Implosion fells long-abandoned hospital. Miami Beach’s South Shore Hospital, which has been abandoned for over a decade, came to the ground after an implosion yesterday morning. Crews used a small number of explosives to take down the structure, and city of Miami Beach officials were warning residents of the traffic impacts and more.

The Liebherr exhibition stand at Bauma once again raised the bar. If Bauma is Digger Disneyland, then the Liebherr stand is Snow White’s Castle (appropriate given that the design of said castle is based upon the Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany). Like that castle, the Liebherr stand looms over the entire Bauma showground; the logo on […]

Sixth explosive event at Scottish power station. At 10am on 11 April 2019, power station demolition experts from Brown and Mason carried out the sixth and latest explosive demolition event at the Longannet power station in Scotland, felling Boiler Annex East.

Blast fells landmark bridge. Missouri Department of Transportation crews demolished the old Route 47 Missouri River Bridge on April 11. The historic landmark came down in Washington, Missouri around 10:30 am, local time.

Blast fells Florida cooling towers. Two gigantic cooling towers in Jacksonville were imploded with 1,500 pounds of dynamite on Saturday. The 141 metre high towers majestically became nothing but piles of dust after 30 years of standing tall in St. Johns River Power Park. Locals gathered near the site to watch the iconic towers crumble. […]

Three stacks down as CDI carries out controlled blast. Controlled Demolition, Inc. (CDI), acting as explosives subcontractor to Brayton Point, LLC. of St. Louis, Missouri carried out the successful felling of three 106 metre tall reinforced concrete chimneys in Somerset, Massachusetts on 24 March 2019. This blast was the precursor to the explosive demolition for […]

JCB unveiled three new excavator models last week. And Demolition TV was there. UK equipment giant JCB has unveiled the three latest additions to its new X Series line -up of hydraulic excavators. Competing in the 13 to 15 tonne operating weight range, the 131X, 140X and 150X excavators are direct replacements for the popular […]

Controlled blast fells 20 storey German tower block. A 20-storey building known locally as the “White Giant” was demolished in Duisburg’s Hochheide on yesterday. At 12:00 local time, around 290 kilograms of explosives were used to blast the block of flats into a pile of rubble.

ACDE Europe picks up Taguchi demolition attachment agency. The ranks of demolition attachment suppliers is about to be swelled with the news that Netherlands-based ACDE Europe has been awarded European import rights for the Guzzilla range from Japanese manufacturer Taguchi. Although it is entering a mature and highly competitive market, ACDE claims that the Guzzilla […]

OilQuick system “rains” supreme in Derby. Cawarden Demolition has joined the growing ranks of the OilQuick owners’ club. And so, when the company was about to put its new OilQuick-equipped Komatsu excavator to work on a former school in Derby, we despatched the Demolition TV camera crew to capture the action. So crank up the […]