Film captures the 1974 implosion of the former Croydon A power station. Anyone visiting the Croydon branch of Ikea to purchase a Dagstorp sofa, some Riktig Ögla curtain rings or a set of Ödmjuk coffee mugs will have noticed the two disused smoke stacks that now stand sentry over the Valley Park Retail Centre upon…Read moreRead more
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Video – Minority inspiration…
How minority contractors are contributing to Detroit’s rebirth. Here within the pages of DemolitionNews, we often talk about regeration which, in this context, normally means demolishing the old to make way for the new. That’s all fine and dandy and certainly keeps the wheels of the demolition industry turning. But there’s more to regeneration than…Read moreRead more
Video – Central Library time-lapse…
Video footage of DSM’s high reach work in Birmingham. The following video is aimed primarily at our readers in Texas, California and Australia who insist on send us videos where skies are blue, the sun seemingly never sets, and landscapes are constantly bathed in summertime. Things are a bit different here in the UK as…Read moreRead more
Video – New Bern silos no more…
Little and large blasts fell North Carolina structures. The implosion of two concrete grain silos took place in New Bern this morning, without too many problems. As planned, the first 75-foot silo fell, followed by the 175-foot structure at 10:30 a.m. The demolition company said there were a few broken windows at a house across…Read moreRead more
Video – Pier into the past…
Florida says goodbye to St Petersburg Pier. The inverted pyramid of the St Petersburg Pier has stood as an iconic landmark on Florida’s coastline for many years. But with plans for a redevelopment of the waterfront location now agreed, that landmark has been erased from the skyline. This time-lapse video – which covers the works…Read moreRead more
Video – Heim Bridge passing slowly into history…
Video footage of deck removal as landmark Californian bridge is replaced. The Commodore Schuyler F. Heim Bridge was built from 1946 to 1948 by the US Navy. The striking north-south lift-span bridge casts a steel-pillar shape over the port landscape, carrying countless trucks and automobiles between Terminal Island and the mainland where Wilmington and Long…Read moreRead more
Video – Taxi for Armac…
High reach in action near railway station. Anyone wanting a taxi at Coventry railway station might have a wait on their hands as it seems the city’s taxi drivers are rather more interested in the demolition works taking place nearby. Check it out below:
Video – Say hello to my little friend…
Demolition underway at Miami mansion of drug lord. Demolition began yesterday on a pink waterfront mansion in Miami Beach owned in the 1980s by Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar. The U.S. government seized it in 1987. It was acquired in 1990 by a private owner, and Chicken Kitchen owner Christian de Berdouare bought it in…Read moreRead more
Video – Saks of debris hit street below…
Film captures moment rubble falls onto busy Pittsburgh street. At first glance, this time-lapse video is just another work-a-day film of a high reach excavator going about its business at the Saks building on Pittsburgh’s 5th Avenue. But watch closely at the 11 second mark and you might just spot something a little more sinister…Read moreRead more
Video – Gas holder gone goodbye…
Robinson & Birdsell sees off Norwich gas holder. Thanks to the work of companies like Clarke Demolition Company, Coleman and Company and Erith Group, the ugly gas holders that once dominated city skylines across the UK are slowly but surely being consigned to the pages of history. Latest to fall is the Cremorne Lance gas…Read moreRead more
