Aerial footage of progress at Paradise Birmingham, including demolition of old Central Library. Working with phase one infrastructure contractor Carillion, Birmingham based demolition experts DSM began dismantling the brutalist concrete structure in December with work in this phase of demolition expected to be complete by July. Meanwhile, good progress is being made on the infrastructure…Read moreRead more
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Video – A drone in Paradise…
Video – Felling the Faraday bridge…
Time-lapse film captures day and night demolition. A time lapse video has been produced of the demolition of the Faraday Link bridge on the North Campus of the University of Manchester last month. The demolition saw Sackville Street temporarily closed while the work was carried out over a one weekend possession.
Video – Excavator falls through floor…
Amateur video captures moment machine plummets through building. A bystander has captured the dramatic moment that an excavator fell through an upper floor of a building in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The excavator was working on the second floor of the building when it crashed through to the ground level. “All of a sudden, boom! The…Read moreRead more
Video – Revealing the Roch…
Contractor goes back in time to reveal historic bridges. Connolly Recycling Solutions Ltd has completed a complex and challenging contract to uncover two sections of the River Roch that were hidden beneath Rochdale Town Centre. The project – captured in the exclusive time-lapse video below – included uncovering two sections of the River Roch to…Read moreRead more
Video – Clyde Refinery revisited…
One month on, new video shows glorious implosion of stacks. It is one month since we brought you news that the fifth smoke stack at Australia’s Clyde Refinery had finally – at the fifth time of asking – succumbed to the attentions of Liberty Industrial. And now, the company has released a stunning video showing…Read moreRead more
Video – Stormin’ Norman…
Philly’s infamous Norman Blumberg towers tumble in CDI blast. When they were built in 1967, the 510-unit Blumberg projects – two low-income high-rises, a third set aside for senior citizens, and a cluster of low-rise apartments – were billed, like so many other high-rise projects, as a modern solution to inner-city poverty. But within a…Read moreRead more
Video – Demolition on an epic scale…
6.5 million square feet of demolition puts equipment to test. There is large-scale demolition, and then there’s this. The latest part of the Oak Ridge uranium enrichment site decommissioning will require the demolition of some 6.5 million square feet of buildings, equivalent to 113 American football fields’ worth of structures. This fascinating film looks at…Read moreRead more
Video – California dreaming…
Aerial footage of Pacifica demolition. I don’t know about you but when someone mentions California, I immediately think of blue skies, blue seas and beaches packed to the rafters with Baywatch-style lifeguards. Apparently, it’s not always like that, as this video proves. Dark clouds form the backdrop of a smart drone video covering the demolition…Read moreRead more
Video – Lincoln Park Tower is no more…
46-year old apartment block crashes down in controlled blast. More than a dozen explosions thundered out from the concrete skeleton of Lincoln Park Tower Sunday morning. After a moment of stillness – and some uncomfortable shifting by members of the crowd — the next round of detonations started, this time accompanied by the sound of…Read moreRead more
Video – Gilpin takes early Bath…
Gilpin Demolition barges bridge out of the way. Devon-based contractor Gilpin Demolition had to take to the water to demolish an ageing iron bridge across a canal in Bath. This video provides a unique insight into the demolition process. Destructor Bridge, Bath from de facto films on Vimeo.
