Rammer’s biggest breaker goes to town on turbine deck. On the day that the breaker brand’s new magazine went live comes this great new video documenting the demolition of the turbine deck at the SRP- Coronado Generating facility in St. Johns, Arizona. The Ground Level Co. carried out the demolition, utilising a Cat 385 excavator…Read moreRead more
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Video – Going with the grain…
Drone captures fall of grain elevator in cinema-quality. Late last week, a grain elevator was brought down in East Peoria, Illinois. Appropriately, given that Peoria is the spiritual home of construction equipment giant Caterpillar, it was a Cat excavator that brought the structure down. Thankfully for us, a drone pilot by the name of Neil…Read moreRead more
Video – Ron Hull insures completion…
Demolition of former insurance offices near completion. Sheffield-based Ron Hull Group is nearing completion on its demolition of a former insurance company offices in Gloucester. The space has been purchased as part of the expansion of a neighbouring Asda store. This video captures the action:
Video – Coal plant imploded…
Major blast fells French coal plant. Our friends at Ginger CEBTP Démolition have been at it again; this time bringing their explosive demolition expertise to bear on a former coal plant near the city of Nevers in the company’s native France. The work was carried out in conjunction with the demolition team at 4D-DSD:
Video – Moulivakkam tower toppled…
Implosion fells Indian tower block damaged in 2014. An 11-storey building that was declared unsafe after an adjacent block collapsed in 2014 was on Wednesday demolished using implosion technique in less than ten seconds, amid tight security. A posse of police cordoned off the area and residents living about 100 meters near the building were…Read moreRead more
Video – Taking its toll…
Excavator eats toll plaza as Massachusetts goes electronic. Demolition of toll plazas along the Massachusetts Pike has moved along on schedule this week as the state continues the transition to all-electronic tolling. MassDOT reports that crews have entirely or partially demolished the overhead canopies at the toll plazas in West Stockbridge, Lee, Westfield, West Springfield,…Read moreRead more
Video – Telegraph torn down…
Rochdale Town Centre overhaul begins with demolition. Work is finally underway on the demolition of Telegraph House in the heart of Rochdale. The building was originally intended to be demolished when the bus station and Black Box were levelled last year but that proved impossible as one tenant’s lease had not expired. The demolition, which…Read moreRead more
Video – Hornsby footbridge felled…
Film captures removal and replacement of pedestrian bridge in New South Wales. Fresh from the land of kangaroos, wallabies and – erm – vegemite – comes this new film following the demolition and replacement of a footbridge linking the two halves of Hornsby.
Video – Hague plant helps Barnsley get bookish…
Demolition will make way for new city centre library. The next major milestone in the Better Barnsley project is underway with the former retail units opposite the May Day Green Market being demolished to make way for a £4 million community facility that will host a new library. As the cornerstone of the Better Barnsley…Read moreRead more
Video – Massive bridge demolition…
Excavators assemble for mammoth overnight demolition possession. Residents of Mississauga in Canada this weekend witnessed a major demolition exercise to take down a bridge on Route 401. A fleet of excavators was brought together to tackle the overnight demolition works. And this excellent drone footage captures the best of the action: Massive 401 Demolition of…Read moreRead more
