Basement collapse claims another victim as camera looks on. A local resident has captured the spectacular moment that a demolition excavator tipped into a hidden basement and collapse into a German street. The accident happened in Schorndorf, near Stuttgart. The operator – thankfully – was uninjured in the incident. In the second video, you can…Read moreRead more
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Video – Camera rolls as excavator falls…
Video – High Falls bridge popped…
An icy blast spells the end for New York state bridge. Not since Mr Lamb decided to become a butcher has anything been quite to aptly-named. Watch as the High Falls bridge in Ulster County, New York…well…falls:
Video – All hands on deck…
Brokk tackles bridge at Barnsley Market. There is some superb footage coming out of the project to rejuvenate the former Barsley Market. And, as we have reported previously, Haugue Plant is front and centre of the action. In this latest film, the company had deployed a Brokk demolition robot to facilitate the demolition of a…Read moreRead more
Video – Clean-up operation…
Superb footage of high reach in action. Anyone that thinks demolition is a wham, bam, thank you ma’am sector has no place int he industry. The demolition process if meticulous, often scientific, and requires a tidy work work area. This is a fact not lost on the operator of this high reach excavator working in…Read moreRead more
Video – Clearing the way for paradise…
Video captures first stage of stunning beachfront development. Our buddies at AlliedBean are at it again. Not content with producing some great demolition videos, they’re now making us doubly envious by working on what is set to be a spectacular beachfront resort development at Hyde Beach in Florida. Guys, if you’re reading this, we’ll gladly…Read moreRead more
Video – Early Bath for Gilpin…
Contractor takes down Bath Road bridge. Gilpin Demolition has carried out the demolition of the A3102 bridge in Royal Wootton Bassett, A replacement bridge will be higher, creating the additional space needed for the overhead electrification wires that will power the new fleet of faster, longer, quieter and greener trains on the Great Western route.
Video – CenturyLink tower felled…
Early morning blast downs 10-storey block in Kansas. Crews overseen by Overland Park-based engineering firm Burns & McDonnell have brought down the CenturyLink tower in the Kansas city. The blast clears the way for a contemporary new office development project called Overland One led by VanTrust Real Estate; it will be designed and built by…Read moreRead more
Video – Stack downed in Georgia peach of a blast…
252 metre stack falls in controlled blast. The 252 metre (830 foot) tall smokestack at Plant Yates in Newnan, Georgia was felled this week in a controlled implosion. The stack has been out of use since 2015 and the blast is the latest stage in a programme of regeneration and renewal at the plant.
Video – Chinese blast 19 blocks at once…
Controlled blast drops tower blocks in just 10 seconds. Nineteen buildings were demolished in central China on Saturday in less than 10 seconds, marking the country’s largest building implosion project. According to the Hubei Daily, the buildings ranging from seven to 12 storeys high were razed just before midnight on Saturday in Hankou, Hubei province….Read moreRead more
Video – Collapse caught on camera…
Insistence on large exclusion zone cited as key to worker and pedestrian safety. A time-lapse camera has captured the partial collapse of a car park that is being demolished as part of the £12 billion St James’ Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland. No-one was injured during the collapse, a fact that owes much to the demolition…Read moreRead more
