Harbour silo falls onto public library. Danish demolition contractors were left red-faced this weekend when the planned implosion of a harbour-side silo went horribly awry. ‘I simply do not know how it may have gone so bad,’ blasting manager Kenneth Wegge told Danish new network TV EAST.
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Video – Danish silo blast goes horribly wrong…
Video – Cat’s home-town advantage…
Demolition is underway in downtown Peoria. And the machine choice is wholly appropriate. Demolition work has begun at the Riverfront Village platform in downtown Peoria. And the machine selected to spearhead the demolition could not be more appropriate as the name Caterpillar is synonymous with the Illinois town. Preparatory work last week removed the last…Read moreRead more
Video – Excavator lies down at hotel…
Operator unscathed as machine falls partially into void. You know you’re having a bad day when you’re minding your own business when suddenly the ground swallows one of your machine’s tracks. And you know your day is about to get a whole lot worse when you realise that someone was filming you when it happened.
Video – Anglian in cliffhanger…
East Anglian demolition company demolishes homes teetering on the brink. The demolition has been completed of the first of five homes at risk of falling into the sea after storms battered the Norfolk coast. The chalets have been teetering on the edge of the cliff in Hemsby since Saturday.
Video – No room for error…
10-storey block imploded in Austin, Texas. A former University of Texas building was demolished Sunday morning. Ashbel Smith Hall was imploded at 8 am, local time. The building was 10 stories tall and built in 1974 as an administrative office for the University of Texas. It was torn down in order to make way for…Read moreRead more
Video – Russian tower toppled…
Huge tower demolished ahead of 2018 Russian World Cup. An unused Soviet-era TV tower in the Ural mountain city of Yekaterinburg in Russia has been destroyed to make way for reconstruction ahead of the 2018 World Cup.
Video – BAM goes another icon…
Medway skyline changed forever as Kingsnorth Power Station stack is imploded. Power station demolition experts Brown and Mason now seem to be carrying out controlled blasts with almost monotonous regularity. And the company has this morning chalked up yet another with the successful and spectacular implosion of the giant stack at the Kingsnorth Power Station….Read moreRead more
Video – Coal breaker broken…
The St. Nicholas Coal Breaker has been felled in a controlled blast. After being shuttered for more than 50 years, Pennsylvania’s last massive coal breaker – situated between Mahanoy City and Shenandoah in Schuylkill County – came down in a controlled implosion.
Video – Announcing the launch of DemolitionKit.com…
The demolition equipment sector now has a dedicated news resource all its own. It is one of the demolition industry’s most dynamic sectors. It is the source of seemingly unstoppable levels of innovation and creativity. It is capable of pushing the boundaries of what is possible to make the industry safer and more productive. And…Read moreRead more
Video – Westchester Plaza toppled…
Sunday morning blast fells 12-storey block in Fort Worth. The 12-story Westchester Plaza building in Fort Worth is nothing more than a big pile of rubble. The building was imploded Sunday morning at 8 am local time. Last August, residents were told to move out after the owner said changes to the Medicaid system forced…Read moreRead more
