implosion

Controlled blast fells five Kentucky coal silos. Controlled Demolition, Inc. (CDI) of Phoenix, Maryland acting as explosives contractor to Lexington Coal Company, LLC of Milton, West Virginia has carried out the preparation for and explosives felling of one 29 metre tall reinforced concrete silo and four 29 metre tall, tandem reinforced concrete coal silos in…Read moreRead more

Another day, another successful implosion at Scottish power plant. The complete eradication of Scotland’s last remaining coal fired power station has moved a step closer with the removal of several more key structures. Three smaller structures close to the stations iconic chimney were ‘blown down’ in calm conditions on 13 December by ScottishPower demolition contractor…Read moreRead more

Controlled blast drops huge dish. A massive 30 metre diameter satellite dish at Bartlett Earth Station in Talkeetna, Alaska has been demolished in a controlled implosion. The Bartlett Earth Station was built almost 50 years ago by a company called COMSAT. COMSAT’S antenna brought communications to the region shortly after Alaska became a state. Now,…Read moreRead more

Implosion marks end for 75-year old power station. A team comrosing representatives of Entergy, Bierlein and Dykon yesterday used explosives to destroy the major parts of the closed Couch Plant which dated to 1943 and was designed to burn fuel oil or gas at two generating units. Named after power company founder Harvey Couch, the…Read moreRead more

Controlled implosion paves way for multi-million dollar waterfront development. The skyline of the Bayonne waterfront in New Jersey was changed this weekend with a controlled implosion that signalled the start of a 148,000 square metre development that is expected to create 2,700 jobs. The implosion felled a water tower and a redundant chimney on the…Read moreRead more

Giant Port Augusta chimney felled in controlled blast. One of Australia’s tallest chimney stacks has been demolished in a controlled explosion at the site of a former coal-fired power station. Constructed in 1984, the 200-metre stack at the Northern Power Station site once towered over the outskirts of Port Augusta in South Australia’s north, and…Read moreRead more

Hung boiler and silo bay felled in controlled blast. Controlled Demolition, Inc (CDI), acting as explosives subcontractor to Environmental Remediation Services, has carried out the preparation for and successful explosives felling of a boiler structure at the Mount Tom power plant in Holyoke, Massachusetts:

Controlled blast fells twin floodlight towers in South Africa. Removal of the original towers for the floodlights at the Willowmoore Park International cricket ground in Benoni, South Africa has begun with the controlled toppling of two of the four towers. The brief demolition was successfully carried out by Wreckers Demolition on behalf of the municipality,…Read moreRead more

Controlled implosion fells 152 metre chimney. Crews braved freezing temperatures in Albany, Georgia this weekend to carry out the precise explosive demolition of a giant 152 metre tall stack that has stood sentinel over Georgia Power’s Plant Mitchell plant for over 65 years.