Our 2024 judges
D&Ri wishes to express our sincere thanks to all the judges for their time and hard work spent on our behalf.
HENRIK BONNESEN
COWI, DENMARK
Henrik has extensive experience in handling projects in relation to building pollution and demolition, from mapping of hazardous substances in buildings to preparing tenders for remediation, renovation and demolition.
LEONARD CHERRY
CERISE FAMILY LLP
With over 42 years of experience, Leonard and was the owner and president of Cherry Companies, and today manages demolition consultancy Cerise Family LLP.
FRANCISCO COBO
EUROPEAN DEMOLITION ASSOCIATION
Francisco “Paco” Cobo was president of the European Demolition Association (EDA) in 2018 to June 2022.
LAJUAN COUNTS
CITY OF DETROIT
LaJuan is the Director of Construction and Demolition for the City of Detroit, and is responsible for managing the demolition/ stabilisation of 14,000 blighted structures across the city.
DAN COSTELLO
COSTELLO DISMANTLING CO, USA
Dan founded Costello Dismantling almost 40 years ago.
CLINTON DICK
LIBERTY INDUSTRIAL, AUSTRALIA
Clinton is the founding director of Australian deconstruction company, Liberty Industrial.
PATRICK FRYE
CARDEM, FRANCE
Patrick has been involved in the demolition industry since 1986 and is currently in charge of major projects at Cardem.
JIM GRAHAM
WINTER ENVIRONMENTAL, USA
Jim has 45 years’ experience in environmental remediation/hazardous waste and radiological clean-up and demolition and has managed more than 2,000 projects.
JAMES MILBURN
PRESIDENT, NATIONAL DEMOLITION ASSOCIATION, USA
The current President of the National Demolition Association, James is the founder and Managing Principal of Milburn Demolition and over the past 20 years has been a key leader and advocate for the demolition industry.
BILL MOORE
ERM CORPORATION, USA
Bill was president of the National Demolition Association from 2003 to 2005.
MICHELE O’ROURKE
O’ROURKE WRECKING
Michele’s construction career spans 30 years and under her leadership O’Rourke has consistently ranked among the top 15 largest demolition contractors in the US.
STEFANO PANSERI
PRESIDENT, EUROPEAN DEMOLITION ASSOCIATION
Stefano is well known throughout the industry for his work as CEO of Italian contractor Despe and its “Top Down Way” method of demolition.