World Demolition Summit 2021 - conference update

Safedem’s world record Mina Plaza project in Abu Dhabi will be among the presentations at this year’s World Demolition Summit

Organised by Demolition & Recycling International and its publisher, KHL Group, the WDS will be one of the industry’s first in-person forum since the start of the global pandemic.

As well as featuring a drinks reception on the evening of October 20 and the World Demolition Awards ceremony and dinner on the evening of October 21, the summit’s centrepiece will be a one-day conference covering a range of demolition and recycling topics highlighting innovation and best practice.

These include:

• Safety is synonymous with savings
  Tim Barker
  Decommissioning and demolition director, Resolute Decommissioning and Demolition Consulting
• The implosion of the Bank of Lisbon building in Johannesburg
  Joe Brinkmann
  Managing director, Jet Demolition
• Silica and the new rules in Europe
  Patrick Grandchamp
  European Demolition Association Working Group on Hazardous Products
• Optimisation study into 1,000 ft demolition stack at Widows Creek Fossil Plant, USA
  Dennis McGarel
  Vice president, sales and estimating, Brandenburg Industrial Service Company
  Ahmed Amir Khalil
  Business development engineer, Applied Science International
  Roger Waldrep
  Vice president, major projects, generation and fleet services, Tennessee Valley Authority
• Digital and remote control in the demolition environment
  Mohamed Abd El Salam
  Senior manager, product management and business development, Topcon-Tierra
• Demolition of the 165-metre Mina Plaza building in Abu Dhabi
  William Sinclair
  Managing director, Safedem
• Subject TBC
  Kelly Veit
  CEO, Veit & Company.
• More speakers to be announced soon.

For more details of the WDS, including delegate and hotel bookings, please click here.

The WDS is organised in cooperation with the European Demolition Association and the US National Demolition Association. Headline sponsor is Volvo Construction Equipment.