Detroit bridge demolition summons maximum breaking power. When you only have a brief window of opportunity within which to demolish a bridge over a busy roadway, something’s gotta give. And that usually means bringing out the big guns and applying maximum machine power. That is precisely the approach taken by the demolition crew on this…Read moreRead more
Equipment
Video – Breaking for the bridge…
Video – The daily grind…
Brokk rocks on Forth Road Bridge. When you think about the Brokk demolition robot, you generally think of a remote controlled machine with a hydraulic hammer mounted at the pointy end. But this video shows that these machines are more than a mere one-trick pony. With a purpose-built rock drum, these machines have redefined the…Read moreRead more
Video – You’re ‘avin a giraffe…
Animal print Liebherr tackles tower block. It has a long neck like a giraffe and it has spots like a giraffe. But that’s where the similarities end. This Liebherr 974 high reach is a purpose-built demolition machine that is being used by German contract Chantre to perform a true public service – The demolition of…Read moreRead more
Video – Demolition en Francais…
Truly stunning footage of Liebherr 984 high reach in action. Parlez vous Francais? Well, while it might be helpful to understand the commentary, it doesn’t matter either way as these stunning images from Brunel Demolition pretty much speak for themselves. Watch from above as a Liebherr 984 high reach excavator dismantles this tower block and…Read moreRead more
Video – Hydrock doing the Doo…
Remediation specialist puts new Doosan excavator to work on power station contract. Hydrock, the leading provider of consultancy and specialist contracting services for construction, infrastructure and the environment, has purchased several new Doosan Stage IIIB compliant products including crawler excavators, a DA30 articulated dump truck (ADT) and a DL350-3 wheel loader, for a prestigious contract…Read moreRead more
Video – Under the spotlight…
Boom-mounted lights give Polish high reach night vision. Even though we would struggle to find it on a map of Poland, Lodz is fast becoming our go-to destination for slightly unusual demolition video content. Take, for example, this latest film from the Hotel Centrum demolition site. Up until the 5.37 mark, it’s pretty much high…Read moreRead more
Video – Operator has lucky escape…
Building collapses on machine driver after he complained that it was too dangerous. In what must qualify as some of the worst demolition mismanagement it has ever been our job to report, a Kenyan excavator operator has narrowly escaped with his life after a Nairobi building collapsed on the JCB machine that we was operating….Read moreRead more
Video – If only recycling was this easy…
Concept robot facilitates cradle-to-grave-to-cradle materials efficiency. Imagine a machine that, like a Brokk, could demolish reinforced concrete structures. Now imagine that the machine could partially segregate materials at source. Now imagine that the machine could then transfer those secondary materials for conversion into the building blocks of a new structure. Sounds great, doesn’t it. And…Read moreRead more
Video – We have seen the future…
And it is gesture controlled. The use of gestures is already commonplace in demolition circles, from the signals given to an equipment operator by a banksman through to the rather-less-helpful gestures swapped by co-workers when the weekends football results are being recounted. So could this be the next stage in the evolution of equipment control?…Read moreRead more
Video – Women, children and JCBs first…
105 machines at risk as cargo ship founders in The Solent. 105 JCB machines are on board a stricken cargo ship, the Hoegh Osaka, which has been grounded in The Solent. These include 50-tonne and 33-tonne JCB tracked excavators. Also on board are backhoe loaders, Loadall telescopic handlers, wheeled loading shovels and Teletruk forklifts. All…Read moreRead more
