Demolition News

Video captures works at Seattle’s Pier 48.
Crews have started demolishing a 11,000 square metre (120,000-square-foot) warehouse at Pier 48 on Seattle’s waterfront to make room for equipment and supplies during construction and replacement of the Alaskan Way Viaduct.
The $460,000 demolition project, which is more than 35 percent below WSDOT’s estimate of $750,000, is expected to [...]

Tulsa-based company has been measuring up in Benwood.
Even though the blast date is still several months away, it is a contract that has been the subject of more than it’s fair share of controversy and contractual issues. But, according to local TV news channel WTRF7, the Bellaire Bridge is one step closer to [...]

Reports suggest demolition works responsible for blast that killed 10.
The death toll from an explosion at a factory in eastern China now stands at 10 people, state-run Xinhua news agency said, citing a casualty count from local government officials.
At a news conference, officials in the city of Nanjing told reporters that more than 120 people [...]

US company bags contract to dismantle Jose Cabrera power station.
Westinghouse Electric Co. said Wednesday that it was awarded a contract to dismantle a nuclear reactor in Spain.
The contract, awarded by the Spanish nuclear waste agency Empresa Nacional de Residuos Radiactivos, is for work at the Jose Cabrera Nuclear Power Station located 43 miles east of [...]

Catching up with Colin Hiscock as he blazes the trail towards re-employment.
Just over a week ago, we spoke to Colin Hiscock, one of the numerous demolition professionals impacted by the untimely demise of the UK’s Controlled Group.
That original podcast clearly struck a nerve as it has quickly become one of our most listened-to and downloaded [...]

Birmingham’s Stephenson Tower to be demolished in New Street refurbishment
A landmark Birmingham city centre tower block is set to be demolished to make way for the £600 million refurbishment of New Street Station.
Council housing chiefs confirmed that all remaining tenants of Stephenson Tower have moved out, leaving the way clear to knock down the [...]

Houston-based contractor celebrates platinum level award.
Cherry Demolition, Inc. has won a national, platinum level STEP (Safety Training Evaluation Process) safety award from the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) organization.
The company was honored for the effectiveness of its overall safety program. ABC represents all specialties within the US construction industry and is comprised primarily of firms [...]

Schwarzenegger leads demolition ceremony at beginning of hospital construction.
There was a time, during his movie career, when demolition work was carried out strictly by hand, often taking in people as well as buildings. But time marches on and Arnold Schwarzenegger, now Governor of California, now prefers to let other people and some heavy [...]

A closer look at the demolition of an English icon.
For several months now, we have been bringing you regular updates on the imminent and subsequently underway demolition of the “Get Carter” car park in the North East of England. However, it has occurred to us that while the building in question is iconic [...]

Video provides object lesson in how NOT to cut a steel pipe.
Thanks to countless re-enactments in movies, TV programmes and cartoons, we’re all familiar with the image of the man sawing away at the tree branch upon which he is sat, seemingly oblivious to the fact that a few more saw strokes will see him [...]