Coleman & Company unleashes new Liebherr 974 at Didcot Power Station. Few would argue that Liebherr make some of the best excavators in the world. But add a full demolition package, equip it with a massive LaBounty MSD7500R shear and trick it out in the striking livery of UK contractor Coleman & Company and a…Read moreRead more
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Video – Chain of Rocks revisited…
Main span hits the water as second blast takes place. The second of three planned blasts dropped another section of the infamous Chain of Rocks bridge into the canal below just a few minutes ago. The bridge used to carry Interstate 270, but was recently replaced with a new bridge, north of the old location….Read moreRead more
Video – Penthouse pulled…
Cat excavator downs upper floors of Cocoa Beach apartment block. The revolution is afoot. The working man has risen up and declared war on his moneyed former master, wreaking revenge on his one-time oppressor through the destruction of that most coveted of capitalist trappings – The penthouse. Either that, or it’s a Caterpillar excavator pulling…Read moreRead more
Video – Coleman’s remote control robot goes to work…
Look ma, no hands…or operator. Regular readers will recall that way back in June last year we brought you some exclusive footage of a new remote controlled demolition excavator that had been developed by JCB for Birmingham-based Coleman & Company. Well that machine has now gone to work and we have some more footage of…Read moreRead more
Video – Not so noisy neighbours…
So close, I can almost smell it. You probably all remember what happened the last time a demolition company came a’knocking on the portcullis at the entrance of Demolition News Towers. Thankfully, the latest demolition visit to leafy Epsom was far more peaceable. I opened my front door about a week ago to spy –…Read moreRead more
Video – Bleachers buckle…
Sun Devil stadium demolition underway. The first phase of Arizona State’s $256 million renovation of Sun Devil Stadium is underway. This phase will pave the way for a new student section to be built in its place, but right now, the stands have been reduced to a pile of twisted metal. Sun Devil Stadium Demolition…Read moreRead more
Video – Blast marks the end at Sparrow Point…
Poignant farewell to former steel-making stronghold. The most visible vestige of Sparrows Point’s steelmaking past tumbled to the ground yesterday afternoon as workers from CDI imploded the property’s L Blast Furnace. Workers have been planning for months to bring down the furnace with explosives, part of the ongoing work to demolish structures in advance of…Read moreRead more
Video – Power station popped…
Implosion marks the end for Cumbrian power station An iconic gas-fired power station at Roosecote has been demolished in a controlled explosion. Energy giant Centrica mothballed the site in 2012 due to the volatile market – it had generated electricity from coal, then gas, for around 60 years. Ron Hull Demolition carried out the explosive…Read moreRead more
Video – Nostalgia Corner revisited…
Why not all progress is good. OK, I accept that the lack of personal protective equipment might make the modern health and safety police grimace. And I grant you that no modern demolition company would countenance the use of so many men on a single site. And yes, maybe the lack of mechanisation does make…Read moreRead more
Video – Breaking for the bridge…
Detroit bridge demolition summons maximum breaking power. When you only have a brief window of opportunity within which to demolish a bridge over a busy roadway, something’s gotta give. And that usually means bringing out the big guns and applying maximum machine power. That is precisely the approach taken by the demolition crew on this…Read moreRead more
