Video captures the demolition of the Quality Hotel in Plymouth. Earlier this year, Gilpin Demolition carried out the demolition of the eyesore Quality Hotel overlooking Plymouth Hoe. A new film captures the demolition process in all its glory. The hotel is set to be replaced with a prestigious development which will have one of the…Read moreRead more
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Video – Gilpin checks out with Quality…
Video -Tank plant stacks felled…
Quadruple blast drops stacks at plant that built WWII tanks. With simultaneous blasts that were reportedly heard from miles around, an implosion brought down four brick smokestacks in Birdsboro at 3 p.m. Friday. In about nine seconds, four smokestacks at the old Armorcast plant fell to the ground. “I was busy talking to her and…Read moreRead more
Video – Catalogue of errors…
Wrong house demolished; but even owner didn’t know where he lived. The demolition of the wrong house has been an infrequent yet ever-present theme ever since DemolitionNews threw open its electronic doors and bid you all welcome. Over the years, we have seen contractors pitch up at the right house number but in the wrong…Read moreRead more
Video – I have seen the future…
…and it has arms! Those of you that has been with us for a few years (and if you have, thank you) might recall that we brought you an exclusive video of a two-armed excavator that was apparently designed to aid on post-earthquake demolition and materials processing. Fast-forward three years and it seems that the…Read moreRead more
Video – Excavator crushed as block falls…
No information on the well-being of the operator; but this is not for the squeamish. There are times when we genuinely question our decision to present demolition in a warts-and-all fashion and without the filter of rose-coloured spectacles. This is one of those occasions. A tower block falls onto an excavator with a operator inside….Read moreRead more
Video – Below the surface…
Finnish demolition crew performs underwater explosive demolition. Whether it’s Leipäjuusto (bread cheese) or the Salmiakki salted liquorice liquor, you can always rely on the Finns to come up with something unusual. So here is demolition contractor 1R Demolition and a team of divers carrying out the explosive underwater demolition of foundations in the nation’s capital,…Read moreRead more
Bringing light to the home of the Ilumminations…
J. Bryan (Victoria) high reach goes to work in Blackpool. It is the spiritual home of the “kiss me quick” hat and the destination of choice for hen and stag parties the nation over. But Blackpool is also the current home of a high reach excavator from J. Bryan (Victoria) Ltd that is felling several…Read moreRead more
Video – Bothwellpark bridge busted…
Bridge over Scotland’s M74 felled during overnight possession. As part of the £500 million M8 M73 M74 Motorway Improvements Project, Bothwellpark Road Bridge was demolished over the weekend of 18–21 November 2016. This superb video from Transport Scotland captures the action. M74 Bridge Demolition J4-J5 from Transport Scotland on Vimeo.
Video – Woodlands Bridge blasted…
Clarke Demolition Company carries out overnight bridge implosion. Clarke Demolition Company carried out the successful implosion of the Woodlands Bridge over the M3 near Windlesham in Surrey last weekend as part of a £174 million project to improve journeys. The bridge, which carried Woodlands Lane over the M3 between junction 2 (for the M25) and…Read moreRead more
Video – Train wreck…
Shear makes light work of Italian train demolition. Over years, we have brought you footage showing the demolition of just about every kind of transport vehicle from ships and aircraft carriers to aeroplanes. But this – I think – is the first time we have featured the systematic demolition of a train carriage:
