Blast lays to rest futuristic plant erected in 1967. The so-called “mill of the future” is no more. The Weirton Steel Basic Oxygen Plant in West Virginia was imploded on Saturday morning. The massive BOP mill was completed in 1967 and covered more than six acres at the north end of town. At the time,…Read moreRead more
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Video – Mill of the future imploded…
Video – Demolition date set for Brayton Point…
Massachusetts cooling towers set to fall on 27 April. The iconic cooling towers at the Brayton Point power plant will be demolished in April. Representatives of Commercial Development Co., which now owns the former coal-fired facility, have informed local residents that the towers would be brought down by way of controlled demolition on April 27….Read moreRead more
Video – German power plant felled…
Boiler house dropped, cooling tower and stack follow. Contractors carried out an impressive explosive demolition of the Knepper power plant in Castrop-Rauxel near Dortmund, Germany yesterday. First, the boiler house was blown. Then, about 45 minutes later, the 128 metre tall cooling tower and the 210 metre high chimney of the former coal-fired power plant…Read moreRead more
Video – Bradford council offices blasted…
Contractor bounces back from unforeseen delay with text-book blast. The planned but well-guarded timing of the implosion to fell the Jacobs Well former head office of Bradford Council had to shift slightly as contractors had to wait for police to release the scene of a serious car crash outside the building. But when they eventually…Read moreRead more
Breaking News – Brazil takes on US…
Award winning explosive expert targets US expansion. Anyone that has been following the wider demolition industry on social media during the past week or two will probably have encountered a distinctive but unfamiliar logo together with a somewhat cryptic message. But the cat is now out of the bag, as they say. And we can…Read moreRead more
Video – Barnsley Market car park detonated…
Early morning blast sees multi-storey car park eradicated. The demolition and regeneration of the market area in Barnsley continued this weekend with the controlled explosive demolition of the market’s multi-storey car park. The area was cordoned off at 10 pm on Saturday night prior to the implosion which took place just before 2 am on…Read moreRead more
Breaking News – Tappan Zee bridge span downed…
Explosive demolition drops bridge span into Hudson River. Within the past few minutes, the Eastern span of the old Tappan Zee bridge has been demolished by a controlled explosion. Original plans called for the Tappan Zee to be removed piece by piece and avoid the use of explosives, which could have an impact on Hudson…Read moreRead more
Video – Razing the roof…
Explosive end to roof of Milwaukee stadium. Demolition crews in Milwaukee, used explosives Sunday morning to demolish the roof of the Bradley Center, former home of the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks. Crews have been slowly deconstructing the 30-year-old building piece by piece since it closed last summer, but used a controlled blast to bring down the…Read moreRead more
Blowing the roof off…
Milwaukee arena braced for roof blast. Demolitions experts on Sunday will finish the work promised by rockers Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen and the Rolling Stones: Blow the roof off the Bradley Center. A ring of explosives will be detonated on the joints that support the massive roof trusses on the 30-year-old arena which closed last…Read moreRead more
Video – Parking garage imploded…
Crowds gather to watch controlled blast in downtown Austin. Downtown Austin’s Sunday started off with a bang as a parking garage was imploded at 8:30 am local time. The parking garage was demolished with explosives by a private contractor. For the safety of the community, officials from the Austin Police Department and the UT Austin…Read moreRead more
