Coleman and Company salvage historic coat of arms. The Coleman & Company team has demonstrated its recovery and restoration expertise by carefully removing, preserving and transporting a historic frieze and coat of arms from an Edwardian tram garage in Wolverhampton. Built in 1902 and dramatically extended in the 1970s to accommodate a busy bus garage,…Read moreRead more
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Video – Precision preserves piece of history…
Video – Gang makes cash withdrawl…
Thieves use digger to steal ATM in ultimate smash and grab. To my mind, a telescopic handler is not a demolition machine. But having seen the following video, I may have to rethink my stance. A gang of thieves used a telehandler to smash the front of a shop in Derbyshire, grab the ATM machine…Read moreRead more
Video – High reach hammer
Breaker goes to work high above Edinburgh. The demolition of the St James Centre in the heart of Edinburgh has been a long time coming; but work is now underway. And locals are being treated tot he spectacle of a high reach excavator equipped with a hydraulic breaker working high above the city centre.
Video – 36 buildings in 20 seconds…
Tower blocks tumble as China carries out biggest ever blast. 36 tower blocks fell in a simultaneous blast in China last week. Using 2.5 tonnes of explosives, Chinese contractors turned a million square feet of real estate into so much rubble in just 20 seconds. In fact, the buildings fell with such speed that the…Read moreRead more
Video – If…
The video that was almost never published. We made the following video almost two weeks ago. We uploaded it more than a week ago. But we kept it unlisted because I couldn’t decide whether it was just too negative to publish. The truth is, the film was prompted by several recent interviews and discussions with…Read moreRead more
Video – Colin Campbell Court on camera…
Gilpin kick-starts Plymouth demolition. Plymouth’s Colin Campbell Court is coming down; and the project – undertaken by Gilpin Demolition – has been caught on camera.
Video – Nikau checks out…
New film charts post-quake demolition of New Zealand hotel. The demolition industry’s reaction to the massive earthquake that hit New Zealand back in February 2011 has been fascinating to watch. And while for most of us outside of New Zealand that quake (and the second in 2016) have become a distant memory, those events will…Read moreRead more
Video – Cut down to size…
If your building is just a tad too tall, call this guy. “Stupid is as stupid does” according to philosopher Forrest Gump. Well, as our Holy Crap Files films continually prove, there is certainly some truth in that. How else to you explain this attempt to demolish a building from the middle? Seriously, what did…Read moreRead more
Video – DemolitionNews Business Briefing…
DemolitionNews responds to demand for more industry insight with new Business Briefing video show in conjunction with The Builders’ Conference.
Comment – The Internet NEVER Forgets…
Why it is sometimes best to let sleeping dogs lie when dealing with the media. Back in my print media days, it was not unusual for us at Contract Journal to be required to print a retraction on a story that had caused upset or offence to an individual or a company. Even with such…Read moreRead more
