If your building is just a tad too tall, call this guy. “Stupid is as stupid does” according to philosopher Forrest Gump. Well, as our Holy Crap Files films continually prove, there is certainly some truth in that. How else to you explain this attempt to demolish a building from the middle? Seriously, what did…Read moreRead more
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Video – DemolitionNews Business Briefing…
DemolitionNews responds to demand for more industry insight with new Business Briefing video show in conjunction with The Builders’ Conference.
Comment – The Internet NEVER Forgets…
Why it is sometimes best to let sleeping dogs lie when dealing with the media. Back in my print media days, it was not unusual for us at Contract Journal to be required to print a retraction on a story that had caused upset or offence to an individual or a company. Even with such…Read moreRead more
Video – BAM’s big bang…
Brown and Mason drops another major part of Kingsnorth Power Station. There are times when I genuinely wonder how the UK is still able to produce electricity, such is the speed with which Brown and Mason seem to be removing the nation’s stock of coal fired power stations from the landscape. And the latest to…Read moreRead more
Video – Slow goodbye to Kosciuszko Bridge…
Film captures delicate process of removing bridge truss. The central section of the crumbling old Kosciuszko Bridge was lowered down to the Newtown Creek below on Tuesday and floated down the Newtown Creek Wednesday, according to the contractors. The slow process started Tuesday when crews used cables to lower the span — 300 feet long,…Read moreRead more
Video – Time to give thanks…
Quick response to a week of almost universally positive feedback. After a week of almost exclusively favourable feedback, we just wanted to offer you a quick update together with a heartfelt thank you to all those that have been in touch. In particular, we’d like to extend our thanks to those that are helping support…Read moreRead more
Comment – What is the point of demolition training…?
Key health and safety messages are not making it through to the men on the ground. You will, I hope, forgive the deliberately provocative title of this latest comment video. Obviously, I know the intended purpose of demolition training. I know that some demolition companies go way above and beyond the call of duty in…Read moreRead more
Video – Shattering the heart of glass…
Two big pulls fells Indiana smokestack. For more than 120 years, a 25 metre tall smokestack loomed large over the Washington Glass factory at Cicero, Indiana. But not any longer. The stack was pulled down in two stages – The action is captured in this new video: WASHINGTON GLASS SMOKESTACK DEMOLITION from Aerialgo Productions on…Read moreRead more
Video – Sappi stack succumbs…
Stack falls after several delays. One of two smoke stacks at former Sappi paper mill property has been imploded. City officials were concerned that the 60-metre tall “Power House Stack No. 1” was a public safety risk after large cracks developed in the stack.
Video – Toppling at Tottenham…
Stadium demolition enters final phase in spectacular style. The demolition of the White Hart Lane stadium the home of Tottenham Hotspur football club, is rapidly drawing to a close. And it is doing so in spectacular style as DSM fells one last high level element of the structure.
