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Fifty yearsforce.
The Institute of Demolition Engineers sets the standard for the people who take the world's structures down, safely.
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Demolition is engineering at its most decisive. We advance the science, the safety and the standing of the people who do it, through recognised competence and lifelong CPD.
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Seven grades, one standard Every grade is assessed against the Institute's competence criteria. You apply for the grade your experience supports, and the letters follow.
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TECHNICAL · 12 MIN · 28 JUN 2026
Structural collapse mechanics in high-rise demolition How progressive collapse modelling is reshaping method statements — and what the September lecture means for practitioners.
GUIDANCE · 24 JUN
New guidance: silica dust control on site INSTITUTE NEWS · 20 JUN
118 new members join in Q2 2026 MEMBERS · 14 JUN
Fifty years, fifty voices: Rachel Hart FIDE
TECHNICAL · 10 JUN
Temporary works & façade retention
GUIDANCE · 02 JUN
Vibration monitoring: a field guide
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DAVID ASHWORTH FIDE · TECHNICAL COMMITTEE · 28 JUN 2026
Progressive collapse modelling has moved from the research literature into the working method statement. For the demolition engineer on a tall structure, understanding how load paths fail — and in what order — is now a core competence.
The Institute's September lecture set out three questions every high-rise plan must answer before a single floor is touched. This article summarises the argument and points members to the full paper in the library.
Where does the structure want to fall?
Every frame has a preferred failure geometry. Reading it correctly is the difference between a controlled sequence and an uncontrolled one.
"You are not demolishing a building. You are managing the release of the energy stored in it."
That framing runs through the Institute's whole approach to competence, and it is why CPD in this area is now weighted so heavily in the Fellowship criteria.
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TRAINING / SHORT COURSES / DEMOLITION METHOD STATEMENTS
CPD 12 HOURS
What you'll learn
✓ Structuring a compliant method statement
✓ Sequencing & temporary-works interfaces
✓ Exclusion-zone derivation
✓ Risk assessment integration
✓ CDM duties for the demolition engineer
✓ Worked high-rise & explosive cases
Course outline
01 Regulatory framework & competence2 HRS
02 Structural pre-assessment3 HRS
03 Writing the statement4 HRS
04 Assessment & certification3 HRS
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From your first site to Fellowship The Institute accredits the qualifications, short courses and CPD that carry the profession's competence framework.
The competence pathway
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Awareness Entry short courses — asbestos, safety, site fundamentals.
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Technician Vocational qualification leading to TechIDE.
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Foundation degree FdSc Demolition Management — the route to MIDE.
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Fellowship Sustained CPD & contribution — election to FIDE.
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CPD 12 HRS · LIVE ONLINE
Demolition Method Statements £175 MEMBER
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18 SEP 26
Structural collapse mechanics (lecture)
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Method Statements course (mod 1–2)
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Read: Vibration monitoring field guide
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Regional CPD evening — Manchester
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50 Years of Demolition: an anthology Institute anniversary collection · 180pp
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Structural collapse mechanics in high-rise demolition STRUCTURAL · 2026 · 24PP
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Temporary works & façade retention TEMPORARY WORKS · 2025 · 18PP
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Vibration monitoring: a field guide SAFETY & HEALTH · 2025 · 32PP
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Deconstruction & the circular economy SUSTAINABILITY · 2024 · 20PP
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MY LEARNING / DEMOLITION METHOD STATEMENTS
MODULE 03 · LESSON 2
Writing the statement: sequencing Translating a structural pre-assessment into a defensible demolition sequence, with the temporary-works interface documented at each stage.
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MODULE 01 · COMPLETE
✓ Regulatory framework
✓ Competence & CDM duties
MODULE 02 · COMPLETE
✓ Structural pre-assessment
MODULE 03 · IN PROGRESS
✓ Load paths & failure order
▶ Sequencing
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08:47 Payment received — £250 renewal, L. Chen
YEST Fellowship approved — D. Visser
YEST 32 bookings — Autumn Seminar
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Grade Fellow (FIDE) · 2019
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Structural collapse mechanics in high-rise demolition
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New guidance note: silica dust control on site
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Fifty years, fifty voices: Rachel Hart FIDE
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Deconstruction & the circular economy
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Autumn Seminar 2026 — programme announced
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