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
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Video – It’s not just Big Brother watching…
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
Video – Earl’s Court eviscerated…
Time-lapse captures precision demolition of former exhibition and concert venue. For anyone that attended the Ideal Home Exhibition, the London Boat Show, Crufts Dog Show (before it relocated) and for generations of concert-goers (I saw the late, great George Michael there as recently as 2012), Earl’s Court exhibition centre was the go-to destination. But amidst…Read moreRead more
Video – M&M in Cat attack…
Multiple Caterpillar machines make light work of plaza demolition. With more than a little help from local demolition specialist M&M Contracting, the Heritage Plaza in San Antonio is coming down; and it is creating some truly stunning visuals as it does so. M&M Contracting Demolition – Heritage Plaza from VPI on Vimeo.
Video – The big push…
Fruit packing house comes down with one big push. The old B.C. Tree Fruits building (packing house) in Kelowna, British Columbia being demolished by crews from Dig It Contracting. And the cameras were rolling when the final push happened:
Video – Mercy me…
Triple blast planned for Des Moines next month. The crew from DyKon Explosive Demolition Corp. is making ready for a triple block blast that is planned for early in March. Three blocks at the Mercy Park Apartments in Des Moines are scheduled to be imploded.
Video – Season 2 starts here…
Demolition TV is back on your screens. The wait and the anticipation is over. After a festive absence, Demolition TV is back; and it’s bigger, bolder and better than ever. We could waffle on for hours about the fact that it’s shot in cinema-quality 4K; that it now follows a “vlog” style to provide viewers…Read moreRead more
Video – Dutch pier gets carried away…
Prepare to be amazed. The demolition of a pier throws up a number of additional challenges, not least of which is working in water that is constantly shifting. But our Dutch friends know a thing or two about working on the water. And when the team at Kruiswijk Groep BV we faced witht he task…Read moreRead more
Video – DSM checks out at Sheffield hotel…
High reach excavator sees off Grosvenor Hotel. In 1966, when much of the nation was focused upon the late, great Bobby Moore holding aloft the Jules Rimet trophy, a new hotel was opening in Sheffield in the north of England. Sadly, Bobby Moore is no longer with us, and the England football team has been…Read moreRead more
