Clarke Demolition Company fells London bridge. Clarke Demolition Company in conjunction with Transport for London has successfully completed the demolition of the eastern side of Ardleigh Green Bridge, which carries the A127 Southend Arterial Road over railway lines in the area. The bridge removal is part of a programme to improve London’s roads and public…Read moreRead more
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Video – Ardleigh any bridge left…
Video – When demolition goes sideways…
When you want a building to go left, sometimes it goes right. The Holy Crap Files – our collection of films from demolition’s darkside – has been swelled by another video, this time from the good ol’ US of A. All looks straightforward enough – Take down a building and allow it to fall into…Read moreRead more
Video – Munmorrah boiler blast…
Liberty Industrial strikes again. Two of Munmorah Power Station’s boilers were demolished today using controlled explosive demolition techniques. The boilers are the largest demolished in Australia so far. They also represent the largest explosive demolition undertaken anywhere in Australia to date. Weighing in at 23,000 tonnes and 60 metres in height it is the heaviest…Read moreRead more
Video – Chimney collapses on Chinese demolition worker…
Horrific incident caught on camera. China might have built the world’s largest economy but it still has much to learn about modern health and safety, as this new video proves. Unfortunately, the country apparently works on the basis that – with a potential workforce of 1 billion people or more – workers are expendable. How…Read moreRead more
Video – Stop the press…
Three months of Tampa Tribune demolition condensed into two minutes. It’s the end of an era as the Tampa Tribune building is demolished to make way for a new apartment block. The waterfront property, located on the west side of the Hillsborough River just south of the University of Tampa, was sold to Miami-based Related…Read moreRead more
Video – DSM kicks off at White Hart Lane…
Work starts on demolition of former home of Tottenham Hotspur. The Tottenham Hotspur team had barely finished their final lap of honour at their former home before the men and machines of DSM were mobilised to begin the demolition of the famous White Hart Lane ground. The team had just beaten Manchester United (much as…Read moreRead more
Video – Dem-Master takes the biscuit…
Contractor fells former biscuit factory in dual-site weekend blitz. High reach specialist Dem-Master has carried out the demolition of the former Gray Dunns Biscuit factory on Stanley Street in Glasgow during a night time operation. This work was spearheaded by a Komatsu PC800 high reach excavator. At the same time, a separate Dem-Master crew was…Read moreRead more
Video – Utah DOT takes down bridge…
Time-lapse captures weekend bridge demolition. The Utah Department of Transportation carried out the demolition of the old northbound Interstate 215 bridge over State Road 201. And the DOT produced a great time-lapse film that captures all the action:
Video – Indian implosion experiment fails…
Attempt to fell illegal structure using explosives leaves structure standing askew. The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) first ever attempt to demolish an illegal structure using implosion technology on Monday did not yield the desired results, with the building collapsing only partially and prompting officials to plan a repeat of the attempt.
Video – AR Demolition milks applause…
Film captures complex and challenging dairy demolition. We can always rely on the team at AR Demolition to come up with the video goods; and this new film covering the controlled dismantling of a former dairy is a case in point. The film makes for a great example of the demolition engineer’s art. Check it…Read moreRead more
