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Lee Demolition implosion brings down 50-year old paper mill towers. More than 100 former workers and locals came out on a sunny Thursday afternoon to see the towers of the St Regis Sudbrook Paper Mill demolished. The plant employed people from the village and surrounding towns – including three generations of one family. Lee Demolition…Read moreRead more

Environmental Department to examine demolition of former school building. A Nova Scotia development group and the provincial Environment Department are attempting to bring closure to issues that arose during the recent demolition of this community’s former school building. The Johnstown Community Development Co-op (JCDC) bought the building and surrounding property in 1988, and subsequently set…Read moreRead more

High reach machine will pick up where explosives left off at Norsk Hydro. But is it big enough? Details of the machine to be used to spearhead to fell the Norsk Hydro building in Canada that failed to succumb to implosion a few weeks ago have been released: The machine performing the majority of the…Read moreRead more

Low bidder Weir Bros has been given the green light to implode the Texas Stadium Sometimes, it pays to read between the lines. The Dallas News has carried a report on the fact that Irving City Council unanimously approved its budget for the 2009-10 fiscal year on Thursday and also voted 7-1 to pay a…Read moreRead more

Irving city officials expected to award Texas Stadium demolition contract tonight. The Irving city council tonight is expected to award a contract for the demolition of Texas Stadium. Irving Mayor Herb Gears says it’s a bittersweet feeling sad, but the beginning of a new opportunity for the stadium site. He says demolition crews won’t waste…Read moreRead more

A building famed in US civil rights history is being demolished in North Carolina today The historic Coffee Cup Solda Grill building in uptown is being demolished today. Opened in 1946, the Coffee Cup was the first in Charlotte where whites and blacks dined together before desegregation. Beazer Homes USA of Atlanta applied for a…Read moreRead more

NFDC President David Darsey receives Fellowship of the Institute of Demolition Engineers BREAKING NEWS: Just a few days after celebrating his 40th birthday, the National Federation of Demolition Contractors’ youngest-ever President – David Darsey – will be reaching for the champagne again having just been named as a Fellow of the Institute of Demolition Engineers….Read moreRead more

New South Wales roadside landmark destined for scrapheap (or BBQ) A New South Wales council has approved the demolition of one of the states most recognisable roadside landmarks, Ballina’s Big Prawn. As we reported at the beginning of August, city officials were to vote on the future of the giant fibre glass crustacean. And while…Read moreRead more

Concerns over asbestos delay demolition of Wisconsin ore dock. The historic ore dock in Ashland, Wisconsin will live on for one more year. Demolition work will have to wait until next summer as contractors wait for one last permit between them, Canadian National Railway and the City of Ashland. Permits have already been obtained from…Read moreRead more

Cherry Demolition contract shelved as Houston Savoy owner steps in. It’s falling to pieces and a large crack is etched across its facade but the historic Savoy Hotel in downtown Houston has received a temporary stay of execution as the owner stepped in to prevent the planned emergency demolition. On Wednesday, the city of Houston…Read moreRead more