Work starts to fell shopping complex. Demolition is underway on the Great Mall of the Great Plains in Olathe. Work is expected to be wrapped up in the next five to six months. The mall shut down last September. According to those with the project, a change in shopping habits was a major contribution in…Read moreRead more
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Video – Great Plains mall falls…
Video – Farewell FT07…
Time-lapse captures 55-hour demolition of concrete and steel bridge. As part of the Queensferry Crossing upgrade, a concrete and steel structure – the glamorously named FT07 – had to be demolished to allow the M90 motorway to marry up with the new Crossing. Built in the 1960, the bridge had previously carried the A90 approach…Read moreRead more
Video – Bon voyage Bonaventura…
Montreal elevated highway is coming down to make the city greener. The Canadian city of Montreal is saying farewell to the Bonaventura Expressway, an elevated highway that has served the city for decades. Pierre Saint-Marie, chief of division at the city of Montreal department of infrastructures, roads and transportation talks about the need for the…Read moreRead more
Video – Autostem speeds up military demolition…
Anglian Demolition deploys “chemical weapons” in assault on RAF Marham. Work is underway to help make the RAF Marham facility in Norfolk ready to receive the Air Force’s new F-35B Lightning aircraft that will operate from the Royal Navy’s new aircraft carriers, HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales. To speed up the demolition…Read moreRead more
Video – Demolition TV Episode #2
Never mind the Hollywood sequel – Here’s something good to watch on Independence Day. I will be honest. The first episode of Demolition TV was a pilot; a suck it and see; a dipping of a metaphorical toe into the imaginary and potentially icy waters of regular TV programming. But with accumulated views on now…Read moreRead more
Video – Demolishing with Wolves…
Wolverhampton firm helps deliver Mander Centre demolition project C&D Consultancy is playing a key role in one of Wolverhampton’s most iconic demolition projects, which is set to breathe new life into the Mander Shopping Centre. The company was initially brought in by Cawarden Limited to provide expertise on the form of demolition to take and…Read moreRead more
Video – Dust 1, firefighter 0…
A brave attempt sir, but you’re going to need a bigger fire truck. Have you ever heard the expression “farting against thunder”? Well here is that expression made real. A single brave firefighter armed with nothing more than a hose takes on the dust from a collapsing building…and loses even more thoroughly than the England…Read moreRead more
Video – Parisian perfection…
Stunning new film captures six month French demolition. The eyes of the footballing world might be trained upon France at present as the European Championships head towards their denouement, but the eyes of the demolition world might do well to take a look just outside Paris as this superbly-shot demolition film captures a six-month contract…Read moreRead more
Video – Forshaw fleet to the fore…
Excavator army enters final phase at Tameside. A fleet of Forshaw Demolition excavators are now nearing completion of the former Tameside Council Offices. This amateur video captures some of the final action:
Video – How not to use a jackhammer…
The 40-watt club for the terminally dim inducts another member. OK, if brain cells were dynamite our friend Ivane would not have enough to blow his hat off. But you have to admire his determination:
