New footage shows cooling tower implosion in all its glory. Regular readers will recall that, just over a week ago, we brought you some raw footage of the cooling tower implosion carried out by Dykon Explosive Demolition at the Big Sandy plant in Kentucky. Well now we can bring you some far better footage of…Read moreRead more
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Video – Big Sandy revisited…
Video – Fab in 4K…
Cinema-quality footage of Swedish contract. Slussenområdet (the Sluice area) is an area of central Stockholm, on the Söderström river that connects Södermalm and Gamla stan. Slussen also refers to the cloverleaf interchange and associated pedestrian passages and walkways opened in mid-October 1935 and which is currently undergoing demolition ahead of a major upgrade programme. This…Read moreRead more
Video – Demolition on the port side…
Drone captures demolition of massive Europort facility. The fine folks at Belgian demolition contractor Aertssen are hard at work demolishing part of the massive Euroports in Rotterdam. And thankfully, they had the foresight to send up a drone to capture all the action: Aertssen: Demolition Project Euroports from SkySense UAV Solutions on Vimeo.
Video – 40-watt Club keeps on growing…
Demolition near-miss caught on camera. An untrained man with a sledgehammer is a potential risk to himself and to others. But stir in the presence of a video camera, and that potential risk quickly escalates to become an almost inevitable accident in waiting. And so, our 40-watt Club for the terminally dim gains another member…Read moreRead more
Video – Demolition TV – Episode #5…
The fifth episode of Demolition TV has finally arrived. I was always cursed with a face for radio but, following my recent demolition accident, I was rendered even less suitable for a position in front of the camera. Thankfully, the swelling has now largely subsided and so we are (belatedly) able to bring you the…Read moreRead more
Video – Two stacks and a water tower…
Triple implosion fells giants at West Phoenix power plant. Two emission stacks of 200 feet and 135 feet and a water tower came toppling down Saturday around 6:20 a.m. without a hitch in the planned implosion of an old power plant in west Phoenix. At one time, the old plant, put into service in 1930…Read moreRead more
Video – Jet-powered implosion…
Controlled blast fells Pretoria blocks. Spectators cheered on Sunday morning as one of Pretoria central’s numerous derelict buildings was demolished in billows of dust and reduced to piles of rubble within a few seconds. The derelict, government-owned 15-storey HG de Witt building in Nana Sita Street was demolished as part of the national public works…Read moreRead more
Video – We’re doomed…
Wrecking ball fails to topple giant robot. Those of us that heaved a sigh of relief when 29 August 1997 – the date the Terminator movies predicted machines would become self-aware – might need to think again. Because if the machines ever do hanker after world domination, even those of us in possession of a…Read moreRead more
Video- Demolition on TV…
As new demolition show airs, we’re making ready with our latest Demolition TV episode. If you’re reading this outside the UK then what I am about to say will be of virtually no use to you whatsoever so please feel free to move on. However, if you ARE in the UK and if you have…Read moreRead more
Video – 40-watt club’s latest member…
The shallow end of the gene pool is just overflowing right now. Before you press play on the video below, most of you will know the outcome purely from the thumbnail image. But don’t let that you put you off hitting play. First, you have to admire the man’s perseverance as blow after sledgehammer blow…Read moreRead more
