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Caltrans considers explosive end for remaining piers. Following up on the successful implosion of the largest pier on the old eastern span of the Bay Bridge, Caltrans is seeking to demolish 15 remaining piers the same way at a cost of $130 million in what is expected to be the final steps of removing the…Read moreRead more

Vegas resort hotel requires more than one bite at the cherry. Las Vegas officials say the shuttered Riviera is so large that its towers will need to be brought down in two separate implosions. The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and its contracted demolitions experts say they are planning for the hotel’s towers to…Read moreRead more

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Belated discovery of asbestos adds month to contract schedule. Unexpectedly high amounts of asbestos means it will take an extra month for demolition at the former Monsour Medical Center site along Route 30 in Jeannette to be completed. A change order in the project approved Thursday by the Westmoreland County Industrial Development Corp. allows Dore…Read moreRead more

Judge threatens to halt project that is already stalled. A federal judge is mulling whether to order that the demolition work at Omaha’s Civic Auditorium and Music Hall be temporarily halted while he considers a lawsuit against the city over the bidding process. But the demolition is already stalled. That’s because DeNovo Constructors’ Inc., the…Read moreRead more

Contractor at centre of “wrong house” claim issues apology. The US demolition contractor caught up in the media swirl surrounding the demolition of the wrong Texas house has issued a statement and an apology to those involved. “…Billy L. Nabors Demolition has acknowledged and accepted our mistake since the beginning and apologizes for the delay…Read moreRead more

Unplanned collapse in Pattaya. A four-story building toppled uncontrollably Thursday afternoon near Pattaya’s Walking Street. The building, located behind the Marine Plaza Hotel, was slated for demolition when it collapsed at approximately 12:30 pm local time. No one was injured.

Contractor tears down the wrong house. Both owners of a duplex in Rowlett, Texas said they are shocked that a demolition company mistakenly tore down their homes on Tuesday. Lindsay Diaz and Alan Cutter own both sides of the duplex, and were waiting on insurance and a possible FEMA individual assistance declaration to decide on…Read moreRead more

The #Didcot4 campaign continues with ebook edition of A Site for Sore Eyes. At just after 4 pm this afternoon, it will be exactly one month since the tragic collapse at the Didcot A power station boiler house that claimed the lives of four demolition workers. As part of the #Didcot4 campaign, we have been…Read moreRead more

One of Spain’s biggest demolition contractors succumbs to financial crisis. Technical demolitions SA. (Detecsa), one of Spain’s largest and best-known demolition contractors, has called in the receivers amidst mounting debts with the IRS, Social Security and a dozen financial institutions. Although the exact amount of accumulated debt could not be confirmed, local media reports suggest…Read moreRead more