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well attendedbydelegates and supported
by sponsoring suppliers to the industry.
In the IDE’s case, incomingpresident
DuncanRudallwelcomedmore than
200delegates to the conference,
afterwhich theday’s programme
commenced.Onepresentationwas
of particular note to the audience
and thiswasmadeby JasonAnker
MBE, who is behind the
Proud2b
Safe
campaign. Paul suffered amajor
injurywhileworkingon a roofing contract
that ledhim tobe confined to awheelchair
for almost 20 years.He recounted frankly and
honestlyhis experiences indealingwithhis
injury and resultingdescent intodrug and
alcoholmis-use.His statedpurpose indoing
so is to encourageothers to speakout against
dangerousworkingpractices theymight be
asked to follow and to,most importantly,
ensure their own safetywhile atwork.
InGermanyoneweek later, theDeutscher
Abbruchverband’s event tookplace in the
Hotel Intercontinental. This gathering, largely
of theGerman speaking industry, is in
D&Ri’s
view the largest single gatheringof industry
professionals to takeplace anywhere in the
world. This year,more than750delegates,
excludingpartners, (including for the first
R
ecentweeks saw twoof the larger
gatherings of the industry take
place, with theUK’s Institute
ofDemolitionEngineers holding
its traditional SpringSeminar at
theRoyalArmouriesmuseum
inLeeds and theDeutscher
Abbruchverband staging the
annual BerlinDemolition
Conference.
Both eventswere extremely
ASSOCIATIONS
Industry
gatherings
D&Ri
reports pictorially on the
most recent European events
for the demolition industry.
Educational conference at
conferences in theUK and
German took place in the
immediate past
PHOTO COURTESY OF RPA PHOTOGRAPHY
PHOTOS COURTESY OF RPA PHOTOGRAPHY
IDE incoming president DuncanRudall (r)with immediate past president Steve Jack (l)
The Leeds Armouries event
attractedmore than 200 delegates
One of the
stand-out
speakers at Leedswas Jason
Anker, who graphically described the impact an
accident on a construction site had on his life
