Union Pacific Railroad demolished a portion of the Tempe Town Lake Train Bridge at 8:13 a.m. on August 2, 2020 to facilitate debris removal. Once the area is clear, reconstruction will begin.
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Bridge blown
Bunker bay blast…
Demolition Services caries out another successful blast at Ironbridge. Working in partnership with SES Explosives Engineers, Leeds-based Demolition Services carried out the successful explosive demolition of the bunker bay at Ironbridge Power Station shortly after 11 am today. The steel bunker bay structure was the first of three planned explosive events in order to bring…Read moreRead more
Explosive prison break
Implosion fells North Carolina facility. This weekend saw the explosive demolition of North Carolina’s Western Youth Institute, commonly known as the High Rise Prison.
Orchestral implosions…
Bridge blasts set to music. It appears that someone at the Illinois Department of Transportation had some time on their hands. They have been back through the state archives, gathered together some epic bridge blast footage, and set the entire thing to the 1812 Overture by Tchaikovsky.
Pistons’ Palace sent packing…
Weekend implosion fells former Detroit sporting/music venue. The structure of The Palace of Auburn Hills was imploded Saturday morning, July 11, 2020, ending a process of dismantling that began in February. The former home of the Detroit Pistons hosted its last NBA game on April 11, 2017 and Bob Seger performed the venue’s last concert…Read moreRead more
TRD topples tower
Explosive end for historic brick-built chimney. During this weekend, Total Reclaims Demolition carried out the explosive demolition of a brick-built chimney at the Wade Spring factory in Long Eaton.
Delta Force…
You might recall that, at the end of May, we brought you details of a British company’s involvement in a blast that toppled eight smoke stacks at a power plant in Australia. Well that was only part of the story. In fact, that final blast was the culmination of 14 months and 400,000+ man hours…Read moreRead more
Beach blast…
Explosive demolition of Michigan power plant. The former DTE Energy coal power plant in Harbor Beach, Michigan has been levelled. DemolitionNews understands that the controlled double blast was carried out by SCM Engineered Demolition & Explosives INC.
Downtown Dominion detonated…
The downtown skyline of Richmond, Virginia is officially different after Dominion Energy’s former headquarters was demolished. The building was imploded Saturday at 7 am after a brief delay. All 21 floors of the former headquarters were brought down in a matter of seconds. Controlled Demolition Inc. handled the implosion and said that thirteen levels of…Read moreRead more
Demolition Daily #44
Today’s guest on the Demolition Daily LiveStream is Roland Alford, managing director of Alford Technologies which this weekend carried out an eight chimney implosion in Australia from the comfort of the UK. The show is brought to you by our t-shirt sponsor for the day, Repalo, the company behind the self-assembly concrete cracker we featured…Read moreRead more
