VIdeo – AR Demolition goes shopping…

Time-lapse video captures all the action. In addition to being a much-respected demolition contractor, AR Demolition has something of a reputation for the quality of its video output too. And this new time-lapse film, which captures the company’s work at the Broadmarsh Shopping Centre in Nottingham certainly maintains that reputation:

Video – Demolition date set for Brayton Point…

Massachusetts cooling towers set to fall on 27 April. The iconic cooling towers at the Brayton Point power plant will be demolished in April. Representatives of Commercial Development Co., which now owns the former coal-fired facility, have informed local residents that the towers would be brought down by way of controlled demolition on April 27….Read moreRead more

Video – Border wall prototypes torn down…

The symbol of President Trump’s “No Entry” policy felled. A single excavator has felled the prototypes for President Trump’s controversial border wall. In a brief demolition programme in San Diego, the prototypes were laid to rest with an ease that surely calls into question the long-term efficacy of the real border wall.

Video – Pablo Escobar’s HQ razed…

Former fortress disappears – appropriately – in cloud of white dust. He was the working class man who became a billionaire. He was the drug overlord whose cartel was responsible for 80 percent of all the cocaine imported into the US. He is the “star” of the TV series Narcos and – in death –…Read moreRead more

Video – 777 crosses finish line…

Video captures project to fell famous greyhound racing stadium. For those of us that spent an evening or two at the former Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium in South London, it is a demolition project that is tinged with sadness. But 777 Demolition’s work at this famous old venue is epic nonetheless; and it is all captured…Read moreRead more

Video – Democon undwerway in Stoke…

Derelict shopping centre coming down at long last. Demolition work has finally begun on the former Hanley Shopping Centre complex in Stoke-on-Trent. The City Council plan to use the site as a temporary car park in the short-term, with the land’s long-term fate yet to be decided.

Video – German power plant felled…

Boiler house dropped, cooling tower and stack follow. Contractors carried out an impressive explosive demolition of the Knepper power plant in Castrop-Rauxel near Dortmund, Germany yesterday. First, the boiler house was blown. Then, about 45 minutes later, the 128 metre tall cooling tower and the 210 metre high chimney of the former coal-fired power plant…Read moreRead more

Video – Bradford council offices blasted…

Contractor bounces back from unforeseen delay with text-book blast. The planned but well-guarded timing of the implosion to fell the Jacobs Well former head office of Bradford Council had to shift slightly as contractors had to wait for police to release the scene of a serious car crash outside the building. But when they eventually…Read moreRead more

Video – Why we’re exhibiting at DemoExpo 2019…

Some familiar names discuss why they’ll be at the year’s big event. On the day it was confirmed that both JCB and Marubeni-Komatsu are scheduled to exhibit at the DemoExpo 2019 exhibition later this year, our exclusive new video explains why some of the sector’s most familiar names are planning to be there too. This…Read moreRead more

Video Exclusive – Caterpillar storms ahead…

First-glimpse at some of the new Cat equipment that will debut at Bauma 2019. At the beginning of last week, DemolitionNews’ editor Mark Anthony joined the mass ranks of the international trade press at Caterpillar’s magnificent Demonstration and Learning Centre in Malaga, Spain to get a sneak preview of just some of the machines that…Read moreRead more