Not every day one of these comes up for sale. The Easter holidays are about to commence and so we were planning a quiet afternoon of YouTube browsing when this film went across our radar screen. Auction giant Ritchie Bros is hosting a major sale at Donington Park on 28 April. And taking pride of…Read moreRead more
Equipment
Video – Huge Liebherr going under the hammer…
Video – Demolition underway at factory blaze site…
Newline Midlands takes charge after former cigarette factory goes up in smoke. The roof of the former Player’s factory in Radford came tumbling to the ground on Thursday morning as demolition work began on the fire-struck building. Huge sections of wall were brought down revealing the still-smoking interior of what is now student accommodation. The…Read moreRead more
Sandhurst puts remanufacturing onTrack…
Attachment specialist opens dedicated refurbishment centre. Sandhurst, has recently announced the opening of a dedicated engineering facility in the centre of the country for the refurbishment, remanufacture and repair of demolition and construction industry equipment. The new business, Sandhurst onTrack, is strategically located in the West Midlands on the site adjacent to Sandhurst’s Regional Attachment…Read moreRead more
Video Exclusive – Love at first bite…
Carey Group kick starts redevelopment of Reading town centre. After several months of preparation, demolition work has finally started on several large structures in Garrard Street in Reading. And Demolition News was there to film the first bite. We will be reporting on the contract more fully in the next edition of the Demolition magazine….Read moreRead more
Video – Long way from home…
Brit input into New Zealand high reach demolition. When a new video from our buddies at Nikau Group lands in our inbox, we generally know what to expect – High quality video, stunning blue skies, and New Zealand accents. So when we received this one, the voiceover threw us at first. But look closely at…Read moreRead more
Video – JCB dismantles its own history to create legacy…
JCB excavators move in to destroy former company factory. The redevelopment of a former JCB factory site in the centre of Uttoxeter has taken another big leap forwards with work now underway to break up more than 34,000 tonnes of concrete. The Pinfold Street site was home to manufacturing for almost 140 years, firstly for…Read moreRead more
Video – Where old meets new…
Drone captures never-seen-before footage of wrecking ball in action. Wrecking balls videos are like London buses it seems; you wait an age for one to come along and then two arrive together. This one is a bit different, however. Here in the UK, it’s fair to say that no wrecking balls has been used in…Read moreRead more
Video – Two balls are better than one…
Twin wrecking balls tackle German demolition. Call me a purist, but to my mind there’s only one thing better than a well-aimed wrecking ball; and that’s two well-aimed wrecking balls. So for those of you who, like me, are of a certain vintage and still hanker quietly for the days of old, this video is…Read moreRead more
Video – Epic time-lapse…
High reach excavators set to work on Toronto tower block. This is a short (but awesome) time-lapse movie comprised of six sequences shot on March 19, 2015 between 1400 – 1800 hrs, documenting the demolition of architect Peter Dickinson’s 1950’s modernist style residential tower in Regent Park, Toronto, Canada. The controlled demolition is being carried…Read moreRead more
Video – Bradford & Bingley HQ coming down…
Former home of building society falls to high reach power. A pair of high reach machines are slowly removing the former headquarters of the Bradford & Bingley building society from the Bradford skyline. Although the machine featured here is emblazoned with the Forshaw name, local newspaper reports suggest that the contract is actually being run…Read moreRead more
