Exclusive new video captures all the action at the Gold Coast hospital site. We have been following the demolition of Australia’s Gold Coast Hospital (from a distance, sadly) for some months now. In fact, so keen has our interest been that the demolition contractor concerned – Rosenlund Contractors – has now given us exclusive access…Read moreRead more
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Video – Rosenlund strikes gold…
Video – There she blows….
And this, my friends, is why exclusion zones can never be big enough. The next time you’re planning an exclusion zone for an explosive demolition contract, take a look at this video. The initial blast is neat and well contained; the tower falls in a nice straight line; and the structure begins to break up…Read moreRead more
Video – Doorstep demolition…
Aspect 4 Demolition completes contract in Demolition News Towers backyard. There’s nothing quite like having your finger on the pulse of the industry, is there? I have managed to report on demolition contracts as far afield as the US and Australia and yet managed to miss one taking place about 150 yards from my front…Read moreRead more
Video – On with the show…
DemolitionNews’ brand new video review show is live and awaiting your eyeballs. This time last week, we promised you a new video show that would allow you to get your fix of demolition film footage in one fast-paced video show. Well, despite what you might have read about journalists, we do occasionally deliver on our…Read moreRead more
Video – Only in Japan…
Take one telescopic crane, add and excavator dipper and bingo – Extreme high reach! We all know the Japanese like a spot of miniaturisation. As a nation, they are at their happiest when they’re making something electronic fit on the head o a pin. But, as this video proves, they’re pretty damn inventive when it…Read moreRead more
Video – Earning a crust…
Demolition Services starts work on former Rank Hovis mill. Demolition work has begun on one of Hull’s most iconic buildings, the derelict former Rank Hovis mill in the city centre. Contractors from Leeds-based Demolition Services started at the site in Tower Street next to Drypool Bridge earlier this week. It is believed the demolition work…Read moreRead more
Video – Blasting the bridge to nowhere…
Second blast fells another portion of Long Island bridge. A second portion of the Long Island Bridge in Boston was demolished using explosives Wednesday afternoon. Check out this footage from the local TV news helicopter:
Video – The incredible shrinking tower block…
Time-lapse footage captures the high reach demolition of four Dumbarton blocks. Central Demolition has recently carried out the high reach demolition of four high rise residential tower blocks – complete with extensive and complex asbestos removal – for West Dunbartonshire Council. This excellent time-lapse film captures the pick of the action:
A learning process? Seriously…?
Strength of Statesman Towers’ lift shaft and core takes planners by surprise. According to local news reports, there has been a change in demolition strategy at Indiana State University’s Statesman Towers; and not just because contractors have realised (belatedly) that wrecking balls are just so last century. Although it would have been obvious to just…Read moreRead more
Video – Worker exoskeleton provides glimpse of the future…
Iron Man could move from movie theatre to work site. Regular readers – particularly those that read our Design for Deconstruction supplement – will recall that Dr Terry Quarmby had predicted a future in which demolition workers equipped with movie-style exoskeletons might reshape the industry as we know it. Well, it turns out that Quarmby’s…Read moreRead more
