…the harder they fall. Over the past 18 moths or so, we have taken to keeping a watching brief on the guys at Liberty Industrial. Not only do their demolition videos feature a lot of the sunshine that is missing from UK skies but they also do some really interesting and professional work. And they…Read moreRead more
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Video – Great balls of fire…
Epic ending for Iowa’s Riverfront YMCA building. The Riverfront YMCA went down in seconds Sunday morning, following yet another successful blast from the Dykon crew. The implosion of the decades-old riverfront building took place just after 7 a.m., about 10 minutes earlier than expected. Hundreds of onlookers braved the cold air to watch the building…Read moreRead more
Video Exclusive – Dykon strikes again…
Blasting crew fells Millard Fillmore Gates Hospital. There is just no stopping the Dykon Explosive Demolition Corp at the moment. And the company has struck again, this time in Buffalo, New York. It took less than 30 seconds to take down the old Millard Fillmore Gates Hospital. The implosion went off without a hitch at…Read moreRead more
Video – Let’s talk about precision…
Brown and Mason turn stack demolition into art form. Over the years, we have reported on a countless number of implosions; blasts big and small. But, if memory serves us correctly, we have never featured one quite so precise as Brown and Mason’s latest blast at the Cockenzie Power Station. We originally featured this a…Read moreRead more
Video – Big crash at Daytona…
Implosion fells huge grandstand at NASCAR venue. AAnother part of iconic Daytona International Speedway has fallen as part of the $400 million Daytona Rising renovation project. Thirty-three pounds of copper-sheathed, linear-shaped charge explosives were used to bring down the steel tower.
Video – Dore blows up inflatable innovation…
Inflatable bags used as temporary prop during post-fire demolition. From explosives borrowed from the quarrying sector to equipment originally designed for construction being co-opted for demolition duties, the industry has an unerring knack of embracing innovation from outside the demolition field and utilising it within. But this is the first time I can recall a…Read moreRead more
Video – Binghamton bridge blasted…
Explosive end for disused New York bridge. The Prospect Mountain construction project reached an explosive milestone Thursday. The Interstate-81 bridges that have been out of use for a number of weeks were removed today with about 600 pounds of dynamite. Many people gathered behind the Binghamton Plaza to watch the implosion. The dynamite caused the…Read moreRead more
Video – Louisiana river bridge blasted…
O.K. Allen bridge dropped into Red River during Saturday morning blast. After 79 years, the O.K. Allen Bridge linking Alexandria and Pineville is gone. Engineers blew the bridge’s superstructure into 14 pieces at 8 a.m. Saturday morning. The neighbouring Curtis-Coleman Bridge, which carries U.S. 71, was closed during the demolition. A second span of that…Read moreRead more
Video – Cockenzie stacks meet and crash…
Precisely controlled implosion delivers spectacular mid-air strike. Two two giant smoke stacks that have towered over Scotland’s Cockenzie power station came crashing down in spectacular style a short time ago. The controlled blast – the latest to be carried out on the site by power station demolition experts Brown and Mason – ensured that the…Read moreRead more
Video – Didcot takes another blow…
Didcot A power station’s tank and bunker bay felled as Coleman and Company display the blaster’s art.
