Trucking on to a faster clean-up. When you’re demolished a bridge, it is normal practice to lay down a protective mat so safeguard the road or highway below. It is also the norm to have a wheel loader (or similar) on stand-by to help with the clean-up of both the protective mat and the fallen…Read moreRead more
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Video – Dykon does it again…
Ohio smokestack laid gently to rest. The First Energy Burger Plant in Ohio lost its iconic smokestack in another precision blast by the crew at Dykon Explosive Demolition Corp. The blast felled a pair of 12-storey boilers as well as the 260 metre tall stack:
Video – I-5 overpass dismantled…
Excavators finish what excavators inadvertently started. Crews have demolished an Interstate 5 overpass here just days after a truck gouged holes in it. The accident, caused by two excavators on a truck, caused a huge traffic backup. Chunks of concrete from the overpass hit two cars. The Washington Department of Transportation says the Chamber Way…Read moreRead more
Video – Layton flats levelled…
Forshaw drops tower blocks in triple blast. Forshaw Demolition yesterday carried out the explosive demolition of three Blackpool tower blocks known collectively as the Layton Flats. This video captures the spectacular action:
Video – Demolition TV – Episode #3…
And they said it wouldn’t last! The third “proper” episode of Demolition TV has landed; and this one is very special. We were fortunate enough to secure a video interview with two of the Alford Technologies project team that carried out the successful blast of the remaining portion of the Didcot A Power Station boiler…Read moreRead more
Video – Eastbound and down…
Time-lapse film captures overnight demolition of Michigan’s I-96 bridge. As part of the I-96/US-23 reconstruction project in Livingston County, this was one of several old bridges along I-96 over US-23 that is being removed now that new bridges have been constructed at the interchange. Work is moving to the final phase of construction of this…Read moreRead more
Video – Feeling Chile…
Railway station demolition is a thing of rare beauty. In the near-decade that DemolitionNews has been open for business, this might be the first time we have reported on a story from Chile. But the high reach demolition of a railway station building makes it well worth the wait:
Video – J. Bryan (Victoria) fells Warrington car park…
Contractor fast-tracks car park demolition. It was as if contractor J. Bryan (Victoria) Ltd had somewhere better to go. Ably assisted by C&D Consultancy, the company, which had allowed the entire weekend to fell this multi-storey car park in Warrington, was wrapped up almost 24 hours early.
Video Exclusive – DSM earns its Spurs…
Exclusive footage of DSM’s demolition of White Hart Lane stadium, the famous home of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club.,
Video – Demolition TV Episode #3 is almost here…
Check out the exclusive trailer. And they said it wouldn’t last! Episode 3 of Demolition TV is in the can and will air on Friday this week. Featuring an exclusive interview with the Alford Technologies team that successfully brought down the remaining section of the Didcot A Power Station boiler house, the film looks at…Read moreRead more
