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Leading UK contractor takes health and safety into the paperless age. Fresh off the back of its development of a highly innovative remote controlled demolition robot, Coleman & Company has turned its attention to the field of mobile device app development. Suitable for both Apple iOS and Android platforms, the development concentrates on transforming the…Read moreRead more

Man responsible for mysterious bridge dismantling comes clean; shows zero remorse. The mystery man responsible for dismantling the Monon Bridge over the Grand Calumet River without permits said he personally declared the structure abandoned and was doing officials a favor by tearing it down. “I myself state that this property is abandoned,” Kenneth Morrison of…Read moreRead more

Indiana officials left to ponder who dismantled their bridge. It’s a sure sign that scrap metal theft has reached epic proportions when city officials receive word that one of their bridges is being systematically dismantled under their very noses. The city of Hammond, Indiana is currently investigating the gradual disappearance of the Monon Bridge over…Read moreRead more

The UK recession might be officially over, but the demolition victims continue to stack up. I vividly remember reading a headline that said the tragic events of 9/11 would continue to claim – for years and even decades to come – the lives of New Yorkers that had ingested asbestos and other carcinogens released by…Read moreRead more

Sunday morning blast fells famed Dallas tower. A 15-storey office building along Dallas’ Central Expressway was reduced to a pile of twisted steel and debris yesterday morning. The former Xerox building was imploded by demolition experts shortly after 8 a.m. to make way for a new retail shopping centre just north of Haskell Avenue.

Demolition plans focus on one of city’s tallest buildings. Developers are hoping to start work demolishing one of the tallest city centre tower blocks in Birmingham in March, planning to replace it with a brand new building. The 1970s building, 103 Colmore Row, was once occupied by NatWest but has been empty since 2003. New…Read moreRead more

Explosives crew standing by to blast river ice. If a 1-mile-long ice jam on the Platte River doesn’t start moving downstream, officials plan to use explosives to blast it loose early Thursday, said John Winkler, general manager of the Papio-Missouri River Natural Resources District. “This ice jam has been stubborn. It hasn’t moved one iota,”…Read moreRead more

Energy company will now seek to recoup costs from contractor behind botched implosion. A Bakersfield man who was badly injured by flying shrapnel during the August 2013 demolition of an old power plant owned by Pacific Gas & Electric Co. has reached a settlement with the utility. But PG&E has also filed a cross-complaint against…Read moreRead more

End in sight for widely ridiculed Greyfriars bus station. Work has started to demolish a tower and bridge at a bus station once labelled the “mouth of hell”. The work, which started at the weekend, is part of the demolition of Northampton’s Greyfriars bus station and office building. Lady’s Lane, which has been closed while…Read moreRead more

Clarion to fall in early February. The Clarion Hotel and Casino off the Las Vegas Strip is expected to collapse in an early-morning Feb. 10 implosion. Clark County spokesman Dan Kulin said Thursday the planned explosive demolition is scheduled between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m. The 200-room 12-story hotel on 305 Convention Center Dr. sits…Read moreRead more