Stadium fails to fall in high profile implosion. It was a spectacle that demolition enthusiasts and sports fans around the world had been waiting for. But when crunch time finally arrived for the Pontiac Silverdome in Detroit, the spectacle failed to live up to expectations. Rather than seeing a massive stadium fall to the skill…Read moreRead more
Fail
Video – Damp squib at the Silverdome…
Video – How not to use a jackhammer…
The 40-watt club for the terminally dim inducts another member. OK, if brain cells were dynamite our friend Ivane would not have enough to blow his hat off. But you have to admire his determination:
Seaforth situation ongoing…
One Vision Housing issues statement on protracted demolition. As the demolition of the second of two Seaforth tower blocks that failed to succumb to a controlled blast enters its third day, the owners of the block – One Vision Housing – have issued an official statement: The phased demolition of the remaining structure of Montgomery…Read moreRead more
Video – Saks of debris hit street below…
Film captures moment rubble falls onto busy Pittsburgh street. At first glance, this time-lapse video is just another work-a-day film of a high reach excavator going about its business at the Saks building on Pittsburgh’s 5th Avenue. But watch closely at the 11 second mark and you might just spot something a little more sinister…Read moreRead more
Video – A Christmas Turkey…
Tower block makes like the rest of us and sits down for Christmas. We can all relate. It’s just after Christmas; we’re tired and we all just want to sit down. And that’s precisely what this 11-storey building in Turkey chose to do. According to local newspaper reports, 120 kilogrammes of explosives merely served to…Read moreRead more
Video – Erm, you’ve missed a bit…
Hydraulic demolition leaves large portion of French tower block defiantly upright. It is perhaps the most distinctive demolition method out there; and it is a system that French demolition specialist Ferrari has used to enormous success in the past. But, judging by this raw amateur video, it appears that the system of hydraulically jacking adjoining…Read moreRead more
Breaking News – Stack stands strong…
First blast fails to shift fire-damaged smokestack. The first attempt at demolishing a smokestack at Pell City’s Avondale Mills has failed. The historic cotton mill has been part of the city’s history since 1902. It closed in 2006 and was destroyed by a fire two years later. The city agreed to implode the structure because…Read moreRead more
Finnish bridge collapse…
Overpass collapses onto road that had remained open. It is just a few short hours since the European Demolition Association bandwagon rolled into Helsinki to deliver its message of best practice and cross-continent unity to the good folks of Finland. What better time for the great god of irony to conspire to drop a demolished…Read moreRead more
Excavator falls onto train tracks…
Excavator falls through bridge onto Revere train tracks. DemolitionNews reports.
Wall falls onto Philly street…
Portion of wall crashed to the ground taking down a street light as contractor oversaw “controlled demolition”. The city’s Department of Licenses and Inspection confirmed Monday that the contractor was demolishing the front wall near the 1100 block of Market Street when the collapse occurred. The street light collapsed onto a barrier around Market Street,…Read moreRead more
