World Demolition Summit hosts first US-based event

The eighth World Demolition Summit will be held in the U.S. for the first time, moving from its usual Amsterdam venue to Miami. The event, which is a combined conference and awards dinner, will be held Oct. 14 at the Miami Marriott Biscayne Bay hotel.

The conference will have speakers from the U.S., Europe, New Zealand and Japan with topics including site reports, equipment trends, safety and recycling. The evening awards dinner will see companies from 15 countries compete in 11 award categories. The shortlists is expected to be announced in August.

The summit is organized by Demolition & Recycling International (D&Ri) magazine and KHL Group, with Construction & Demolition Recycling magazine being a media partner for the event.

“The summit has become a great meeting place for the international demolition sector,” says Steve Ducker, editor of D&Ri, “with more than 250 delegates from all over the world coming together to learn from each other and network.

“Having the event in the U.S.A. for the first time will further internationalize the event, and give the U.S. demolition and recycling sector an international perspective on their industry.”

The conference line-up can be found at www.demolitionsummit.com. Among the speakers are:

Brian Hornyak, vice president, Sabre Demolition (USA), Behaviour based safety - best practice in demolition

• Hiroshi Konno, president & CEO, Akashigumi Company (Japan), Demolition in Japan: major projects and future trends 
• Mike Casbon, technical director, ERM, (USA), Sweating the small stuff: attention to detail in demolition projects
• Mark Lies, partner, Seyfarth Shaw (USA), What to expect from OSHA in 2017
• Roberto Folchi, mining engineer, Nitrex SRL – Explosives Engineering (Italy); and Ahmed Amir Khalil, Vice President, Applied Science International (USA), Imploding a pre-stressed concrete bridge
• Dr Jan Kupec, technical director, ground engineering, Aurecon Group (New Zealand), Earthquake areas and high-risk demolition sites

For more information on the event, visit www.demolitionsummit.com.