Replacing the bridge over the Rover Moesa. Our friends at Italian demolition giant Despe have very kindly sent us a stunning video that covers their involvement in the removal and replacement of a railway bridge over the River Moesa in Switzerland. Despe was the demolition subcontractor to Swiss construction company Mancini & Marti SA which…Read moreRead more
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Video – Despe on Swiss roll…
Video – Lucky to be alive
Australian tourist hit by flying debris. An Australian woman was injured after being hit by falling debris on the site of what used to be the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Makati City in the Philippines yesterday afternoon. The Makati Public Safety Department told INQUIRER.net over the phone that the foreigner was conscious and rushed to…Read moreRead more
Video – Controlled blast fells Dallas hospital…
CDI adds another successful blast to its portfolio. Decades of Dallas history came tumbling down in seconds Sunday morning as crews imploded St. Paul University Hospital. The structure near the corner of Harry Hines Boulevard and Inwood Road first opened its doors in 1963 and is now owned by UT Southwestern Medical Center. Among the…Read moreRead more
Video – BIg Mac down…
Implosion fells largest residence hall on the University of Kansas’ campus
Comment – A Demolition Disgrace
DemolitionNews reports on how a US demolition contractor sent an employee on a suicide mission.
Video – Stupidity personified…
Operator lucky to be alive following flouting of safety regs and disregard of good sense. What you are about to watch simply beggars belief. A US demolition contractor whose face was already liberally smothered with egg having failed to implode an unstable chimney countenanced a demolition method that placed an operator at serious risk of…Read moreRead more
Video – A real Chattanooga chew chew…
Fleet of excavators munch their way through Tennessee bridge. The Tennessee Department of Transportation has carried out the overnight demolition of the old SR 153 bridge in Chattanooga. A fleet of excavators were deployed to demolish the bridge during an overnight possession. The bridge has been removed to make way for a new overpass that…Read moreRead more
Video – Horrific Chinese accident…
Collapsing building falls onto excavator. DemolitionNews reports.
Video – French do double demolition…
Pair of tower blocks fall to implosion. A pair of 16-storey residential tower blocks have been demolished in a controlled explosion in the Beauval neighbourhood of Seine-et-Marne Check out the video below: Seine-et-Marne. Spectaculaire destruction de… by leparisien
Video – Farewell to Birmingham eyesore…
Demolition of 22-storey NatWest tower underway. Redevelopment partners Rockspring and Sterling won approval in August to demolish the 22-storey eyesore tower, which dates back to the 1970s and has been empty for more than a decade. It will be replaced by a new 26-storey landmark building which is expected to be completed in 2019. The…Read moreRead more
