Man who narrowly escaped during stack collapse now facing explosives prosecution. A Pell City contractor pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal explosives storage and record-keeping charges filed after his failed implosion of a 100-year-old smokestack that ended with the structure collapsing on top of the trackhoe he was operating to complete the job (we brought you…Read moreRead more
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Contractor pleads guilty on explosives charges…
Video – Burned-out wind turbine toppled…
Fire-damaged turbine appears to throw up its arms in despair. Now here’s something you son’t see every day. A giant wind turbine succumbs to an implosion and seemingly throws up its two remaining arms in despair as the blast hits. The work to drop the 100 metre structure was carried out by Finnish demolition specialist,…Read moreRead more
Video – Kentucky bridge felled…
Full-speed and super slo-mo films capture the action as bridge falls into river below. The problem with bridge implosions – generally – is that they’re over so quickly that you can blink and miss the action. Not in this instance. Advantage Blasting and Demolition together with Remote Aerial LLC and Kentuckiana Seismic and Survey managed…Read moreRead more
Video – Fantastic Fantozzi…
New York contractor tackles Axinn Avenue demolition. Check out this awesome new video from the crew at Fantozzi Contracting, charting the company’s demolition works at Axinn Avenue in the Garden City. We’re not entirely convinced by the soundtrack; but the footage more than make up for it: Fantozzi Axinn Ave Demolition part 4 from Fantozzi…Read moreRead more
Video – Cardiff tackles car park…
Cardiff Demolition high reach goes to work on multi-storey car park. The car park serving the Cardiff Central railway station in Wales is coming down. And appropriately, it is Cardiff Demolition charged with taking it down. This amateur video captures the action, along with a spot of Welsh-accented commentary to really set the scene:
Video – Genesis of a giant…
A closer look at the world’s largest demolition machine. Last week, we brought you some exclusive footage of what is claimed to be the world’s largest demolition machine: a modified Komatsu PC4000 that was delivered to McMahon Services in Australia. The video lit up our viewing figures and captured the imagination of demolition company owners…Read moreRead more
Video – Another Holy Crap moment…
Operator has lucky escape as entire block falls. The operator of this excavator likely went home coated in a thick layer of dust. But the fact that we went home at all is a blessed relief as the entire block falls, narrowly missing his machine: Building Demolition Atl from Patricia Colacchio on Vimeo.
Video – Georgia power plant nears end…
Latest implosion marks the beginning of the end at Plant Kraft. Georgia Power is wrapping up demolition of a retired power plant near Savannah. Plant Kraft was used to generate electricity from 1958 until 2015, when it was retired by Georgia Power. The utility plans to donate the property to the Georgia Ports Authority.
Video – Timberloch Tower toppled…
Early morning implosion fells Texan tower block. Demolition crews imploded an 11-story office building in The Woodlands on Sunday morning. The 19-year old Timberloch Tower, which is owned by Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, was imploded around dawn.
Video – TAC toppled…
Film captures 10-month demolition. For much of last year and even while it was calling in the receivers), Forshaw Demolition carried out the demolition of the former Tameside Administration Centre. The facility was demolished to make way for a new Joint Service Centre as part of Phase 2 of the Vision Tameside project. This new…Read moreRead more
