Caterpillar has announced a stimulus package to help recession-hit customers. At a time when equipment fleet operators across the world are facing economic and regulatory challenges, Caterpillar Inc. and its global dealer network has unveiled a “stimulus package” designed to help owners work through equipment-related concerns. Whether those concerns are do-it-yourself maintenance, affordable fleet expansion,…Read moreRead more
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Caterpillar unveils stimulus package…
Demolition made easy, Chinese-style…
Take some ill-advised excavation, stir in a tower block, add water and… William Sinclair, managing director of Safedem, explosive demolition expert and 2nd vice president of the National Federation of Demolition Contractors has just forwarded to us a set of photos that show what happens when you combine some over-zealous Chinese groundworkers, a torrential downpour,…Read moreRead more
Cowan Mill demolition underway…
Work is underway to make safe the Cowan Mill in Lewiston, Maine gutted by fire recently. We have just come across a new video showing the first stage of the demolition of the former Cowan Mill at Lewiston, Maine that was gutted by fire just a few weeks ago. Although, based upon this interesting use…Read moreRead more
Little girl wants her school demolished…
Video/Audio of little Irish girl asking for her school to be demolished, along with her teachers. The following has been doing the rounds on the Internet for quite some time now and, to be honest, we originally chose to ignore it. However, having now listened again, it just gets funnier and funnier and is worthy…Read moreRead more
What’s wrong with this video…
Never mind the health and safety, let’s make a demolition video! As regular visitors to demolition sites across Europe and the US, we are very aware that health and safety requirements vary from country to country. However, it never ceases to amaze us when even the most obvious common sense is abandoned. Take a look…Read moreRead more
On shaky ground…?
We’re not sure which is the shakier; the excavator operator or the person behind the camera!
Turning the lights out at GE Lighting…
Video showing the demolition of the former GE Lighting building in Enfield.
Demolition City gets even more interesting…
A kind offer from Active Workwear has just spiced things up in our Demolition City contest. Last week, Demolition News was at its busiest ever, but not because of any Pulitzer-prize winning writing or tabloid-style expose. No. The reason for all the excitement and comment was a simple online game called Demolition City that allows…Read moreRead more
Day at the races for Buckingham…
Buckingham Group’s preparatory works are underway at Fontwell Park racecourse. Buckingham Group Contracting has recently started work on a new Premier Grandstand at Fontwell Park Racecourse and Conference Centre near Arundel, West Sussex. The £6.5m project for Client Northern Racing, will create an architecturally prominent three-storey building with twelve private hospitality boxes, a glass fronted…Read moreRead more
High school demolition underway…
Video showing the demolition of a high school building in Lorain, Ohio. The beginning of the end of Lorain High began yesterday with the demolition of a gym built the year President John F. Kennedy was killed. By December, the entire 1,800 m2-plus school, which started in a four-room building where the first diplomas were…Read moreRead more
