Injuries climb to eight in building collapse at old Bethlehem Steel plant. Eight people have been reported injured — three of them critically — after a building collapse at the former Bethlehem Steel Plant in Sparrows Point, officials said. Baltimore County police and fire said all people were accounted for. Police initially said five people…Read moreRead more
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Breaking – Eight hurt in collapse…
IDE C U there…?
Institute of Demolition Engineers is coming to Kent – Will we see you there. On Thursday 8 May, the Institute of Demolition Engineers will be hosting its latest South East regional meeting – And we’d love to see you there. The event is taking place at the Hilton Dartford Bridge Hotel from 4.00 to 7.00…Read moreRead more
Video – What the grapple saw…
Video provides unique perspective of demolition works. Ever wondered what a demolition project looks like from a hydraulic grab’s point of view? No, me either. But now that I have seen it (thanks to Bath Demolition), I can certainly see why these attachments from Northerntrack have to be built to last. Foxhill demolition from Film…Read moreRead more
Video – Old Panasonic HQ dropped…
New film captures last moments of former Panasonic HQ. New Jersey-based Highground Industrial has completed the demolition of the former Panasonic headquarters. The contract involved the demolition of one million square feet of buildings including three office blocks, warehouse space and a parking garage. This video captures the latter stages of the works.
Sellafield demolition creates wide, open spaces…
Decommissioning works open up space for development. The demolition of 100 buildings at Sellafield has left five football fields worth of space for the plant to develop. The work, which began in 2007, is seen by the company as the “closing a significant chapter in Sellafield’s history.” The cooling towers were some of the first…Read moreRead more
Video – Half-baked…
Explosive demolition of Russian flour factory draws crowd. We can only hope that the contractor involved in this explosive demolition of a flour factory building got plenty of dough or at least earned a crust. Watch as the dust rises. Perhaps they kneeded dust suppression equipment. What does this prove? (That we’re all out of…Read moreRead more
Video – Bringing down the house…
Abbey Demolition brings the house down in this exclusive DemolitionNews video.
Flat out for flat packs…
Work underway on demolition that will clear the way for new Ikea store. Work has started on demolishing Homebase and Carpetright to make way for the new IKEA store in Calcot. Hughes & Salvidge excavators are on site in Pincents Lane flattening the buildings in Berkshire Retail Park to make way for the Swedish retail…Read moreRead more
Comment – A comeback too soon…
The resurrection of HCL Equipment Contracts under a new name is a comeback too soon. DemolitionNews reports.
Philly maintains unenviable safety record…
Two workers hurt in unplanned collapse. Two workers were hurt while demolishing one of the City of Philadelphia’s most imminently dangerous buildings this morning in the Strawberry Mansion neighborhood. They were hit by falling debris from one of the adjoining buildings. The accident happened around 10:30 a.m. while the crew was starting the clean-up phase…Read moreRead more
