Crowds gather to watch controlled blast in downtown Austin. Downtown Austin’s Sunday started off with a bang as a parking garage was imploded at 8:30 am local time. The parking garage was demolished with explosives by a private contractor. For the safety of the community, officials from the Austin Police Department and the UT Austin…Read moreRead more
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Video – Parking garage imploded…
Video – CDI collapses coal silos…
Controlled blast fells five Kentucky coal silos. Controlled Demolition, Inc. (CDI) of Phoenix, Maryland acting as explosives contractor to Lexington Coal Company, LLC of Milton, West Virginia has carried out the preparation for and explosives felling of one 29 metre tall reinforced concrete silo and four 29 metre tall, tandem reinforced concrete coal silos in…Read moreRead more
Video – Going out with a bang…
Erith Contractors deliver explosive end to the working year. Erith Contractors changed the South Cambridgeshire skyline forever yesterday with an explosive demolition event at the Barrington Cement Works. The company successfully carried out the controlled detonation of the 62 metre high chimney, located at the former Cemex site in Cambridgeshire. Works began on the Cement…Read moreRead more
Video – Demolition TV – Cawarden’s Sheffield steel…
Exclusive film of Cawarden’s new Komatsu PC490 high reach in action. Cawarden Demolition recently took delivery of a new Komatsu PC490 high reach excavator. And the machine was immediately pressed into action in Sheffield where the company is demolishing the former HSBC building. You can read all about it in an exclusive Demolition magazine feature…Read moreRead more
Video – Longannet latest…
Another day, another successful implosion at Scottish power plant. The complete eradication of Scotland’s last remaining coal fired power station has moved a step closer with the removal of several more key structures. Three smaller structures close to the stations iconic chimney were ‘blown down’ in calm conditions on 13 December by ScottishPower demolition contractor…Read moreRead more
Video – Morandi bridge demolition moves step closer…
Demolition work is imminent on collapsed bridge that killed 43 people. Four months after the collapse of a Genoa bridge that claimed 43 lives and disrupted an entire region’s cross-border transport, Italian engineers are preparing to demolish the remains of the Morandi bridge ahead of its subsequent replacement.
Video – Alaskan antenna bites the dust…
Controlled blast drops huge dish. A massive 30 metre diameter satellite dish at Bartlett Earth Station in Talkeetna, Alaska has been demolished in a controlled implosion. The Bartlett Earth Station was built almost 50 years ago by a company called COMSAT. COMSAT’S antenna brought communications to the region shortly after Alaska became a state. Now,…Read moreRead more
Video – Arkansas power plant felled…
Implosion marks end for 75-year old power station. A team comrosing representatives of Entergy, Bierlein and Dykon yesterday used explosives to destroy the major parts of the closed Couch Plant which dated to 1943 and was designed to burn fuel oil or gas at two generating units. Named after power company founder Harvey Couch, the…Read moreRead more
Video – What a Liberty…
Award-winning Australian contractor carries out massive infrastructure project. A major piece of transport and logistics infrastructure is being constructed on a former Department of Defence Military School and Logistics Terminal in Moorebank, New South Wales, Australia. The Moorebank Intermodal Terminal is a state significant major project in Western Sydney that will become Australia’s largest Intermodal…Read moreRead more
Comment – What would you do…?
Posting prank video online jeopardises company reputation. I switched on my computer this morning to find that several people had sent me links to the same video. At the same time, my social media feeds showed that the short film (below) was doing the rounds online too. The video is short – 12 seconds at…Read moreRead more
