mr. McGarel will explain the challenges faced by the contractor in demolishing a cantilevered nine-story, four cylindrical tower structure sitting on top of a rectangular five-story lower structure. There were other challenges as well, with a court action to prevent demolition leading to delays of more than a year on the project.

Brandenburg is the latest speaker to join a line-up that includes other high profile speakers, including:

• Peter Craven (CDE Global) on waste recycling targets;
• Henrik Bonnesen (COWI) on a Danish investigation into PCB sources;
• Clinton Dick (Liberty International) on the decommissioning of a massive harbor crane in Sydney Harbour;
• Keynote address by David Sinclair on life in demolition;
• William Sinclair (Safedem) on demolition and urban redevelopment.

The event is held in cooperation with the European Demolition Association (EDA) and is endorsed by the National Federation of Demolition Contractors (NFDC), the Institute of Demolition Engineers (IDE), the Concrete Sawing & Drilling Association (CSDA), the National Demolition Association (NDA), and Confederate Bouw – Sloop & Ontmanteling (CASO).

EDA members benefit from a 20% discount on the standard delegate fee and the deadline for award entries is 31 July 2015.

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