Santa Fe Springs residents face week of overnight closures as bridge is removed. Caltrans has begun the demolition of the old Carmenita Road Bridge above the Santa Ana Freeway in Santa Fe Springs. Officials expect the project to take three weeks.
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Video – Carmenita bridge demolition underway…
Video – City block gone in a minute…
Time-lapse video condenses eight month contract into 60 seconds of demolition action. Watch the 12-storey Cathedral Hill Hotel occupying an entire city block in San Francisco as it is demolished over 8 months, compressed into a one-minute time-lapse.
Video – Detroit hotel checks out in spectacular style…
Dykon lays Park Avenue hotel to rest. In the blink of an eye, nearly a century of Detroit’s history disappeared into dust Saturday following an early-morning implosion. The historic Park Avenue Hotel was brought down around 8 a.m. as some watched from a parking deck across from the Fox Theatre and others watched from Woodward…Read moreRead more
VIdeo – Cold War control tower falls…
Excavator push grounds tower at RAF Alconbury. As the UK commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, another vestige of the nation’s aerial might was being laid to rest. The 1950s control tower at RAF Alconbury was pushed over last month, and the resulting video footage has just emerged:
Video – Delsan drops disused overpass…
Nothing like a bit of bridge busting to start the day. It’s all the way to Quebec and the team at Delsan for our latest film as the crew tackles a long disused overpass in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue. Demolition of the long unused overpass in Ste. Anne de Bellevue this morning around 9 a.m. from Lauren Mitchell…Read moreRead more
Video – Kingsnorth turbine hall levelled…
Brown and Mason carries out successful blast at Kent power station. The turbine hall at Kingsnorth Power Station was demolished with a controlled explosion earlier today. Energy firm E.ON owns the site. It was brought down in dramatic fashion at 1pm. The 35 metre high turbine hall once housed the boiler and four 500 MW…Read moreRead more
Video – AR Demolition milking it…
Demolition of former Dairy Crest site paves way for new homes. Plans to be build more than 100 homes on the former Dairy Crest site are set to be given the go-ahead as demolition workers move in. The site in Crudgington has been empty since February following the closure of the factory, with demolition work…Read moreRead more
Video – Donora-Webster bridge blasted…
Blast drops bridge into waters below. The Donora-Webster Bridge that once connected Washington and Westmoreland Counties has been imploded. The 110-year-old bridge over the Monongahela River had been closed since 2009 because it was deteriorating. The implosion utilised 387 charges and 72 lbs. of explosives to send the debris into the river below. Read more…Read moreRead more
Video – Wacker Neuson demonstrates future fuel…
Dual power excavator perfect for working inside and in zero emissions areas. The Wacker Neuson 803 mini excavator arrives on site in much the same way as any standard mini or micro excavator, diesel power getting it off the trailer and on station ready for a day’s work. At that point, it becomes unlike any…Read moreRead more
Video – Sting in the tail…
Datatag targets fuel thieves with DNA for fuel. A few months ago, we brought you an exclusive (but really badly shot) video featuring Datatag Venom, the latest weapon in the fight against fuel theft. Well now our buddies over at Diggers and Dozers (who actually know how to drive a video camera) have taken a…Read moreRead more
