Stunning time-lapse captures overnight demolition of Australian highway bridge. Only in Australia would they name a major highway “Bruce”. And in this excellent video, our buddies at Abyss Demolition remove a 1971-built bridge that spans the Bruce highway in south east Queensland. Check it out below:
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Video – Bridge falls Down Under…
Video – Abyss goes shopping…
Beautiful demolition of Queensland shopping complex. There are certain emails that I dread – Anything marked HMRC, for example, another offer of herbal Viagra, or details of an unexpected windfall from a former Nigerian army general that has taken a shine to my bank account. But there are those that I always look forward to…Read moreRead more
Video – There’ll be a high reach over…
….The white cliffs of Dover. We’re delighted to bring you this excellent (if a bit rainy) time-lapse video of the demolition of the former multi-storey car park at the Burlington House complex in Dover. The entire complex is being demolished to make way for the £60 million St James’s town centre redevelopment, including multiplex cinema,…Read moreRead more
Video – Beware the Super Guzzilla…
Two-armed machine offers glimpse of the future. Regular readers will recall that we previously brought you an exclusive video of a twin-boom excavator; and that we have also envisaged a future in which the soft strip process would be carried out by advanced man/machines. Well we have just stumbled across a video of a new…Read moreRead more
Video – Fourth time lucky…?
Crews to try again as GM stack stands defiant. Preparations are underway for a fourth attempt to demolish the smokestack at the former GM transmission plant. Three attempts to implode the smokestack earlier this week were unsuccessful after a malfunction. John Revell, Windsor’s chief building official, said, “The smokestack itself is incredibly strong. It’s got…Read moreRead more
Video – Column of Cats on Canadian bridge…
Five excavators’ worth of bridge-munching power. On July 19th Transport Quebec sent heavy equipment to demolish the Avenue St-Charles overpass so that they could build a new bridge so that the city could service the ever growing population of Vaudreuil. This excellent video captures the action.
Video – If at first you don’t succeed…
Multiple attempts fail to drop smokestack. A planned demolition of the smokestack at the former GM transmission plant Monday afternoon was delayed after multiple attempts to bring down the behemoth failed. As part of the ongoing demolition of the plant, a controlled implosion of the plant’s smokestack was planned for 2 p.m., and dozens had…Read moreRead more
Video – Penny for thoughts on new Hitachi…
UK debut for Zaxis high reach. The first Hitachi ZX350LC-5 high-reach demolition excavator in the UK was used by RM Penny (Plant Hire & Demolition) to demolish a four-storey office block in Wolverhampton earlier this year. The machine has a reach of 23 metres and can carry a maximum tool weight of 3,000 kg.
Video – Windmill eats Sausage Bridge…
Time-lapse captures overnight bridge removal. A few weeks back, we brought you the news that the “sausage bridge” over the M62 motorway was coming down, courtesy of Windmill Group. Well, the bridge is down and now – thanks to Knowsley Council – we have the video evidence to prove it:
Video – Bruce stack dropped…
Blast fells disused Canadian chimney. Ontario Power Generation has carried out the demolition of the 100 metre stack of the Bruce Bulk Steam plant on the Bruce nuclear site north of Kincardine, Ontario, Canada. Check out the video below:
