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Tower block made famous in BBC sitcom to be demolished. The tower block where Del Boy and Rodney lived in Only Fools and Horses is to be demolished. Harlech Tower on West London’s South Acton Estate stood in for Peckham’s fictional Nelson Mandela House for exterior shots in the long-running sitcom. But the 13-storey building…Read moreRead more

Iraqi torture chamber faces demolition and replacement by Government building. Aside from the obvious listed buildings and those of great architectural merit, there are certain buildings and structures that should be forever immune to demolition: pubs; cafes selling a good quality full English breakfast; and the Boleyn Ground. But there are some that should be…Read moreRead more

One of world’s largest demolition projects draws ever closer. US Dept. of Energy spokesman John Shewairy today confirmed that discussions are underway about demolishing the K-33 building; a massive, 260,000 square metre (2.8 million-square-foot) structure that was decommissioned and cleaned up by BNFL in the 1990s as part of a three-building D&D project. But Shewairy…Read moreRead more

Woodnock Mill chimney falls to age-old demolition method. An Accrington landmark came crashing to earth yesterday, marking the end of a mill’s 229-year history. The demolition of Woodnook Mill chimney created a huge dust cloud as it came swiftly down, watched by a crowd of spectators who had gathered in the rain to watch the…Read moreRead more

Saginaw stack comes tumbling down. Bay City-based Dore & Associates Contracting Inc. crews are clawing and scraping at a towering smokestack at Lake State Railway and Saginaw Bay Southern Railway, 750 N. Washington. A crane “just nibbles a little bit off at a time,” said Vicky K. Chmura, railway property administrator. “The smokestack was starting…Read moreRead more

Chemical works implosion startles local residents. An implosion rocked the La Porte area for a few seconds on Saturday morning. The Sunoco Chemicals plant demolished one of its buildings. Ruble is all that’s left in the area. Some residents found out about the implosion through friends but other residents were never notified. They were startled…Read moreRead more

Work underway on South Jersey building contaminated with mercury. After more than three years of legal wrangling, demolition has begun on what used to be Kiddie Kollege in Franklinville, Gloucester County; a day care center that had been housed in a former thermometer factory. Some five dozen kids were exposed to mercury levels more than…Read moreRead more

Flying concrete kills woman and child during controversial implosion in former Soviet state. A woman and her young daughter have been killed in Georgia during the controversial demolition of a huge Soviet World War II memorial. The demolition was being carried out to make space for a new parliamentary building and reports suggest the two…Read moreRead more

Video showing helicopter & wrecking ball smashing a Norwegian cliff.

Date set for bridge to drop; but crowds urged to stay away. New York and Vermont transportation authorities have tentatively set Wednesday 23 December as the date on which Idaho-based AED will demolish the Champlain Bridge. Details were still being firmed up this morning. “23 December is our planning date and is not ‘official,’” stressed…Read moreRead more