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New report from Engineering News Record highlights impact of recession. Despite the fact that President Obama’s stimulus package money is now startling to trickle down to demolition and other specialist contractors, the latest Top 600 US speciality contractors report from Engineering News Record is tough reading. For while the headline figures show that the Top…Read moreRead more

Elmira City Council set to approve funding to demolish Armory Building. Plans to take down the Armory building are expected to move ahead next week following action by Elmira City Council. The council will vote on authorising the demolition at a maximum cost of $1,030,000, issuing $750,000 in bonds to pay part of the cost,…Read moreRead more

Demolition halted on Wyatt Building as property owner’s money runs out. The Wyatt Building in Esparto, California has forced closure of the main street for the final four months due to worries that the crumbling building could tumble into the street. The property owner, a non-profit group, found the money to begin demolition several weeks…Read moreRead more

D-Drill required to work around high voltage cables on recent sub-station contract. Safety was top of the agenda for D-Drill (Master Drillers) Limited when they worked within a live substation in Liverpool recently. Morgan Est appointed the diamond drilling and sawing specialist to remove a high voltage reinforced concrete cable gantry using wire line sawing…Read moreRead more

Three men injured during demolition of Michigan grain silo. Two men were injured Thursday morning while tearing down and replacing some old silos/grain elevators in Lake Odessa. Three companies, including a demolition crew and a reconstruction crew, were on the property in the 1000 block of 3rd Avenue when the incident occurred at around 9:30…Read moreRead more

Tower block fire risk could lead to boom for demolition contractors. One hundred social-housing tower blocks in London face even worse fire risks than Lakanal House in Camberwell, where six people died in July, according to the BBC. It claims that councils have failed to fire check at least 253 social housing high-rise buildings –…Read moreRead more

New video highlights the dismantling of a Komatsu 1250 excavator at the WTC site. After almost 2 years of excavating soil, shearing steel and hammering concrete Testa Corp’s Komatsu 1250 finally leaves the World Trade Center Construction Site in New York City. And all the action has been captured by videographer Stephen SetteDucatti. Cranes, Inc….Read moreRead more

New video captures the last days of Houston’s 103-year old Savoy Hotel.

Pedestrians and drivers in lucky escape as building facade falls into road. Demolition of a building on Denison Parkway in Corning, New Yorl didn’t go according to plan Thursday evening. During the process, a large section of the façade came crashing down into the street. The lane closest to the building was closed, but the…Read moreRead more

Former mustard gas factory falls to latest Lee Demolition implosion. At noon the Rhodia Chemical Factory, in Bristol, stood alone on a derelict site. Seconds later, it was nothing more than a heap of mangled steel. The implosion was handled by Lee Demolition Group, with managing director David Lee pressing the button. “It’s taken about…Read moreRead more