Video – Keltbray on track…

Time-lapse captures contractor’s work at London Bridge Station. Keltbray is one of the UK’s largest and best-known demolition contractors. It also has a highly active and renowned rail division. And at London Bridge Station, the company is combining both skill sets as this time-lapse film demonstrates.

Video – Theatrical false start…

Judge halts demolition just as it begins. The final curtain fell on the Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale more than 17 years ago, so local residents were delighted to see demolition crews arrive and make ready to remove the disused structure from the Minnesota landscape once and for all. But just 15 minutes into the demolition…Read moreRead more

Video – Big bang at Big Sandy…

Dykon implosion fells Kentucky cooling tower. Unit 2 cooling tower at the Big Sandy Plant was reduced to rubble on Saturday morning. The demolition of the 47-year-old tower was necessary after EPA guidelines idled the plant’s coal-burning capabilities in May 2015. The plans are for the area to eventually become an industrial park. Retiree Bob…Read moreRead more

Video – Accident punches hole in post office…

Amateur video captures moment Nebraska demolition goes awry. The Old Village Hall in downtown Arlington is the building that was supposed to be demolished, but in the process, a wall on the south side of the structure collapsed and crashed into the north wall of the post office. Grefe Excavating said they had started demolition…Read moreRead more

Video – Fleet-wide brand loyalty…

New video captures AR Demolition’s love of all things Volvo. As we recently reported in the launch episode of Demolition TV, AR demolition recently invested in a pair of shiny new Caterpillar excavators. But, as anyone that has followed the company’s fortunes will know, AR Demolition shares a certain affinity with Volvo as this new…Read moreRead more

Comment – Beware thrill seekers…

Contractors need to step up security to combat worrying trend. Here at DemolitionNews, we are enormous fans of social media in all its guises. We are active on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube and, in truth, we could not have achieved the global reach we enjoy without the aid of these various platforms. But social media…Read moreRead more

Video – City Circle silo demolition…

All the way from a land Down Under. “…Do you come from a land down under? Where women glow and men plunder..? Well, McMahon Services do, and their high reach is currently plundering a silo complex.

Video – All action, no waffle…

Time-lapse video captures shed demolition in Antwerp Harbour. Ah Belgium. Home of Belgian chocolate. Home of Belgian waffles. And home, apparently, to some pretty nifty time-lapse videography following the demolition of a storage shed in the world-famous Antwerp Harbour.

Video – CDI sends bridge straight to Hell…

Explosive end for bridge over Arizona canyon. The intriguingly-named Hell Canyon Bridge is no more. Controlled Demolition Inc (CDI) did what CDI does best and sent the 130 metre long, three-span steel deck truss bridge straight to Hell.

Video – In the shadow of the White Horse…

Explosion marks end of cement production at Wiltshire facility. People gathered at the Westbury hillside viewing area yesterday. But they were not there to see the famous White Horse carved into the hill. They were there to witness the fall of a 122 metre tall chimney that once loomed over Tarmac’s Westbury cement works. The…Read moreRead more