Brokk demolition robot shows stair-climbing capabilities. Think that robots can’t climb stairs? Then think again. This Brokk demolition robot demonstrates its ability to climb and demolish a narrow flight of stairs that descend into a subterranean shopping centre. STD Escalier 4 Temps from Matthieu LE GRELLE on Vimeo.
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Video – Stairway to heaven…
Video – CDI takes Whitewater ride…
The CDI blast portfolio just keeps on growing. It sometimes seems that the Controlled Group Inc. blasting crew just doesn’t sleep. No sooner have they felled a series of structures in Florida than they pop up in Indiana to dispose of a 100 metre long strcutural steel bridge.
Video – The one that got away…
Four Australian stacks fall, one stands defiant. Demolition eyes turned to Australia yesterday as a planned implosion by Liberty Industrial was set to fell five stacks at the Shell Clyde refinery in New South Wales. At the appointed time, five explosions rang out and gravity seized four of the stacks and dragged them Earthwards, precisely…Read moreRead more
Video – Boone goes boom…
Is there a river in America that doesn’t have a bridge lying in it…? After some brief weather-related delays, the Boone Bridge finally went boom just a short time ago. A further blast will remove the remaining portion of the Missouri bridge on a date to be confirmed.
Video – Multi-blast from CDI…
CDI chalks up another big blast success. Controlled Demolition, Inc. (CDI), acting as implosion subcontractor to Southern Salvage, has performed the explosives felling of a number of key structures at Hookers Parairie in Florida. The blast included a 120’ tall mixed feed structure, a 120’ tall washer structure, a 110’ tall bank of four concentrate…Read moreRead more
Video – Salem’s lot…
JDC continues demolition of former power station. Back on the 4th of January, we brought you a video showing the demolition of the former Salem Harbor power station (and oh boy were we ever pleased with the headline on THAT story). Well, that work is ongoing and the good folks at JDC have just released…Read moreRead more
Video – DSR downs car park…
Valentine’s Day blast fells Halifax multi-storey. While some of us were fetching breakfast in bed for our beloveds (or dashing to the local petrol station to secretly puchase some last minute Valentine’s Day flowers, the team at DSR Demolition was making ready to implode the Cow Green multi-storey car park in Halifax. You can check…Read moreRead more
Video – Tandem blast…
CDI fells pair of chimneys in sychronised blast. Controlled Demolition (CDI), acting as implosion subcontractor to National Salvage and Service Corporation, has carried out the successful explosives felling of the two 100 metre tall reinforced concrete chimneys at the Grainger Generating Station in Conway, South Carolina. Check out the video below:
Video – Gurtra goes postal…
Kent contractor spearheads redevelopment of former Islington sorting office. Kent-based Gurtra Services Ltd is tackling the interior and full demolition of several buildings that once made up the Post Office North London sorting office in Islington. The complex and challenging demolition works, which include elements of facade retention, are part of the £75 million Islington…Read moreRead more
Video – Grand River bridge falls…
ODOT drops Highway 51 bridge into river. Another day, another bunch of fish with a colossal headache. The Oklahoma Department of Transport today sent the Grand River bridge to Davy Jones Locker with a controlled blast that took out all five sections of the decades-old span:
