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.
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Video – Boone goes boom…
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:
Video – Magnifica esplosione…
It’s only February and we already have a contender for demolition film of the year. I could bore you with the fact that this film was sent to us by our friends (amici) at Italian contract General Smontaggi. I could tell you that this was shot at the Viadoto Caffaro, Calabria in the south of…Read moreRead more
Video – Twin stack blast…
Blast fells Conway landmark. The 300-foot tall stacks at the Grainger Generation Station in Conway were demolished on 7 February 2016. The Dolphus M. Grainger Power Station was retired at the end of 2012 after 50 years of coal-fired power generating.
Video – Could have been so much worse…
Operator walks away after parking garage falls onto his machine. The unplanned collapse of a parking garage at Houston’s Corporate Plaza tonnes of concrete and steel onto the roof of a hydraulic excavator. But, miraculously, the operator walked away seemingly without a scratch. The demolition of the parking garage was being carried out by Cherry…Read moreRead more
