India sees the UK’s three scaffold collapses and raises them. Amidst all the hand-wringing that followed a week in which three separate UK demolition contractors dropped three separate piles of scaffold onto three separate UK streets, good ol’ Blighty can at least take some solace from the fact that we’re not quite as bad as…Read moreRead more
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At least we’re not this bad…
Unite launches silica register
Union takes action on silica dust exposure. The UK’s largest union – Unite – has taken steps to reduce the risk of exposure to silica dust and to make it easier for those exposed to make a claim. Inhaling large amounts of silica dust over a long period of time can cause a number of…Read moreRead more
CDI at the double…
CDI blasts its way across the US. Some demolition professionals may work a lifetime without ever being involved in an explosive demolition event. Some demolition companies might be lucky enough to see an implosion up close, even if they’re not involed, directly or otherwise. But for Controlled Demolition Inc (CDI), implosions seem to come along…Read moreRead more
Long goodbye at Longannet
Brown and Mason carries out latest in series of blasts. Longannet Power Station is not going out with a bang. It is going out with a series of them, as power station demolition specialist Brown and Mason carry out yet another successful implosion at the now retired power plant.
First fall at Ferrybridge
First cooling tower felled in controlled blast. UK demolition giant Keltbray has carried out the first of a number of controlled implosions to fell one of the famous cooling towers at Ferrybridge Power Station.
Demo Fist is a demo first
Ever wanted to punch through walls? Now you can! The crowd-funding website Kickstarter is a strangle old place. For every mutli-million dollar idea that attracts its initial funding on the platform, there are literally hundreds of other ill-conceived ideas that will never make it off the drawing board: skateboards for the blind; hard hats made…Read moreRead more
Bank building blasted…
Pasadena State Bank building imploded. Pasadena’s first, and only, skyscraper was demolished just after sunrise Sunday morning. The historic tower was built in 1962 but has remained vacant since 2002. After nearly 20 years of neglect, the tower was condemned as a safety hazard to the community.
Exclusive – The Eagle has landed
Check out one of Demolition TV’s best films to date! We recently joined Case Construction Equipment and Steelwrist UK at Maltby Colliery for what was known as a Case “Eagle Day”. The company had gathered together wheel loaders, excavators and dozers for a two-day demonstration extravaganza. And so, with a select handful of other members…Read moreRead more
Breaking News – Chinese stadium collapse
News reports suggest that three people have been killed. International news media is reporting that a sports stadium in Shenzhen in South China’s Guandong Province has collapsed whilst undergoing demolition. Initial reports from state and international meda suggest that three people have been killed in the collapse. More news as we get it.
Dallas downtown detonated…
CDI chalks up yet another successful implosion. A controlled blast felled an 13-storey tower block in downtown Dallas this past weekend. The implosion at 505 N. Ervay St. was set off shortly after 7:30 am. Within seconds, a series of controlled explosions reduced the vacant 1946 office building to a heap of concrete and steel…Read moreRead more
