Demolishing a tower block whilst suspended from a crane. We are quite used to seeing cranes play a pivotal role in top-down demolition works; lowering machines onto the roof and lowering debris and arisings to the ground below. It’s also not unusual to see a crane employed to hold aloft a screen to ensure that…Read moreRead more
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Video – Don’t leave me hanging…
Video – End of LifeWay…
Nashville landmark falls to “perfect” implosion. A prominent piece of Nashville history fell loud and hard Saturday, but the implosion of the LifeWay Draper Tower went as planned. “Everything went 100 percent perfect,” said Steve Pettigrew, the man in charge of the implosion. “In downtown urban areas where you have glass and utilities sometimes, a…Read moreRead more
Video – Pray it falls the right way…
The latest addition to the Holy Crap Files is the stuff of health and safety nightmares. If you’re a health and safety professional, equipment operator, demolition worker or if you have a functioning brain, you might want to look away now. The video (below) from Taiwan is an object lesson in how risk assessments are…Read moreRead more
Video – Dorms downed in time for Xmas…
Cather & Pound residence halls imploded. A pair of residence halls at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have been felled in a controlled implosion. Thousands of people gathered to witness the implosion that reduced the two towers to rubble in time for the Christmas break.
Video – Second time of asking…
Remainder of Georgia Dome felled in second blast. In the early hours of yesterday morning, crews imploded what remained of Gate B and part of the east wall of the Georgia Dome.
Video – What a Year…
Exclusive one-minute film captures the highlights of the past year. There have been a few notable lows. But, in the main, 2017 is a year that has been categorised by a number of highs here at Demolition News Towers. In fact, we’re not entirely sure just how we managed to cram quite so much into…Read moreRead more
Video – When next door knocks on your wall…
Overly-keen operator knocks wall into neighbouring house. It’s bad enough living next door to a demolition site. There’s noise, dust, vibration and additional traffic to contend with. But all of that pales into insignificance when the demolition taking place next door suddenly comes to visit. This video captures the moment an excavator nudges a wall…Read moreRead more
Video – Cassville power plant falls…
Controlled blast demolishes disused Wisconsin power plant. In just a matter of seconds, the old Alliant Energy power plant in Cassville, Wisconsin came down. The Nelson Dewey Generating Station shut down in 2015. For nearly 60 years, it was an important part of the small town, providing power, jobs, and a sense of community. At…Read moreRead more
Video – Demolition drones after dark…
Night-time demolition captured from Maltese Falcon’s eye view. We went about nine years without mentioning demolition in Malta once. And then, for some strange reason, we have managed to mention it several times in just a few short weeks, thanks in no small part to this project. But if there’s one thing we like even…Read moreRead more
Video – Sweet work for GBM…
Sugar beet silos are coming down in Sproughton. The landmark sugar beet silos at the British Sugar site in Sproughton, Ipswich are coming down. And a pair of high reach excavators – one from GBM Demolition, the other on hire from 777 Demolition – are spearheading the sweet works.
