Video- Demolition on TV…

As new demolition show airs, we’re making ready with our latest Demolition TV episode. If you’re reading this outside the UK then what I am about to say will be of virtually no use to you whatsoever so please feel free to move on. However, if you ARE in the UK and if you have…Read moreRead more

Video – 40-watt club’s latest member…

The shallow end of the gene pool is just overflowing right now. Before you press play on the video below, most of you will know the outcome purely from the thumbnail image. But don’t let that you put you off hitting play. First, you have to admire the man’s perseverance as blow after sledgehammer blow…Read moreRead more

Video – Barnsley Market ghost ship…

Video gets behind the scenes of abandoned market as demolition commences. A pack of biscuits sits unopened upon a counter top. Half full jars of sweets and candies lie abandoned, the scales used to weight them out colecting dust close by. And books line shelves unread. This is the sight that greeted the team at…Read moreRead more

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.