Implosion fells former Detroit wheel manufacturing plant. A partial structural implosion went off Saturday morning taking down the former Budd Wheel Building on Detroit’s east side. The private demolition operation on Charlevoix near Conner happened at 6:30 am. The land is being redeveloped by Crown Enterprises Inc. as part of a multimillion dollar automotive logistics…Read moreRead more
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Video – The wheels on the Budd go down and down…
Comment – Trespass by another name…
DemolitionNews looks at the growing problem and inherent dangers of the so-called urban exploration craze.
Video – Isn’t this stealth slavery?
City council offers locals chance to demolish car park. We all love a competition. Look back a few pages here on DemolitionNews, and you will see that we’re not averse to the occasional giveaway ourselves. But surely Nottingham City Council have stepped beyond the “something for nothing” theme of most contests and entered the realm…Read moreRead more
Comment – The pernicious problem of “value engineering”…
Grenfell Tower disaster highlights the issue of value engineering in demolition circles. Over the past few weeks – and whilst wearing my Diggers and Dozers hat – I have posted a couple of “rant” style videos in which I bemoan one form of industry injustice or another (you can see them here if you’re that…Read moreRead more
World Exclusive – The Dawning of The Destroyer…
Brown and Mason’s new monster machine gets ready for work. The latest addition to the fleet of power station demolition specialist Brown and Mason is undergoing final preparations at the Messiah Corp. yard at Grays in Essex. And DemolitionNews got to see it first. Weighing in at 135 tonnes and equipped with a massive Genesis…Read moreRead more
Video – Almost a trip to A&E…
Demolition video sparks safety concerns as block narrowly misses excavator. Dramatic video from a Tennessee demolition project has state regulators investigating the safety of workers at the site. That video captured what witnesses thought was a potentially dangerous mishap as a building was “tripped”. It occurred in the shadow of Saint Thomas West Hospital near…Read moreRead more
Video – Renton, Sick Boy, Begbie…and Safedem
Scottish contractor makes it onto the big screen. Eagle-eyed demolition folk watching the long-awaited return of Spud, Renton, Sick Boy and Begbie in the Trainspotting 2 movie might have spotted a familiar name during the title sequence. Demolition contractor Safedem has become so synonymous with the Glasgow skyline it has helped redraw that the company…Read moreRead more
Video Exclusive – The Greatest show in Earth…
The rains came to Bruntingthorpe; but so did the visitors. The PlantworX 2017 exhibition was the most important gathering of the UK construction and demolition equipment industry this year. Attracting just under 400 exhibitors, the show has become the worthy successor to the long-lamented SED of old. And even though torrential rain on the opening…Read moreRead more
Video – Powering down…
Video captures final moments of Belgian power station facility. A controlled implosion has felled the cooling tower and three stacks at the Ruien power station in Belgium. Ruien power station was a 560-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station in East Flanders province Kluisbergen, Belgium. The coal-fired units 3-4 of 130 MW each were retired in 2012,…Read moreRead more
Video – Senate Plaza block blasted…
Massive block tumbles in controlled implosion. The implosion of 100 Senate Avenue, an office building at the intersection of Poplar Church and Erford roads in East Pennsboro Township, has taken place. The implosion will make way for a new commercial development. Construction is slated to begin next year. Senate Plaza Demolition – Harrisburg, PA –…Read moreRead more
