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Country’s contractors pledge to donate 1% of public reconstruction costs.

Genie boom lift used for demolition of grand hotel opposite Cologne Cathedral in Germany

Two SX-180 telescopic booms support workers involved in dismantling process

Werent has provided JLG’s 1850SJ telescopic booms for Morandi bridge demolition in Genoa, Italy

Following the earthquakes in Northern Italy earlier in the year, firefighters and civil protection authorities have been using the taller aerial platforms more extensively for securing buildings and reconstruction.

Hastings Pier, located in the south of England, suffered an arson attack in October 2010 and the structure became a danger to the public. Remedial work was urgently needed to make it safe while awaiting a final decision regarding its future.

Working in collaboration with local partner, CMS Sudamericana Srl, CTE has been able to furnish the Argentinian Safety and Justice Office with Bizzocchi working platforms to rescue people at height and help in the safe redevelopment of damaged buildings in Buenos Aries.

Prümer, a German demolition contractor is finding a JCB 540-170 Loadall telehandler with a man-basket a useful part of its fleet in the dismantling of a former car show room

PGC Demolition, a UK-based contractor, has employed five Haulotte machines to help remove the Riverdance ferry from the Lancashire coast where it was beached due to severe storms earlier this year. The 6000 t ship is lying on its side, embedded in 3m of sand and is only accessible at low tide.

In order to dig a stranded 6,000-ton ferry out of beach sand, a UK-based contractor had to work with mother nature and high-gradeability machines