CDI fells twin chimneys in double blast. Controlled Demolition, Inc. (CDI) carried out the successful explosives felling of two 100 metre tall, reinforced concrete chimneys at the Frank E. Ratts Generating Station in Petersburg, Indiana at 8:00 AM and 8:25 AM on 25 February 25, 2017.
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Video – Ratts trap…
Video – Power station popped…
Early morning implosion drops FirstEnergy plant. The 306-foot brick and concrete smoke stack and 170-foot boiler house at the FirstEnergy plant at Lake Shore in Cleveland came crashing down early this morning. The controlled explosion was carried out by DyKon Explosive Demolition Corp. The $15 million demolition project at plant began in last year with…Read moreRead more
Video – Tucson and gone…
Demolition crews tackle Arizona bridge. Work is underway on the demolition of the I-10 bridge at Ina Road in Tucson, Arizona.
Video – Dem-Master goes shopping…
Contractor at work on one of UK’s biggest regeneration projects. The £1 billion redevelopment of the St James Centre in Edinburgh has finally got under way, following years of delay. The plan to demolish the existing 1970s St James Centre and replace it with modern retail and office space was originally given the go-ahead in…Read moreRead more
Video – On the Riviera…
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
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
