Nairobi mall demolition triggers looting frenzy. Police were forced to use tear gas to disperse youths who were attempting to storm inside the former Taj Mall to loot scrap metal and valuables.

Armac doing what Armac does best. It is a fool’s errand to even attempt to pigeonhole demolition companies. All are multi-disciplined and multi-faceted, and each is capable of tackling a huge array of structures. But let’s be honest. When you think Armac, you think bridge demolition. And for good reason, as this new video from […]

Huge snake unearthed on demolition site. Demolition works here in the UK are often stopped temporarily because of the presence of specific animals or plants. Over the years, I have visited sites that have endured delays caused by everything from birds to vole, and bats to badgers. But the inconvenience caused my these tiny critters […]

Parents of children attending DC school call for daily air quality tests. The demolition of a Washington middle school right beside a live elementary school has led to calls for daily air and water contamination tests from parents. According to local media reports, the site involved has been found to contain contaminants such as asbestos […]

Demolition worker wows Kings Cross commuters. A man described only as a demolition worker has been filmed entertaining commuters at London’s famous Kings Cross Station with an impromptu boogie-woogie session on a piano. If anyone can identify the man or the company he works for, we’d love to hear from them.

82-year old bridge sent to bottom of Illinois River. The old Illinois 104 bridge that crosses the Illinois River at Meredosia was imploded yesterday morning. Despite heavy rain that ended about 90 minutes before the blast, the entire procedure went as planned, according to John Sestak, a construction field engineer for the Illinois Department of […]

Competition will give winners unrivalled access to DemolitionNews’ global audience. At some point in the next few weeks, DemolitionNews’ Instagram account will hit the astonishing 30,000 followers mark. Now we could pat ourselves on the back for becoming the world’s largest demolition-dedicated feed on the platform. We could bask in the glory of having taken […]

Former paper mill chimney falls in controlled blast. The chimney at the former Edward Thompson paper mill in Hendon, Sunderland has been demolished in a controlled explosion. Appropriately, the demolition at the Edward Thompson stack was charged to another Thompson; demolition firm Thompsons of Prudhoe. The company’s John Thompson said the chimney had come down […]

b-line demolition can now count itself as a true demolition company. When we last caught up with the team at fledgling demolition contractor b-line, the company had just secured its first stand-alone demolition project. That project is now complete and it earned the company plaudits from both the client and an external auditor.

First blast drops Southern span. The southern span of the old Route 89 bridge over the Illionois River in Spring Valley was imploded early Tuesday morning. The bridge’s replacement, the Illinois Valley Veterans Memorial Bridge, opened in June. The new bridge provides a wider span for emergency vehicles, pedestrians and bike traffic. The other span […]