Program

 

17th October 2023

 

18:00 - 20:00

Cocktail reception

 

 

18th October 2023

 

08:00

Networking registration breakfast

 

Morning session chair: Agnes Wietrzynski

President and CEO, QM Environmental

 

09.00

Welcome by James Milburn, president, National Demolition Association

 

09.10

Pierre Migny Torres and Alexandre Druet, EDF - Challenges to be addressed as a client

 

09.40

LaJuan Counts, City of Detroit Demolition Department - Managing a $0.5 billion budget to clear industrial blight

 

10.10

Dennis McGarel, Brandenburg Industrial Service Co - Johnsonville Fossil Plant, Tennesee, (2022 World Demolition Award winner)

 

10.40 Coffee and networking break

 

11.20

Dr. Ahmed Amir Khalil, ASI and Simon Hebert, Delsan-AIM - Risk Analysis during mechanical demolition of Champlain Bridge

 

11.50

Tom Koerner, Thompsons of Prudhoe - Industrial demolition project: Redcar Steelworks in the north of England

 

12.20

Brian Priestly, Priestly Demolition - The rapid demolition of the Gardiner Expressway eastbound ramp, Toronto

 

12.50 Lunch and networking break

 

Afternoon session chair: Margaret Taylor

Executive director, Ontario Association of Demolition Contractors

 

14.00

Christina Murray and Jeremy Later, York 1 Demolition - Decommissioning of former OPG Thunder Bay Generating Station

 

14.30

Simone Bruni, Demo Diva - Effective marketing and branding of demolition companies in the internet age

 

15.00 Coffee and networking break

 

15.30

Jonathan Cox, Rye Group, Survey into people shortages, problems and solutions

 

16.00

Mark Loizeaux, Controlled Demolition - The use of explosives in felling selected structures, as compared to conventional demolition methods

 

18:00

Pre-dinner drinks reception

 

19:30 - 22:00

Dinner and Awards

 

22:00 - 23:00

Post-dinner drinks

 

*Timings are liable to change at short notice