Blast fells landmark bridge. Missouri Department of Transportation crews demolished the old Route 47 Missouri River Bridge on April 11. The historic landmark came down in Washington, Missouri around 10:30 am, local time.
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Video – St John’s River towers felled…
Blast fells Florida cooling towers. Two gigantic cooling towers in Jacksonville were imploded with 1,500 pounds of dynamite on Saturday. The 141 metre high towers majestically became nothing but piles of dust after 30 years of standing tall in St. Johns River Power Park. Locals gathered near the site to watch the iconic towers crumble….Read moreRead more
Video – Triple topple at Brayton Point…
Three stacks down as CDI carries out controlled blast. Controlled Demolition, Inc. (CDI), acting as explosives subcontractor to Brayton Point, LLC. of St. Louis, Missouri carried out the successful felling of three 106 metre tall reinforced concrete chimneys in Somerset, Massachusetts on 24 March 2019. This blast was the precursor to the explosive demolition for…Read moreRead more
Video Exclusive – JCB extends X Series…
JCB unveiled three new excavator models last week. And Demolition TV was there. UK equipment giant JCB has unveiled the three latest additions to its new X Series line -up of hydraulic excavators. Competing in the 13 to 15 tonne operating weight range, the 131X, 140X and 150X excavators are direct replacements for the popular…Read moreRead more
Video – White Giant toppled…
Controlled blast fells 20 storey German tower block. A 20-storey building known locally as the “White Giant” was demolished in Duisburg’s Hochheide on yesterday. At 12:00 local time, around 290 kilograms of explosives were used to blast the block of flats into a pile of rubble.
Video – Guzzilla is coming to Europe…
ACDE Europe picks up Taguchi demolition attachment agency. The ranks of demolition attachment suppliers is about to be swelled with the news that Netherlands-based ACDE Europe has been awarded European import rights for the Guzzilla range from Japanese manufacturer Taguchi. Although it is entering a mature and highly competitive market, ACDE claims that the Guzzilla…Read moreRead more
Video – Cawarden in action…
OilQuick system “rains” supreme in Derby. Cawarden Demolition has joined the growing ranks of the OilQuick owners’ club. And so, when the company was about to put its new OilQuick-equipped Komatsu excavator to work on a former school in Derby, we despatched the Demolition TV camera crew to capture the action. So crank up the…Read moreRead more
Video – Downtown detonation…
Controlled blast fells Texan tower block. The Building of the Southwest in downtown Midland, Texas was demolished by controlled implosion yesterday. More details to follow as we receive them:
Video – Tilbury boilers blasted…
Brown and Mason conducts another successful implosion. Brown and Mason successfully brought down the two remaining boiler houses at Tilbury Power Station yesterday. The explosive demolition was the 14th at the the site, which closed its doors in 2013. Owners RWE had planned to turn it into the Tilbury Energy Centre, but the redevelopment was…Read moreRead more
Video – Alaskan Way progressing well…
New film captures progress of major Seattle project. As the demolition of the Alaskan Way Viaduct continues, WSDOT has released a time-lapse video showing the rapid progress made on removing the Columbia Street ramp.
