Timeline film captures almost an entire year of Las Vegas demolition. The Riviera Hotel & Casino was one of the best-known landmarks in a city of landmarks. But as part of the seemingly endless evolution of Las Vegas, the giant complex was demolished over much of 2016. And now, a new video that documents that…Read moreRead more
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Video – On the Riviera…
Video Exclusive – Maylarch on site of deadly blast…
Demolition contractors aids emergency services after explosion. On Tuesday 14 February, an as-yet-unexplained explosion ripped trough a three-storey residential block at Osney Mill in Oxford. Emergency services quickly determined that a local man – Guido Schuette – had likely perished in the blast that levelled the block in which he lived, and which damaged similar…Read moreRead more
Video – Water tower felled…
Hot cutting downs New Jersey landmark. The team at Catco Demolition have carried out the demolition of the water tower that for decades stood sentinel over the town of Montville in New Jersey. And the process was captured on the drone video below:
Video – It’s not just Big Brother watching…
Demolition man filmed driving while on mobile phone. We have previously reported on health and safety prosecutions arising from smart phone footage recorded by “concerned locals” and of health and safety inspections being triggered by “innocent” drone footage of bad demolition practice being posted online. So it was perhaps inevitable that someone would eventually film…Read moreRead more
Video – Wring goes back to school…
Time-lapse footage captures demolition of Isles of Scilly secondary school. The company might be 90 years old but Wring Group has gone back to school to carry out the demolition of the Carn Thomas Secondary School on the Isles of Scilly. And the entire process has been captured in a time-lapse film produced by client…Read moreRead more
Video – Super mall no more
Drone captures last days of Alabama’s “super mall”. Madison Square Mall was the largest enclosed shopping centre in Huntsville, Alabama encompassing over 86,399.2 square metres. In late January 2017, the mall permanently closed after 32 years of operation. Demolition of the former mall began on 6 February 2017 and is making good progress if this…Read moreRead more
Video – Earl’s Court eviscerated…
Time-lapse captures precision demolition of former exhibition and concert venue. For anyone that attended the Ideal Home Exhibition, the London Boat Show, Crufts Dog Show (before it relocated) and for generations of concert-goers (I saw the late, great George Michael there as recently as 2012), Earl’s Court exhibition centre was the go-to destination. But amidst…Read moreRead more
Video – M&M in Cat attack…
Multiple Caterpillar machines make light work of plaza demolition. With more than a little help from local demolition specialist M&M Contracting, the Heritage Plaza in San Antonio is coming down; and it is creating some truly stunning visuals as it does so. M&M Contracting Demolition – Heritage Plaza from VPI on Vimeo.
Video – The big push…
Fruit packing house comes down with one big push. The old B.C. Tree Fruits building (packing house) in Kelowna, British Columbia being demolished by crews from Dig It Contracting. And the cameras were rolling when the final push happened:
Video – Mercy me…
Triple blast planned for Des Moines next month. The crew from DyKon Explosive Demolition Corp. is making ready for a triple block blast that is planned for early in March. Three blocks at the Mercy Park Apartments in Des Moines are scheduled to be imploded.
