Calling all demolition engineers…

Use your expertise to help Nepalese demolition and rebuilding drive. Readers of our weekly This Week in Demolition bulletin will know that we recently highlighted a job opportunity in Australia for those with a penchant for sunshine. This latest job bulletin is rather different. Disaster waste Recovery is currently looking for demolition engineers to work…Read moreRead more

Floating dock jetty set to be sunk…

Demolition gets go ahead to expand Portsmouth International Port. A redundant 110 year old jetty that currently prevents larger ships from using Portsmouth International Port is to be demolished as part of a £5 million pound investment in the Port’s future. The disused structure, known as the “Floating Dock Jetty”, is situated at the eastern…Read moreRead more

Contractor disputes dust claims…

Car dealers seek dust-up over Rank Hovis building demolition. Representatives of 16 car dealerships claim that the vehicles on their forecourts have been covered in dust by the demolition works taking place at the former Rank Hovis factory at Witham near Hull. Tony Beaumont runs Pick A Car in the area. He said: “It has…Read moreRead more

Young man, there’s no need to feel down…

Iowa all set for implosion of riverfront YMCA. “It’s fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.” That may well be the case but come 4 October, the YMCA in Iowa will be best avoided. The Riverfront YMCA is set to be imploded, while demolition crews have already bulldozed half the building and salvaged what they could….Read moreRead more

Abbey demolition unearths burial site…

Archaeologists called in as demolition uncovers 11th Century remains. Remains of at least 50 people, all believed to date from 11th and early 12th century, discovered during demolition work to make space for new tower. The bones of men who may have witnessed the tumultuous events of 1066 in Westminster Abbey, when one king was…Read moreRead more

Video – Arkansas power plant popped…

Power station stack and boiler bite the dust. Entergy Arkansas finished their demolition of the Robert E. Ritchie power plant in Helena with a controlled implosion Thursday morning. There were two components left on the Ritchie power plant after one of the boilers was imploded last October. The other, larger boiler and a 450-foot emissions…Read moreRead more

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Didcot blasts into next phase…

Date set for latest power station blast. On Saturday 26 September the first of two explosive activities required to demolish the main building will take place at Didcot A power station.  The second will happen later this year.  The smaller north side of the main building (the tank and bunker bay) will be brought down…Read moreRead more

Video – Makin’ hay while the sun shines…

Choppin Demolition enjoying California drought. It’s an ill wind that blows nobody any good, as Choppin Demolition will testify. While most California residents are bemoaning the ongoing four-year drought which has restricted water usage across the state, the Long Beach-based contractor has discovered a tidy little niche; demolishing swimming pools owned by community-minded residents. Check…Read moreRead more

Video – Implosion double in Oklahoma City…

“Where the blasts are as high as an elephant’s eye”. The landscape of Oklahoma City’s downtown changed forever Sunday as two historic buildings were demolished. In a matter of seconds – the Black Hotel and adjacent Motor Hotel along Hudson Avenue were gone. The historic buildings were built in the early 1930’s, but fell victim…Read moreRead more