Demolition is far more fun when it’s set to banjo and fiddle! I know from personal experience just how tempting it is to edit demolition video to feature heavy rock music to lend it a somehow epic feel. Turns out I have been doing it wrong all along. Throw in some banjo, harmonica and fiddle,…Read moreRead more
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Video – A demolition hoe-down…
Video – High reach at the hospital…
Rosenlund continues its war of attrition with Gold Coast hospital. As I write this, the sunshine is streaming through the portcullis at the entrance of Demolition News Towers, even though the temperature outside remains on the uncomfortable side of chilly. On the other side of the world, those pesky Australians are basking in real sunshine…Read moreRead more
Video – The fast and the slow…
Hyper-speed and slow-mo demolition in action. If you’re in any way hungover, we would advise you not to watch the following video. It features some run-of-the-mill demolition made sexy by the judicious use of hyper-speed and then slow-motion footage. But the transition from super fast to super slow is eerily reminiscent of a lost weekend…Read moreRead more
Video – Tokyo Stadium coming down…
Venue for 1964 Olympic Games will soon be no more. As we reported a day or two ago, the sports stadium that hosted the 1964 Olympic Games is co,ging down to make way for a new venue that will host the 2020 Games. The National Stadium in Tokyo – where future heavyweight champion of the…Read moreRead more
Video – Friendly fire…
Tamar Explosives takes out part of “Grandfather’s Village”. The people of Israel have grown accustomed to the sound of explosions for all the wrong reasons. And so the explosive demolition of a block in Kfar Saba (Grandfather’s Village) in the Sharon region, will probably have gone largely unnoticed. But the eagle-eyed (square-eyed) folks in our…Read moreRead more
Video – The show must go on…
Despite delays in new demolition regs, Turkish contractors press ahead. Delays in the adoption of a new set of demolition regulations might have forced the postponement of an industry conference, but such matters are of little concern to contractors on the ground in Turkey. Although a bit shaky, this film of a flour mill demolition…Read moreRead more
Video – Canadian car park takes flight…
Epic video captures demolition of car park at Montreal airport. They might have a slightly quirky way of saying the word “about” and, if legend is to be believed, are afraid of the dark. But those Canadians know their way around an epic demolition video, no doubt aboot it! Check out this footage of Deslan…Read moreRead more
Video – Death penalty for prison…
Prison that carried out last Scottish execution meets its maker. Craiginches Prison in Aberdeen is currently being demolished. The prison was the last in Scotland to carry out a hanging before the death penalty was repealed. Check out the footage below: Demolition of Craiginches Prison in Aberdeen from Blazej Marczak on Vimeo.
Video – Hold the front page…
Demolition of Miami Herald building enters final phase. The demolition of the former headquarters of the Miami Herald newspaper has entered its final phase – And the contractors are kicking up dust as the last sections fall. Check out the footage from One Herald Plaza below:
Video – How to pronounce demolition…
A contender for the dullest YouTube video of all time. I guess because I am so entrenched in the industry that I have never really thought the world demolition to be particularly hard to pronounce. But, apparently, there are some folks out there that struggle with four relatively simple syllables to such a degree that…Read moreRead more
