Video – Kurds away…

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:

Video – Brown and Mason strikes again…

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.

Video – Stack blast kills power to hundreds…

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

Video – Delta downed…

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

Video – On dry land…

Dutch dismantle giant steel bridge. Between October and January, the bridge sections of Rotterdam’s old Botlek bridge were delivered in stages to the dismantling yard of Jansen Recycling Group in Vlaardingen, The Netherlands. Taken as a whole, the sections weigh some 6,000 tonnes. On 23 November and 6 December, the largest sections from the old…Read moreRead more

Video – McMahon pops Playford stack…

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.

Video – Time to go…

Operator retreats as apartment block tumbles. YouTube and Facebook are filled with films of excavator operators that were a little too close for comfort. So it is refreshing to bring you a video featuring an operator that clearly knew just when he’d broken enough. And as he retires to a safe distance, the apartment block…Read moreRead more

Video – Downington downed…

Controlled blast fells twin stacks. On January 19, 2018, two smokestacks that were part of the old Downingtown Paper Mill were simultaneously demolished by explosion to make way for the Brandywine Station project. Brandywine Station will be developed by the award winning Hankin Group and will feature apartments, retail and restaurants. The Downingtown Train Station…Read moreRead more

Video – Game is almost up…

Demolition of Las Vegas Club nears completion. Demolition of the Las Vegas Club is nearly done. And judging by this video, the tower is coming down at least partly unaided. A large section of the building came down in the early hours of 20 January 2018, seemingly of its own accord. (But, if you stick…Read moreRead more

Demolition TV – Season 3 starts here…

Demolition TV is back with a bang. Fawlty Towers was recently voted best TV comedy ever in a UK poll.   Yet it lasted for just two series and a total of only 12 episodes.   So while we wouldn’t classify Demolition TV as a comedy (although the out-takes are hilarious!) the fact that we’re back for…Read moreRead more