Inflatable bags used as temporary prop during post-fire demolition. From explosives borrowed from the quarrying sector to equipment originally designed for construction being co-opted for demolition duties, the industry has an unerring knack of embracing innovation from outside the demolition field and utilising it within. But this is the first time I can recall a…Read moreRead more
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Video – Dore blows up inflatable innovation…
Video – Binghamton bridge blasted…
Explosive end for disused New York bridge. The Prospect Mountain construction project reached an explosive milestone Thursday. The Interstate-81 bridges that have been out of use for a number of weeks were removed today with about 600 pounds of dynamite. Many people gathered behind the Binghamton Plaza to watch the implosion. The dynamite caused the…Read moreRead more
Video – Louisiana river bridge blasted…
O.K. Allen bridge dropped into Red River during Saturday morning blast. After 79 years, the O.K. Allen Bridge linking Alexandria and Pineville is gone. Engineers blew the bridge’s superstructure into 14 pieces at 8 a.m. Saturday morning. The neighbouring Curtis-Coleman Bridge, which carries U.S. 71, was closed during the demolition. A second span of that…Read moreRead more
Video – Cockenzie stacks meet and crash…
Precisely controlled implosion delivers spectacular mid-air strike. Two two giant smoke stacks that have towered over Scotland’s Cockenzie power station came crashing down in spectacular style a short time ago. The controlled blast – the latest to be carried out on the site by power station demolition experts Brown and Mason – ensured that the…Read moreRead more
Video – Didcot takes another blow…
Didcot A power station’s tank and bunker bay felled as Coleman and Company display the blaster’s art.
Video – Terex Finlay throws doors open…
Crushing and screening equipment giant hosts open day; announced multiple new products. Earlier this week, crushing and screening equipment specialist Terex Finlay held a huge open day for its customers and took the opportunity to unveil a number of new products. DemolitionNews was there with our buddies from Diggers and Dozers and a number of…Read moreRead more
Video – Liberty goes terminal…
The “Thunder from Down Under” tackles fuel terminal deconstruction. Liberty Industrial was engaged by Parsons Brinckerhoff for the demolition and remediation of the former Caltex Townsville Terminal site. The project involved the decommissioning, demolition and removal of all redundant fuel terminal infrastructure along with the remediation and reinstatement of the site including demolition and removal…Read moreRead more
Video – Well that escalated quickly…
Bridge collapses during intense overnight demolition. It is a sight that has become familiar to regular readers of DemolitionNews.com. A fleet of hydraulic excavators beating the living Hell out of a poor, defenceless bridge against a night-time backdrop of purest black. But stick around to the 1.10 minute mark and tell me if the ensuing…Read moreRead more
Video – Despe says hasta la vista to hospital…
Italian contractor demonstrates white supremacy. Take one of the world’s foremost exponents in the art of demolition. Stir in some drone footage and add just a pinch of the Terminator movie soundtrack. Then site back and enjoy as Despe’s high reach excavator becomes self-aware, links with Skynet and triggers the Rise of the Machines:
Video – Teamwork fells Tarfside trio…
Two of Scotland’s big four contractors joined forces to tackle triple blast. Three multi-storey blocks were today reduced to rubble as part of a major regeneration of a Glasgow community. The controlled explosive blowdown – a joint venture between Dem-Master and Safedem – of the high-rise buildings at Tarfside Oval in Cardonald paves the way…Read moreRead more
