Developers in the City of London will henceforth be asked to consider alternatives to demolition at the earliest stage of the planning process.    

Meanwhile, a Labour peer has tabled an amendment to the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill currently before Parliament that could make it mandatory for ALL demolitions to require planning permission.  

You can read more below:

City of London:  https://tinyurl.com/ymz87ebp

Bill amendment:  https://tinyurl.com/44frads2

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On 23 February 2016, the boiler house at the Didcot A Power Station partially collapsed, killing four demolition workers:  Michael Collings, Ken Cresswell, Christopher Huxtable and John Shaw.

Seven years on, the investigation into their deaths remains ongoing.

To mark this tragic anniversary, DemolitionNews hosted a dedicated LiveStream in memory of the four men.

This is a recording of that LiveStream.

I recently produced a film on the impending removal of Grandfather Rights under the CSCS Card Scheme.  

That video prompted groundworker Ollie Gunns to produce his own film for his growing social media audience.  

Given that we both had such strong feelings on the subject, I reached out to Ollie with a view to recording a podcast together.  

I have picked the highlights of that conversation in the episode that is about to begin.  

You can check out my original film on Grandfather Rights here.

And you can check out Ollie Gunns' original film here.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the key to machine learning and to machine autonomy.   But just how good is it?  

In this latest episode of Tech 4 Sites, we put it to the test and find it to be staggeringly good.  

So make sure you stick around for the big reveal at the six minute mark.

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A wave of projects being halted or cancelled due to embodied carbon concerns is sweeping through the UK construction industry and threatens to wash away at least part of the demolition industry workload.  

And, all the while, the demolition sector remains silent.

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Depending on your viewpoint, robots are the keys to man’s freedom from labour or a mass unemployment event just waiting to happen; the inevitable next step in human development or the first step towards a dystopian future.  

Regardless of your viewpoint, there can be little doubt that the robots are coming.   And one of the key areas they’re targeting is demolition and construction.  

Tech 4 Sites caught up with Sam Wood at Navtech Radar to discuss the potential for robots in the construction sector.

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The New Year is just a few weeks old and it already looks set to be a challenging 12 months filled with financial woes and workload lows.  But there will be highlights too.   

In this special one-off LIVE show, Mystic Mark Anthony breaks out his crystal ball in an attempt to see the future for the demolition and construction sector.

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Ben Wade is just 17-years old.   But he has set his sights on inspiring the next generation of construction professionals.

If you enjoy this episode, please be sure to follow Ben on Instagram - @bentheoperator

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The demolition and construction industry is facing its biggest change since mechanisation - The switch from traditional diesel fuel to a new and largely unproven future fuel.  Quite what that fuel might be is still open to discussion.   

But, having experimented with electric and hydrogen fuel cell technology, construction equipment giant JCB looks set to pioneer and pursue a hydrogen combustion path.

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Are you concerned about the threat from the environmental lobby over embodied carbon?   You should be.

In this new series, we will be looking at an issue that has been described as the greatest single threat to the demolition industry status quo.

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Mark Anthony is the founder of DemolitionNews.com.