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Video – DemolitionNews Video Review #2…
Armac against the clock…
Company works through holiday weekend to minimise disruption. The former office block built in the 1960’s was demolished over the May Bank Holiday weekend to minimise inconvenience to train users and other Coventonians. The demolition commenced at midnight on Friday 1st May and was due to be completed in 48 hours. The work was successfully…Read moreRead more
Two hurt in St Louis collapse…
Workers fall 30 feet but walk away. Two demolition workers have suffered injuries after falling more than 30 feet at a job site near St. Louis University. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1zlabDW ) reports that the accident happened around noon Friday when part of the building they were dismantling collapsed. Capt. Garon Mosby of the…Read moreRead more
Education, education, education…
Industry meets with South and City College Birmingham’s Bordesley Campus. The scene was set when past Vice President of the National Federation of Demolition Contractors, Patrick Williamson, met with Steve Dourass, Business and Community Manager at the College a few weeks ago at a Networking event, and those initial discussions highlighted the critical need for…Read moreRead more
Pub to be rebuilt after illegal demolition…
Developer feels local council’s wrath. Westminster council has ordered a developer to completely rebuild a pub that they demolished without permission in order to build flats. The Carlton Tavern had stood in Maida Vale, west London, for more than 90 years, so residents were understandably shocked when it was demolished one day without notice. The…Read moreRead more
Devil worshipper’s lair to be demolished…
Home of double killer to be felled today. Demolition of the Clemmons home that once belonged to Pazuzu Algarad and his self-proclaimed wife, Amber Burch, could begin as early as Friday morning. Pazuzu Algarad is accused of killing two men and dumping their bodies in a shallow grave in the back yard of his home…Read moreRead more
Keltbray collapse update…
Contractor confirms that it was one of their own that was injured in this week’s collapse. Keltbray has issued a new statement on the central London collapse that left one man injured. “With reference to the incident on 20 April in Portugal Street, London, where Keltbray is working on the demolition of a building when…Read moreRead more
Video – Windsor Park stand facing demolition…
Damaged stand at home of Northern Ireland football team scheduled for demolition. The damaged West Stand at the famous Windsor Park stadium is to be demolished. Cracks were found in the structure following Northern Ireland’s 2-1 win against Finland in the Euro 2016 qualifiers during which some 4,000 spectators filled the stand.
Philly sound silenced forever…
Demolition work begins on famed record company building. Demolition work began Saturday at the fire-damaged former headquarters of the famed recording company that created what came to be called “The Sound of Philadelphia.” The Philadelphia International Records building is being torn down to make way for a 47-story tower that will be part hotel, part…Read moreRead more
Breaking News – LSE students evacuated as building collapses…
Air ambulance called following Aldwych collapse. Some 200 people, including workers and students at the London School of Economics (LSE) have been evacuated from the area around Aldwych after a building in Portugal Street collapsed. The building is also close to the Royal Courts of Justice and Lincoln’s Inn Fields. Witnesses reported a “large crash”…Read moreRead more
