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
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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 The prison was the last in Scotland to carry out a hanging before the death penalty was repealed.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
Video – Mega Muncher at the station…
Time-lapse offers glimpse of Coleman and Company’s bespoke excavator at work. The demolition of Birmingham’s famous New Street Station is a project we have followed with some interest over a long period now. And our curiosity was piqued still further when this high profile contract became home to a remote control JCB excavator that we…Read moreRead more
Exclusive Video – Swanbank granted Liberty…
Australian demolition giant carries out impressive multiple blasts. As part of Liberty Industrial’s Swanbank B Demolition Project, a closure project involving the removal of a 480 megawatt coal fired power plant in Ipswich near Brisbane, Australia, the company’s project team carried out the explosive demolition of the plant’s boiler house and two 137 metre tall…Read moreRead more
Video – Fitting end for Cape Town’s worst hotel…
Few will shed a tear as Tulip Hotel falls. A closed-down hotel in the Cape Town City Business District, the Tulip Hotel and Conference Centre, was demolished earlier today to make way for a new development in this sought after area. Building plans for a new hotel have already been approved, and demolition to the…Read moreRead more
Breaking News – Manhattan rocked by building collapse…
One person seriously injured as building collapses in NYC. A building under demolition partially collapsed yesterday on the West Side of Manhattan, injuring a construction worker. It happened at about 2:35 p.m. at a 4-story garage at 622 West 57th Street, between 11th and 12th Avenues. Fire department spokesman Brian Norton says the worker rode…Read moreRead more
Video – Philly ‘ice palace” comes down…
Demolition crews finally get to grips with structure encased in ice. After mesmerizing amateur photographers and worrying neighbours for a week, a Philadelphia building left encased in ice after a two-alarm blaze last week has been torn down. Surrounded by heavy metal walls, a backhoe clawed away at the insides of the Locust Medical Center…Read moreRead more
