Demolition kit was thin on the ground – But JCB’s product range is bursting with new machines. Along with a rag-tag army of camera and notepad wielding construction trade journalists from across Europe (the diggerazzi, as they’re known) I made my annual pilgrimage to the JCB World Headquarters to see what the UK’s bastion of…Read moreRead more
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A glimpse into the JCB crystal ball…
Video – Hammerhead granted Liberty…
Time-lapse of dock crane dismantling for Down Under. Liberty Industrial carried out the deconstruction of the historic Hammerhead Crane located at the Garden Island Naval Base on Sydney Harbour. The project involved dismantling a giant cantilevered dockside crane for the Department of Defence. The structure was progressively dismantled in large sections in a highly choreographed…Read moreRead more
Video – GM stack finally succumbs…
Excavator achieves what three implosions failed to do. The stubborn GM smokestack that withstood three failed implosions has finally been laid to rest using excavators. The removal came as a surprise to Windsor fire and city officials, as well as neighbours in the area, who thought they would get two days’ notice of the demolition….Read moreRead more
Video – Detonation double at Dalhousie…
Multiple blasts fell chimneys at Canadian power company. There is just no stopping the team at Dykon Explosive Demolition Corp at present; not even the US/Canadian border can halt their explosive progress. The company, which currently seems to be owning the exlosive demolition world, has popped up again, this time at the NB Power facility…Read moreRead more
Video – Demolition’s all mine…
Dismantling works progress at infamous Utah mine. We love us a bit of mine and quarry demolition, possibly because – by comparison – it is something that we rarely get to see. So when our news feed lit up with not one but TWO new videos showing the demolition works at the Wilberg coal mine…Read moreRead more
Video – 10-hour overpass removal…
When time is tight, throw equipment at the situation. In June this year, the city of Bandford in Ontario, Canada allowed Priestly Demolition roughly 10 hours to completely remove an overpass over the six-lane highway 400 and then disappear without a trace. To add pressure to the job, the city was also ready to exercise…Read moreRead more
Video – Jersey in Triple Threat implosion
A big weekend for big blasts as New Jersey fells three tower blocks. Some old buildings in Jersey City became history Saturday morning in order to pave the way for new housing. Three six-story buildings were imploded next to the former Jersey City Medical Center to make way for the new Montgomery Gardens apartment buildings….Read moreRead more
Video – Dykon strikes again…
Denver hospital building felled by implosion. A building at the old University Hospital was demolished Saturday to make way for a redevelopment project. A quick series of about 170 small detonations rocked the building over a period of about 30 seconds, followed by a cloud of dust. The work was carried out by Dykon Explosive…Read moreRead more
Video – J. Bryan unleashes fire power…
Up close with one of the most complex and challenging deconstruction tasks we have ever seen. On 31 July 2014, a fire broke out in the FGD4 absorption unit at the 2,000 MW Ferrybridge ‘C’ power station in West Yorkshire sending plumes of black smoke billowing into the sky. It took 75 firefighters to bring…Read moreRead more
Video – Bridge falls Down Under…
Stunning time-lapse captures overnight demolition of Australian highway bridge. Only in Australia would they name a major highway “Bruce”. And in this excellent video, our buddies at Abyss Demolition remove a 1971-built bridge that spans the Bruce highway in south east Queensland. Check it out below:
