Authorities move in to demolish home of notorious surf gang. For years, violence and intimidation have ensured that the Bay Boys – a Californian surf gang – have had the waves at Lunada Bay all to themselves. But using a combination of jackhammers and demolition crews dropped onto the surf by helicopter, the Bay Boys’…Read moreRead more
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Video – Dude, where’s my surf shed…?
Video – Last span standing…
Rakowski fells last vestiges of Saskatoon Traffic Bridge. 39,852 days after the first vehicle crossed Saskatoon’s Traffic Bridge, the last remaining span of the historic bridge fell yesterday. The Traffic Bridge opened on Oct. 10, 1907, as part of a 1906 agreement to form the City of Saskatoon by joining the east-side community of Nutana…Read moreRead more
Video – Au revoir du drone…
Drone captures French demolition in progress. Our schoolboy French – which, as we have mentioned previously, begins and ends at an Eddie Izzard sketch – cannot fathom precisely where this film was shot. But don’t let that stop you watching another great drone video. Quartier des Alouettes – démolition du bâtiment L – 21 octobre…Read moreRead more
Video – Tuttle boiler toppled…
Texan power plant tripped. The US’ move towards cleaner energy production has been manna from heaven for those in the demolition fraternity. Case in point the Tuttle Boiler, part of an older series of power plants being demolished to make way for cleaner energy-producing plants in San Antonio, Texas. Tuttle Boiler demolition from Michel Fortier…Read moreRead more
Video – View from above…
Drone captures eerily beautiful Kentish demolition. Drones are fast becoming a vital weapon in the modern demolition professional’s marketing arsenal (just check out the latest episode of Demolition TV when it drops on Friday). Adding to that argument is this new film featuring SJB Demolition (quite possibly for the first time in these pages).
Video – The Cleveland show…
Power plant took a century to build; will come down in months. It is by size and location the most iconic structure on Cleveland’s east side and soon it will be no more, FirstEnergy’s Lake Shore Power Plant. Crews are in the process of beginning demolition on the property that pre-dates the very Shoreway that…Read moreRead more
Video – Watch it come down, US-style…
Six-storey office block tripped in spectacular fashion. UK demolition contractors will know that the catchphrase “watch it come down” relates to Kent-based Syd Bishop & Sons Ltd. But don’t be fooled. While that phrase is very much in evidence in this video from Dadeland, Miami, this film has nothing whatsoever to do with Syd Bishop….Read moreRead more
Video – Chill out…
Controlled drop levels part of New York’s Freezer Queen. Here at DemolitionNews, we’re big fans of slow and steady forms of demolition. But there’s no denying that a big controlled drop makes for great viewing. And that’s precisely what the team at Total Wrecking and Environmental have provided with their latest work on the Freezer…Read moreRead more
Video – Dykon downs dusty Duke…
Implosion marks final chapter for Sutton Steam Plant. The last of three boilers at the Sutton Steam Plant outside Wilmington came down Wednesday in an early-morning implosion. The implosion – carried out once again by Dykon Explosive Demolition Corp – removes the last Duke Energy coal plant in eastern North Carolina, and brings to seven…Read moreRead more
Video – Rammer runs riot…
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
