A closer look at the world’s largest demolition machine. Last week, we brought you some exclusive footage of what is claimed to be the world’s largest demolition machine: a modified Komatsu PC4000 that was delivered to McMahon Services in Australia. The video lit up our viewing figures and captured the imagination of demolition company owners…Read moreRead more
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Video – Another Holy Crap moment…
Operator has lucky escape as entire block falls. The operator of this excavator likely went home coated in a thick layer of dust. But the fact that we went home at all is a blessed relief as the entire block falls, narrowly missing his machine: Building Demolition Atl from Patricia Colacchio on Vimeo.
Video – Georgia power plant nears end…
Latest implosion marks the beginning of the end at Plant Kraft. Georgia Power is wrapping up demolition of a retired power plant near Savannah. Plant Kraft was used to generate electricity from 1958 until 2015, when it was retired by Georgia Power. The utility plans to donate the property to the Georgia Ports Authority.
Video – Timberloch Tower toppled…
Early morning implosion fells Texan tower block. Demolition crews imploded an 11-story office building in The Woodlands on Sunday morning. The 19-year old Timberloch Tower, which is owned by Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, was imploded around dawn.
Video – TAC toppled…
Film captures 10-month demolition. For much of last year and even while it was calling in the receivers), Forshaw Demolition carried out the demolition of the former Tameside Administration Centre. The facility was demolished to make way for a new Joint Service Centre as part of Phase 2 of the Vision Tameside project. This new…Read moreRead more
Work underway on fire-hit I-85…
President Trump pledges funds to help rebuild Interstate Highway. Demolition crews are working to take down a portion of I-85 damaged after a huge fire caused the road to collapse and Georgia Department of Transport officials have released a preliminary plan to help ease congestion. There’s still no definitive time table for the reopening of…Read moreRead more
Video – Add this to the file marked Holy Crap…
Cameraman captures moment debris hits neighbouring building in catastrophic collapse. The entirely foreseeable collapse of this building (which already looks several decades beyond its sell-by date) is merely the beginning. When the dust settles and the videographer realises that the excavator operator is unharmed, the attention switches to a neighbouring tower block that has been…Read moreRead more
Video – Former cafe gets eaten…
Excavator munches through Yorkshire’s Royal Albert cafe. The traditional British cafe is a familiar and welcome haunt for demolition folk up and down the country. It is a refuge that beckons with the promise of tea and bacon; a sanctuary from the mud and muck of the demolition site. And so the demolition of the…Read moreRead more
Video – Pfeiffer Bridge back on track…
Excavator succeeds where drop ball failed. It was a contract that got off to a false start with a drop ball that flatly refused to break the bridge deck. But in true demolition spirit, the crew has caught up, switching to hydraulic excavators to get the job done:
Video Exclusive – Liberty fells twin stacks…
Munmorah Power Station stacks felled in controlled explosion. Liberty Industrial has carried out the controlled explosive demolition of the Munmorah Power Station chimney stacks The landmark chimney stacks at the former Munmorah Power Station are no longer standing. The 155m-tall stacks were demolished today using controlled explosive techniques. The demolition was carried out around 9:30am…Read moreRead more
