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
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Video – DSR downs car park…
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
Video – All the way from Taipei…
New video charts demolition of Zhongxiao Bridge Ramp. Over the years, we have sucked in video and news from across the demolition world. But, if memory serves me correctly, this is the first time we have featured a video from Taipei. This great video follows the demolition of the Zhongxiao Bridge Ramp and provides a…Read moreRead more
Video – View from the bridge…
Caltrans time-lapse follows demolition of 6th Street viaduct. We brought you a great video of the demolition of Los Angeles’ 6th Street bridge yesterday. But now, thanks to Caltrans, we can bring you an even better one. Shot during a 40 hour possession, the film charts the first phase of the demolition in which 250…Read moreRead more
Video – Soon to be room at the inn…
JDC Demolition paves way for new Residence Inn. JDC Demolition Company, Inc. acting as a subcontractor for Dellbrook Construction was contracted to demolish a 67,400 sq. ft. two story office building located in Braintree, Massachusetts. This high profile project was located near a continuously busy highway near the intersections of Interstates 95 and 93 and…Read moreRead more
