Wading excavator removes crumbling dam. A 160-year old dam in Lyons, Michigan was crumbling and causing erosion around the structure. Step forward a wading excavator and an operator not afraid to get his feet wet:
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Video – Champagne popping…
French contractor fells Champagne region power plant in spectacular style. Explosive demolition specialist Ginger CEBTP has much to celebrate following the successful implosion of a power plant in France. And the company won’t have far to travel to find a suitable drink with which to fuel the celebrations as the blast took place at the…Read moreRead more
Video – Hydraulic poking stick…
It’s called a breaker dude, not a pusher. The “fdunk fdunk fdunk” noise of a hydraulic breaker in operation is one of the most familiar sounds in the demolition industry. It is a sound that speaks of pistons striking steel, and of concrete being torn asunder by sheer the sheer brute force of the hammer’s…Read moreRead more
Video – DSR drops Oldham car park…
Early morning blast fells disused car park. The Hobson Street car park in Oldham town centre came crashing to the ground during a thundering demolition just after 7 am yesterday morning. The car park was closed in 2014 after an inspection found serious structural damage. Surveys later confirmed the 1960s structure was beyond economic repair….Read moreRead more
Video – Didcot boiler house blast…
DemolitionNews is not showing the blast to bring down the remnants of the boiler house at the Didcot Power Station where four men perished on 23 February 2016.
Video – Another big BAM boom…
Brown and Mason maintains big bang reputation. Brown and Mason has carried out yet another successful blast, this time at the Coryton Refinery in Essex. This exclusive video captures the action:
Video – Demolition TV’s Hillhead Special…
Exclusive video of the Hillhead show’s many highlights. For as long as I can remember (and I attended my first show in the late 1980s) the Hillhead exhibition has been billed as a quarry event. But, over the years, the biennial show has evolved to become a must-see for the quarry, recycling and – increasingly…Read moreRead more
Video – Blucon blast fells twin stacks…
Blucon’s brickwork blast bonanza. Blucon Group has carried out the successful implosion of a pair of smoke stacks at the Hemming Brickworks at Foleshill in Coventry. The blast utilised 25 kg of explosives to successfully collapse the two brick chimneys within the confines of the brickwork site.
Video – China’s biggest blast…
Mammoth blast fells aluminium plant. China’s largest blasting demolition project was completed successfully in the northwest Qinghai Province. Two 180-meter high chimneys, four 70-meter high cooling towers and the main building of an electrolytic aluminum plant with a floor area of 22,000 square meters were demolished in a controlled implosion sequence. The project has been…Read moreRead more
Video – Four killed in Indian collapse…
Catastrophic collapse leaves four dead and many more injured. At least our people have been killed after a building collapsed during a demolition drive in Meerut in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. According to reports, the authorities were conducting a demolition drive at the shopping complex – which was illegally constructed – based on…Read moreRead more
