It is incredible that these people manage to breath without outside assistance. Thanks to countless cartoons, we are all familiar with the image of the man sawing the tree branch upon which he is sitting. Well, multiply that by about 10,000 and you might come close to understanding the stupidity of this dingus. Just days…Read moreRead more
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40-watt Club to open Russian branch…
Video – Bonn Centre blown…
60 metre tall block downed in seconds. One of the tallest buildings in the former government district of Bonn, Germany was imploded this weekend. The 60 metre tall Bonn-Center – with its rotating Mercedes logo on the roof – was felled using approximately 250 kilograms of explosives. The demolition makes way for the construction of…Read moreRead more
Video – Curragh stands coming down…
Redevelopment work is underway at the home of Irish horse racing. As anyone that has even an atom of Irish heritage will tell you, today is St Patrick’s Day. Today is also the culmination of the Cheltenham Festival, a highlight of the jump racing season and another cause for Irish celebration and merriment. So what…Read moreRead more
Video – New Jersey demolition makes for awesome film…
Total Wrecking & Environmental takes down former Reichold Chemical Plant. It is only March but I think we have a contender for the demolition film of the year (although look out for the next Demolition TV – one element will blow your mind!). This film features the crew at Total Wrecking & Environmental tackling the…Read moreRead more
Video – Red Lion roars its last…
Vancouver hotel comes down. Demolition crews are demolishing the hotel portion of Red Lion Hotel in Vancouver. This short but great-looking video captures the action:
Video – Leave it to the professionals…
40-watt club for the terminally dim welcomes first Russian member. There is virtually no need for explanation here. Just take a look at the opening shot of the video below, and you will get a pretty good idea f what is about to transpire. Sadly, the same cannot be said for the oxygen thief hitting…Read moreRead more
Video – The wrecking ball that couldn’t wreck…
Have you ever seen anything more pathetic in your working life. Winter storms buckled and twisted the Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge in Big Sur, cracking concrete and displacing columns and rendering the entire structure unsafe. And so, Caltrans called in a crane equipped with a three tonne wrecking ball which it intended to drop repeatedly onto…Read moreRead more
Video – Hammond Exchange building imploded…
Controlled explosion fells building in Atlanta. The Hammond Exchange Building on the edge of Dunwoody was imploded two weeks ago with help from 500 pounds of explosives. We have no idea quite how this massive implosion bypassed our news-feed radar at the time but we are grateful to our subscriber Russ Gardiner for pointing out…Read moreRead more
Video – For your viewing pleasure…
The latest (and longest) episode of Demolition TV is here. The all-new episode of Demolition TV is here. Shot at five locations and featuring contributions from (among others) AR Demolition, Maylarch Environmental, Mick George Ltd, Shorts Group and several parts of the BBC, the new episode is our longest (and, in our opinion, best) episode…Read moreRead more
Video – Montana power plant felled…
Brandenburg removes last vestiges of J.E. Corette plant. The J.E. Corette coal-fired power plant in Billings, Montana is fast disappearing. And as these two new films (the first featuring a welcome smidgen of Tom Petty) from demolition giant Brandenburg show, some of the largest parts of the facility are now on the ground: PPL Montana…Read moreRead more
