shortlists and awards winners
2022
Brandenburg Industrial Service Co claimed the “best of the best” World Demolition Award for the USA as the World Demolition Summit (WDS) returned in-person to Europe for the first time since 2018.
The contractor’s transatlantic triumph at the awards evening in Vienna, Austria, was in recognition of its removal of coal-fired plant on behalf of the Tennessee Valley Authority, which had already won the Contract of the Year US$1 million or over category.
Its overall success was even more notable as the 10 contractor-based shortlists had produced a different winner each time, making competition for the top award extremely fierce.
Other successes for North America featured US-based Controlled Demolition picking up the Explosive Demolition award for the emergency implosion of the remaining Champlain towers in Florida; while Canada’s Priestly Demolition scooping up the Civils prize for its Lake Shore Boulevard East Gardiner Ramps project on Toronto’s waterfront.
There was further Canadian celebration for Delsan-AIM, who won the Safety and Training category, while US company ACECO took the New Entrant prize for its work to help create a new entrance for the historic Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington DC.
In a quiet year for European contractors, two familiar names with a long history of success at the awards got the judges’ vote – namely Erith Contractors in Urban Demolition over US$10 million (for a technical enabling works package at Olympia in London – and Despe, whose Enel thermoelectric power plant project in Genoa was one of two shortlisted entries in the Industrial Demolition category.
Despe was also represented in the Collaboration category, where it worked with Danish business P Olesen to take down the famous Carlsberg brewing company headquarters.
Europe did however dominate the two manufacturer categories, providing all the shortlisted companies with Arden Equipment of France taking the award for Innovation, Tools and Attachments for its demolition jib, while the Netherlands-based Kobelco Europe beat off some strong competition in Plant and Equipment with the European launch of the SK1300DLC demolition excavator.
Finally, the southern hemisphere provided three winners.
Argentina’s Grupo Mitre won Recycling and Environmental for its Rodrigo Bueno shanty town project; Mainline Demolition in Australia’s Broun Avenue bridge demolition in the west of the country was enough to secure Contract of the Year under US$1 million; and Ward Demolition’s project on the Albert Street “Pigeon Palace” in Auckland took top place in Urban Demolition under US$10 million.
Fittingly, all three companies had made the long trip to Vienna despite having no idea of the eventual outcome.
Civils
DDM Demontage
Netherlands
Dismantling Lek River arch bridge
Delsan-AIM
Canada
Champlain Bridge Deconstruction
Despe
Italy
Dismantling offshore structures at Syndial site
Liberty Industrial
Australia
Port Kembla Gas Terminal Early Works
WINNER
Priestly Demolition
Canada
Lake Shore Boulevard East – Gardiner Ramps demolition
Collaboration
Grupo Mitre
Argentina
Demolition of fire damaged building
WINNER
P Olesen
Denmark
Demolition of Carlsberg headquarters
Protranz Earthmoving
New Zealand
Christ Church Cathedral
Contract of the Year under US$1 million
Darling Downs Metals
Australia
Toowooma highway silos demolition
Delsan-AIM
Canada
Dismantlement of a travelling gantry crane
Grupo Mitre
Argentina
Demolition of high-rise tank
MACS Australia and Mainline Demolition
Australia
Munster legacy plant demolition
WINNER
Mainline Demolition
Australia
Broun Avenue bridge
Contract of the Year US$1 million or over
WINNER
Brandenburg Industrial Service Co
USA
Removing a coal-fired power plant
Despe
Italy
Autogrill Montepulicano motorway overpass demolition
Erith Contractors
United Kingdom
25 Lavington Street, London
Grupa Tree
Poland
Dismantling 131 m high pylons and other works
Hughes and Salvidge
United Kingdom
Demolition of redundant liquid waste treatment plant
Explosive Demolition
WINNER
Controlled Demolition
USA
Emergency implosion of remaining Champlain Towers
Dykon Explosive Demolition
USA
University of Alabama Tutwiler Hall
FBI Demolitions
Brazil
Explosive demolition of fire-damaged building
Independence Excavating
USA
Kentucky steel mill
Keltbray
United Kingdom
Ferrybridge power station
Industrial Demolition
CMA Contacting
Australia
Hydro Aluminium Kurri Kurri demolition and remediation
Delta Group
Australia
Hazelwood mine and power station demolition
WINNER
Despe
Italy
Enel Genoa
Despe
Italy
Dismantling of AFO3 blast furnace
Erith Contractors
United Kingdom
Roche, Clarecastle, Ireland
Manufacturer Innovation, Plant and Equipment
Keestrack
Belgium
Sustainable recycling of demolition material
WINNER
Kobelco Europe
Netherlands
Kobelco SK1300DLC
Kocurek Excavators
United Kingdom
KE 300
Komatsu
United Kingdom
K100 boom change system
Volvo Construction Equipment
Sweden
Lifting mode for multi demolition boom
Manufacturer Innovation, Tools and Attachments
WINNER
Arden Equipment
France
Demolition jib
Epiroc
Germany
VC2000 cutter
Husqvarna Construction
Sweden
K 1 Pace battery power cutter
Recycling and Environmental
Flesan
Chile
Demolition and asbestos removal, Panal Warehouses, Renca
WINNER
Grupo Mitre
Argentina
Rodrigo Bueno shanty town
Ward Demolition
New Zealand
Harrison Road, St Johns
Ward Demolition
New Zealand
Imperial Tobacco, Wellington
Safety and Training
WINNER
Delsan-AIM
Canada
Delta
Australia
Erith Contractors
United Kingdom
Grupo Mitre
Argentina
Liberty Industrial
Australia
Urban Demolition under US$10 million
ACECO
USA
Historic Folger Shakespeare Library New Entrance
Dickson Company
USA
Demolition and hazardous materials abatement of three structures in Seattle
Edifice Engineering
India
Controlled demolition of top floors of seven residential towers
Mann Group
Australia
Marvel Stadium Upgrade Project Stage 1
WINNER
Ward Demolition
New Zealand
Albert Street “Pigeon Palace”
Urban Demolition US$10 million or over
Delsan-AIM
Canada
Place Ville Marie esplanade revitalisation project, Quebec
Delta
Australia
77 Market Street, Sydney CBD
WINNER
Erith Contractors
United Kingdom
Olympia, London
New Entrant Award
WINNER
ACECO
World Demolition Award
WINNER - BEST OF THE BEST
Brandenburg Industrial Service Co.
2021
More than 50 projects and products from 36 companies emerged from a record number of entries to contest the 2021 World Demolition Awards in Chicago, USA.
As in recent years, the Urban category has been split into two sections due to the large volume of entries received. The New Entrant Award, now in its fifth year, was presented once again on the night, as was the overall “best of the best” World Demolition Award decided by the judges from the various winners.
The full list of shortlisted companies and winners is as follows:
Civils
• Coleman Group
• Erith Contractors
• Mainline Demolition & Georgiou Group WINNER
• Manson Construction
• Veit & Company
Collaboration
• C&D Demolition Consultants WINNER
• Despe and ERM
• Erith Contractors
• Flesan Demolition Chile
Contract of Year under US$1 million
• Crushmash
• Demex
• Despe
• Erith Contractors WINNER
Contract of the Year US$1 million or over
• Brandenburg Industrial Service Company
• Despe
• Grant Mackay
• Priestly Demolition WINNER
Explosive Demolition
• Liberty Industrial
• Precision Demolition Company
• Safedem WINNER
Industrial Demolition
• Delsan-AIM
• Erith Contractors WINNER
• Goodline
• Independence Excavating
• Volgaspetsstroy
Innovation Plant & Equipment
• Dragon Equipment
• Kocurek Excavators WINNER
• Volvo Construction Equipment
Innovation Tools & Attachments
• Caterpillar WINNER
• KTEG
• Open S-Alliance
• Piston Power
Recycling & Environmental
• Despe
• Drumderg Services WINNER
• Grupo Mitre
• O’Rourke Wrecking
• Priestly Demolition
Safety & Training
• Cantillon
• Despe
• Erith Contractors WINNER
• Grupo Mitre
• Ward Demolition
Urban Demolition under US$10m
• Coleman Group
• Flesan Demolition Chile
• Mann Group WINNER
• Priestly Demolition
• Rosenlund Contractors
Urban Demolition US$10 million or over
• Cantillon WINNER
• Deconstruct UK
• Erith Contractors
• McMahon Services
New Entrant Award
• Volgaspetsstroy WINNER
World Demolition Award (‘Best of the Best’)
• Safedem WINNER
2020
Civils
DELTA GROUP
Despe
WINNER: Erith Contractors
Flesan
Collaboration
WINNER: Delta Group
Demoliciones Mitre
Jet Demolition
Priestly Demolition
Contract under US$1 million
Apex Demolition/C&D Consultants
Despe (two entries)
WINNER: Liberty Industrial
Contract US$1 million or over
WINNER: Brandenburg Industrial Service Co
Despe
Erith Contractors
Priestly Demolition
S Evans & Sons
Explosive
Alford Technologies/Delta Group
WINNER: Jet Demolition
Precision Demolition
Industrial
Demex
Erith Contractors
Liberty Industrial
WINNER: McMahon Services
Innovation, Plant and Equipment
Blastrac
WINNER: Caterpillar
Dragon Equipment
ES Manufacturing
Innovation, Tools and Attachments
Bladecore
Demolition Resources
Epiroc
WINNER: Webster Technologies
Recycling and Environmental
Costello Dismantling
WINNER: Demoliciones Mitre
Despe
Safety and Training
Brandenburg Industrial Service Co,
WINNER: Budget Demolition
Demoliciones Mitre
Priestly Demolition
Urban Demolition under US$10 million
Budget Demolition
Despe
Flesan
WINNER: Veit & Company
Urban Demolition US$10 million or over
Erith Contractors
WINNER: Kiewit Infrastructure West Co
Mainland Civil
New Entrant Award
WINNER: Demex
World Demolition Award
WINNER: Jet Demolition
2019
The World Demolition Award
WINNER: Erith Contractors
The New Entrant Award
WINNER: Howard Stott
Civils
WINNER: Erith Contractors
Budget Demolition
Delsan-AIM
Despe
Priestly Demolition
Collaboration
WINNER: Cardem, Despe and Vinci
C&D Demolition Consultants
Coleman Group
Erith Contractors
Contract of Year US$1 million or over
WINNER: Brandenburg Industrial Service
Budget Demolition
Erith Contractors
Liberty Industrial
Priestly Demolition
Contract of the Year under US$1 million
WINNER: Despe
Howard Stott Demolition
Liberty Industrial
O’Keefe
Two Rivers Demolition
Explosive Demolition Awards
WINNER: C&D Demolition Consultants
Delta Group
Fabio Bruno USA
Industrial Demolition
WINNER: Liberty Industrial
Budget
Despe (2 entries)
Hughes and Salvidge
Innovation Plant & Equipment
WINNER: Terex Corporation
Doosan Bobcat
Kocurek
MB Crusher
Volvo Construction Equipment
Innovation Tools & Attachments
WINNER: Genesis Attachments
WINNER: PistonPower
Demarec
Epiroc (Bio Chisel paste)
LaBounty
Recycling & Environmental
WINNER: Jet Demolition
Delta Group
Despe (Cold Rooms Plant)
Priestly Demolition
Veit & Company
Safety & Training
WINNER: Coleman Group
Budget Demolition
Erith Contractors
Hughes and Salvidge
Liberty Industrial
Urban Demolition under US$10m
WINNER: Despe
Delsan-AIM
Despe
O’Rourke Wrecking Company
Priestly Demolition
Urban Demolition US$10 million or over
WINNER: Erith Contractors
Delta Group
Demoliciones Mitre
G Tscherning
Kiewit
2018
We had a record number of entries in 2018, which reinforces the credibility of the awards.
Civils Demolition
WINNER: Mainline Demolition and Georgiou-Group
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Erith Contractors
SHORTLIST:
Despe
Priestly Demolition
Collaboration in Demolition
WINNER: Kiewit /Manson - San Francisco to Oakland Bay Bridge East Span Removal
Other companies involved in the project: Caltrans, Bluegrass Concrete Cutting, Contract Drilling and Blasting, Silverado Contractors, Environmental Science Associates and Ventura Consulting Group.
SHORTLIST:
Ginlee Construction
McMahon Services
Priestly Demolition
Contract of the Year US$1 million or over
WINNER: Adamo Group
SHORTLIST:
Edifice Engineering
Erith Contractors
Ferma Corporation
Contract of the Year under US$1 million
WINNER: Despe
SHORTLIST:
Delta Group
Priestly Demolition
TCE Contracting
Explosive Demolition
JOINT WINNER: Cardem (Gandrange project)
JOINT WINNER: Safedem
SHORTLIST:
Cardem
Erith Contractors
Industrial Demolition
WINNER: Jet Demolition
SHORTLIST:
Brandenburg Industrial Service Company
Despe
Liberty Industrial
Innovation, Plant & Equipment
WINNER: Ferma Corporation
SHORTLIST:
Keestrack
Kobelco
National Grid
Volvo Construction Equipment
Innovation, Tools & Attachments
WINNER: LaBounty
SHORTLIST:
Epiroc
MB Crusher
Recycling & Environmental
WINNER: Despe
SHORTLIST:
Lloyds Construction Services
Perfect Contracting
Priestly Demolition
Safety & Training
WINNER: Erith Contractors
SHORTLIST:
Budget Demolition
Ferma Corporation
O’Keefe Demolition
Urban Demolition US$10 million or over
WINNER: Erith Contractors
SHORTLIST:
Delta Group
Nasdi
Scudder
Urban Demolition under US$10 million
WINNER: Deconstruct UK
SHORTLIST:
Despe
O’Keefe Demolition
Scudder
New Entrant Award
WINNER: Scudder Demolition
World Demolition Award
WINNER: Kiewit/Manson
2017
A total of 43 shortlisted entries from 32 companies – including entrants from Brazil, Russia and Singapore.
Civils Demolition
WINNER: Coleman Group
Collaboration in Demolition
WINNER: Brandenburg Industrial Service Company
Contract of the Year under US $1 million
WINNER: Priestly Demolition
Contract of the Year over US $1 million
WINNER: Erith Contractors
Explosive Demolition
WINNER: Jet Demolition
Industrial Demolition
WINNER: Erith Contractors
HIGHLY COMMENDED: DDM Demontage
Manufacturers’ Innovation, Plant and Equipment
WINNER: Kocurek
Manufacturers’ Innovation, Tools and Attachments
WINNER: Demolition Resources Inc
Recycling and Environmental
WINNER: Priestly Demolition
Safety and Training
WINNER: Erith Contractors
Urban Demolition
WINNER: Berg Corporation
Wrold Demolition Award
WINNER: Erith Contractors
New Entrant Award
WINNER: Ginlee Construction Singapore
2016
Civils Demolition Award
Winner: Priestly Demolition, Canada
Industrial Demolition Award
Winner: McMahon Services, Australia
Urban Demolition Award
Winner: Despe, Italy
Explosive Demolition Award
Winner: Fábio Bruno Construções,Brazil
Safety & Training Award
Winner: AR Demolition, UK
Recycling & Environmental
Winner: Hughes and Salvidge, UK
Innovation Award – Plant & Equipment
Winner: Liebherr Group
Innovation Award – Tools & Attachments
Winner: Remoquip, Ireland
Contract Of the Year Under US$1 Million
Winner: Liberty Industrial, Australia
Contract of the Year over US$1.0 million
Winner: Keltbray, UK
Collaboration Award
Winner: Kiewit/Manson, the California Department of Transportation, COWI, ESA and Ventura Consulting, USA
2016 World Demolition Award
Winner: Priestly Demolition
For its work on the demolition of the Nipigon River bridge on Lake Superior.
2015
Civils Demolition Award
Winner: DDM Demontage BV, Netherlands
Collaboration in Demolition Award
Joint Winners: Keltbray, Capital and Counties PLC (Capco), Abnormal Load Engineering (ALE), Network Rail (NWR), Earls Court and Olympia (EC&O), Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Royal Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.
Joint Winners: Safedem, C&D Consultancy, Despe, Glasgow Housing Association.
Explosive Demolition Award
Winner: Liberty Industrial, Australia
Industrial Demolition Award
Winner: Despe - Raffineria di Gela, Italy
Innovation Award – Plant & Equipment
Joint Winner: JCB & Coleman & Co, UK (for remotely controlled ‘mega muncher’)
Joint Winner: Protranz Earthmoving Ltd, New Zealand (for modified Komatsu excavators)
Innovation Award – Tools & Attachments
Winner: Mantovanibenne S.r.l, Italy
Recycling & Environmental Award
Winner: AR Demolition, UK
Safety & Training Award
Winner: Coleman & Company, UK
Urban Demolition Award
Winner: Erith Contractors Ltd, UK
Contract of the Year under US$1 million
Winner: Erith Contractors Ltd, UK
Contract of the Year over US$1 million
Winner: Coleman & Company, UK
World Demolition Award
Winner: Coleman & Company, UK (for its work at Birmingham New Street station)
2014
Contract of the Year - over US$1.5 million
Winner: Keltbray, UK
Highly Commended: Fabio Bruno Construções Ltda, Brazil
Contract of the Year - Under US$1.5 million
Winner: Australian Decommissioning Services
Highly Commended: Brandenburg Industrial Service Co., USA
Safety & Training Award
Winner: AR Demolition, UK
Highly Commended: Coleman & Co., UK
Recycling & Environmental Award
Winner: Brandenburg Industrial Service Co., USA
Collaborative Demolition Award
Winner: J Bryan (Victoria) Ltd
(Mammoet and Essar Energy)
Industrial Demolition Award
Winner: Liberty Industrial, Australia
Urban/Confined Space Award
Winner: Ward Demolition, New Zealand
Highly Commended: Keltbray, UK
Civils Demolition Award
Winner: Keltbray, UK
Innovation Award - series product
Winner: Kiesel and Kocurek Excavators Ltd
Highly Commended: MB SpA, Italy
D&Ri Lifetime Achievement Award
Winner: William Moore, ERM
2014 World Demolition Award
Winner: Liberty Industrial
2013
Contractor of the Year
Winner: Nikau Contractors
Contract of the Year
Winner: Hunter Demolition
Collaboration Award
Winner: Costello Dismantling
Safety/Training Award
Winner: Erith Contractors
Environmental/Recycling Award
Winner: J Jensen
Explosive Demolition
Winner: Fábio Bruno Construções
Industrial Demolition Award
Winner: Coleman & Company
Urban Demolition Award
Winner: Keltbray
Civils Demolition Award
Winner: Micor
Manufacturers’ Innovation Award
Winner: Kocurek Excavators Ltd & Volvo Construction Equipment
2012
Environmental & Recycling Award
Winner: ERM
Safety & Training Award
WINNER: Cantillon
Highly Commended: Lloyds Construction Services, Keltbray, Lee Demolition, Keltbray
Civils Demolition Award
Winner: NGA Newmarket
Urban Demolition Award
Winner: Keltbray
Highly Commended: Erith, Homrich
Industrial Demolition Award
Winner: Erith
Explosive Demolition Award
Joint winners: Precision Demolition and Safedem
Collaboration Award
Winners: Erith with Magnox
Highly Commended: AR Demolition
Manufacturer’s Innovation Award
Winners: Kiesel with Kocurek and OilQuick
Contractor of the Year
Joint winners: Erith & Cantillon
Highly Commended: Despe
Contract of the Year
Winners: Despe with Guy Doyere
Highly Commended: Erith, Keltbray
Judges' Discretionary Award
Winner: AF Decom
D&Ri Lifetime Achievement Award
Winner: David Sinclair
2011
Manufacturers’ Innovation Award
Winner: Kocurek
Environmental & Recycling Award
Winner: Costello Dismantling
Highly Commended: ERM
Demolition Training Award
Winner: Erith Group
Demolition Safety Award
Winner: Cantillon
Highly Commended: Erith
Civils Demolition Award
Winner: Coleman & Company
Urban Demolition Award
Winner: Erith Contractors
Industrial Demolition Award
Winners: Lee Group and Richard Liesegang
Explosive Demolition Award
Winner – Fabio Bruno (University Hospital, Rio de Janeiro)
Highly Commended – Coleman & Company
Demolition Collaboration Award
Winners: Project Trident (Pfizer, Erith Group, EDS and Gardiner & Theobald)
Contractor of the Year
Joint Winners: Cantillon and Safedem
Contract of the Year
Winner – Coleman & Company
Highly Commended: Cuddy Group, Expanded Demolition And Richard Liesegang
Special Judges’ Discretionary Award
Winner: Ferrari
2010
Innovation Award - Series Product
Winner: Powerscreen
Innovation Award - Custom Product
Winner: Liebherr
Customer Service/Support Award
Joint Winners: Liebherr and Powerscreen
Demolition Safety Award
Winner: Despe (Italy)
Demolition Training Award
Winner: Maylarch Environmental (UK)
Environmental & Recycling Award
Winner: Cherry Demolition (USA)
Civils Award
Winner: Armac (UK)
Explosive Demolition Award
Winner: Advanced Explosives Demolition Inc (USA) for West Palm Beach tower
Industrial Demolition Award
Winner: Erith Demolition (UK)
Urban Demolition Award
Winner: Despe (Italy) for Turin Railway Station
Winner: Erith Demolition (UK)
Contract of the Year Award
Winner: Despe (Italy)
Special Demolition Personality Award
Winner: Howard Button, Chief Executive, NFDC
Demolition Company Of The Year
Winner: Erith Demolition
2009
Service & Support Award
Winner: Liebherr
Innovation Award – Custom Product
Winner: Rusch Special Products
Innovation Award – Series Product
Winner: Volvo
Highly Commended: Omlock
Demolition Training Award
Winner: Dorton Group
Special Demolition Personality Award
Winner: Dr Dieter Korth
Demolition Safety Award
Winner: DH Griffin
Environmental & Recycling Award
Winner: Costello Demolition
Urban Demolition Award
Winner: Keltbray
Industrial Demolition Award
Winner: General Smontaggi
Explosive Demolition Award
Winner: Safedem
Demolition Company of the Year
Winner: Safedem
Highly Commended: Cantillon
Demolition Contract of the Year
Winner: Keltbray
Highly Commended: Carl Bolander & Sons &McGee Group
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