implosion

Controlled implosion finally demolishes tallest building in Kentucky capital. The 28 storey Capital Plaza Office Tower in Frankfort, Kentucky disappeared yesterday into a cloud of dust. Capital Plaza Office Tower opened in 1972 and closed in 2016, and was the tallest building in Frankfort. It was imploded to make way for a new 385,500-square-foot, 1,500…Read moreRead more

Controlled blast fells Lake Erie landmark. In a matter of seconds, chimney towers which had stood tall over the Lake Erie shoreline for decades were taken down. The Nanticoke Generating Station is a decommissioned coal plant located on the shore of Lake Erie near the community of Nanticoke, about 20 kilometres east of Port Dover.

Liberty Industrial delivers another massive blow at Munmorrah Power Station. The final boiler and coal hopper structures at Munmorah Power Station have been demolished using controlled explosive demolition techniques. The boilers are the largest demolished in New South Wales so far. Weighing in at 32,200 tonnes and 60 metres in height the combined boilers and…Read moreRead more

Liberty Industrial takes down massive reclaimer at Aussie coal terminal. Australian demolition giant Liberty Industrial has carried out the demolition of a Reclaimer and a Stacker at Port Kembla Coal Terminal. The Reclaimer was removed from the stockyard over a bridge and transported to a dedicated demolition area for demolition and disposal. Once the structure…Read moreRead more

Implosion fells silos in Kurdistan. After almost 10 years and literally thousands of demolition films, I believe this is our first-ever video from Kurdistan. And it was worth the wait:

Latest explosive event at Tilbury captured on film. Power station demolition specialist Brown and Mason has carried out the latest in a series of successful controlled explosions, this time to fell the Grit Arresters 7 and 8 at the Tilbury Power Station.

Power turned off while debris-damaged building is repaired. Duke Energy imploded an old chimney of the Wabash River Generating Station. But it did not go without a hitch, albeit an indirect one. Word of the implosion was kept under wraps for safety reasons. Officials say they didn’t want to risk drawing a crowd to the…Read moreRead more

Blast drops Mississippi power plant. On Thursday 25 January, the remaining components of the Delta Steam Electric Station were brought to the ground safely through a controlled implosion. The implosion began the final stage of the demolition of what is left of the generating facility that served Mississippi for more than half a century. Last…Read moreRead more

The thunder from Down Under strikes again. McMahon Services in partnership with Precision Demolition has successfully completed the explosive charge felling of the 80 metre high Playford B concrete and brick chimney at the Augusta Power stations.