An old house at the centre of a cancer cluster scare at Atherton Fire Station in Cairns, Australia has been demolished. Cairns-based demolition experts began removing asbestos from the house adjoining the fire station on Friday and finished the job yesterday with an excavator. Read the full story here.
General
Cancer cluster building demolished…
Smokestack slow to fall…
It might be purely due to camera angle but this smokestack seems to take an age to finally fall.
The colours of demolition…
Not sure I know quite what this is all about. It features a very odd soundtrack and some special effects that appear to have been borrowed from a 1980s pop video but the lasting question is why use a high reach excavator for a single storey demolition project?
High reach time-lapse…
This is a really good time-lapse video showing a high reach excavator in operation in Dublin, Ireland.
Profits up at Brown & Mason…
Brown & Mason, the UK contractor known for its power station demolition capabilities, has enjoyed a rise in pre-tax profit to £1.4m. Turnover ran to £31m which was £5m higher than the previous figure of £26m. Pre-tax profit in the previous year ran to £850,000. Full details can be found here.
Lagos demolition completed safely…
It was a scene to behold as the 18 storey Bank of Industry building was recently brought down in 10 Seconds The site of the demolished Bank of Industry, (BOI Tower), at Broad Street on Lagos Island has become a tourist centre of sorts. Many Lagosians now visit the place to have a glimpse of…Read moreRead more
Impressive implosion sequence…
16 simultaneous implosions…
If you thought that explosive demolition was biggest and best in the US, think again. The Chinese recently popped 16 at the same time and while one was left standing, it makes for some spectacular footage.
Demolition creates new leaning tower…
The charges are set, the media has gathered, a lucky member of the public has their finger poised over the button and….d’oh.
