When the Chinese implode a bridge, they do not take prisoners. Over the years, we have brought you countless films of bridges being brought down using a controlled explosion. Almost without fail, the bridges have been fully prepared, the ground upon which they fall has been made ready, and just enough explosives are deployed to…Read moreRead more
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Video – Shock and awe bridge blast…
Video – Surely there’s a better way…?
Necessity is the mother of invention; but sometimes her offspring is questionable. The ingenuity of man never ceases to amaze and bewilder. And for every great invention – the steam locomotive, the internal combustion engine, the jet aircraft, the Space Shuttle, and the iPhone – there is a Sinclair C5. So it should come as…Read moreRead more
Video – Herding Cats…
Fleet of Caterpillar machines tackles demolition. Illinois-based Omega Demolition called upon the full might of its extensive Caterpillar equipment fleet to tackle the demolition of Chicago’s Children’s Memorial Hospital. Check out the video below:
Video – Pretty in pink…
Demo Diva makes it big on TV. Demo Diva Simone Bruni started out as a demolition broker after Hurricane Katrina tore through her home town of New Orleans. Following her exclusive appearance on DemolitionNews.com back in 2010, she is set to air on CNBC’s TV series Blue Collar Millionaires. You can check out the trailer…Read moreRead more
Video – Narrow escape for family of five…
Demolition debris crashes through window into family home. A mother and her four young children escaped serious injury when debris from a building being demolished next door came crashing through their window. Marissa Williams was in her first-floor apartment in Wilkinsburg on Tuesday with her 7-month-old son and three young daughters when bricks, mortar and…Read moreRead more
Video – Black Hawk casino down…
CDI fells casino parking garage with controlled blast. The Monarch Casino in Black Hawk, Colorado has imploded its old parking garage to make way for a new hotel and spa. It’s all part of a $400 million development plan. Three stories were turned into a half a story in about three seconds thanks to Mark…Read moreRead more
Video – Flaming Hell…
D Hughes Demolition responds to mill fire. A quick-thinking representative of D Hughes Demolition & Excavation has captured an equally quick-thinking response to a fire that destroyed Maple Mil in Oldham. The Manchester-based company was first on the scene, bring down the building while the fire raged on:
Video – Cardem topples tower…
French contractor pulls steel tower to the ground. There’s something about French contractor Cardem and its all-white excavators that just lends it a certain “je ne sais quoi”. And this video of the company pulling down a steel stack merely serves to reinforce that image: Cardem Demolition MoulinVieux from samstudio on Vimeo.
Video – Gilpin checks out with Quality…
Video captures the demolition of the Quality Hotel in Plymouth. Earlier this year, Gilpin Demolition carried out the demolition of the eyesore Quality Hotel overlooking Plymouth Hoe. A new film captures the demolition process in all its glory. The hotel is set to be replaced with a prestigious development which will have one of the…Read moreRead more
Video -Tank plant stacks felled…
Quadruple blast drops stacks at plant that built WWII tanks. With simultaneous blasts that were reportedly heard from miles around, an implosion brought down four brick smokestacks in Birdsboro at 3 p.m. Friday. In about nine seconds, four smokestacks at the old Armorcast plant fell to the ground. “I was busy talking to her and…Read moreRead more
