National Demolition Association demonstrates leadership in face of Coronavirus. Ever since the Coronavirus made landfall in the US, the team at the National Demolition Association (NDA) has been working tirelessly to keep its members informed snd to keep sites moving. Possibly because the effects of the 911 terrorist attacks are still raw, the US is…Read moreRead more
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NDA tackles COVID-19 crisis…
Demolition Daily #2
The second episode of our daily LiveStream is available to view. Regular readers will know that we have committed to broadcasting a daily LiveStream video show over on our Facebook page which will appear on our Facebook page at 3pm each day during the COVID-19 crisis. Yesterday’s episode was struck down in its prime by…Read moreRead more
Demolition Daily – Episode #1
Our first-ever LiveStream is in the can. You can watch it here. As subscribers to our This Week in Demolition newsletter are already aware, we promised to launch a new LiveStream that will be hosted DAILY on our Facebook page. Well, the first episode is now “in the can” and you can watch it below.
Leaning no longer…
Leaning Tower of Dallas finally succumbs. It withstood explosives. It withstood countless blows with a wrecking ball. And it openly mocked the demolition contractor charged with bringing it down. But the infamous Leaning Tower of Dallas – subject of a million selfies – has finally been laid to rest in a cloud of dust.
Leaning Tower’s day or wreckoning…
Wrecking ball sets out to complete what explosives could not. Just over a week after explosives failed to demolish part of a tower block in Dallas, the demolition contractor has called upon reinforcements in the shape of a trusty crawler crane and wrecking ball. For the past seven days, Texans have marvelled as the “Leaning…Read moreRead more
Brayton Point chimney downed…
Implosion fells massive power station chimney. The latest explosive demolition event at the Brayton Point Power Station has felled the facility’s iconic chimney. The 152 metre tall stack was a familiar feature of the landscape in Somerset, Massachusetts and could be seen for miles around.
Storming to the end…
Final explosive event at Didcot A Power Station completed. Even as the UK was battered by high winds and rain as part of Storm Ciara, the explosive demolition team at Brown and Mason was carrying out its final checks ahead of what would be the last explosive event at the ill-fated Didcot A Power Station….Read moreRead more
Ear worm alert…
I’ll warn you now – One listen, and you’ll be singing this all day. Over the years, songwriters have used their craft to pay tribute to those they admire and adore. Elton John sang about Marilyn Monroe (and then Princess Diana) with “Candle in the Wind“; The Waterboys’ “Whole of the Moon” is – allegedly…Read moreRead more
A source of prIDE…
World’s first Masters of Science in Demolition Management graduate. The long-held hopes and aspirations of the Institute of Demolition Engineers (IDE) came to fruition today when seven individuals graduated as Master of Science in Demolition Management at the end of a course devised by the Institute and delivered at the University of Wolverhampton. Those seven…Read moreRead more
Littlebrook latest…
215 metre chimney dropped in controlled blast. Brown and Mason’s ongoing demolition at the Littlebrook Power Station on the banks of the River Thames at Dartford in Kent continued this weekend. A controlled implosion was used to demolish a 215 metre tall chimney:
