Drone captures never-seen-before footage of wrecking ball in action. Wrecking balls videos are like London buses it seems; you wait an age for one to come along and then two arrive together. This one is a bit different, however. Here in the UK, it’s fair to say that no wrecking balls has been used in…Read moreRead more
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Video – Two balls are better than one…
Twin wrecking balls tackle German demolition. Call me a purist, but to my mind there’s only one thing better than a well-aimed wrecking ball; and that’s two well-aimed wrecking balls. So for those of you who, like me, are of a certain vintage and still hanker quietly for the days of old, this video is…Read moreRead more
Video – Mattress stack takes long lie down…
Crews push over stack that had stood sentry at Lockland mattress company. The smoke stack from the former Stearns and Foster Mattress Company in Lockland came down at noon yesterday. The smokestack has been a symbol of Lockland for many years. It’s the last piece of several buildings abandoned years ago. The hope was that…Read moreRead more
Video – Long Island bridge blasted…
First of series of implosions fells part of span. A large section of the Long Island Bridge was demolished Monday as contractors imploded a 750-foot-long piece that connects to the island, officials said. The Coast Guard had set up a 1,000-yard safety zone between Moon Island and Long Island, and marine units from State, Boston,…Read moreRead more
Video – Epic time-lapse…
High reach excavators set to work on Toronto tower block. This is a short (but awesome) time-lapse movie comprised of six sequences shot on March 19, 2015 between 1400 – 1800 hrs, documenting the demolition of architect Peter Dickinson’s 1950’s modernist style residential tower in Regent Park, Toronto, Canada. The controlled demolition is being carried…Read moreRead more
Video – Latest inductee to 40-watt club
Another wholly avoidable demolition accident captured on camera. DemoltionNews reports.
Video – Bradford & Bingley HQ coming down…
Former home of building society falls to high reach power. A pair of high reach machines are slowly removing the former headquarters of the Bradford & Bingley building society from the Bradford skyline. Although the machine featured here is emblazoned with the Forshaw name, local newspaper reports suggest that the contract is actually being run…Read moreRead more
Video – Did DSM really blast Greyfriars bus station…?
Leaked video suggests terrorists might have been behind blast. We may all have been duped by the Mother’s Day implosion of the “mouth of Hell” Greyfriars bus station. On the face of it, this was another well-executed demolition contract to swell still further the DSM portfolio. But a video has just reached us that suggests…Read moreRead more
Video Exclusive – Hull’s Highcourt dropped…
Robinson & Birdsell implodes one of city’s tallest buildings. A 46-year old tower block in Hull has been demolished as part of a regeneration scheme in the area. The 20-floor Highcourt tower in the Orchard Park area was brought down via a controlled explosion on Sunday lunchtime. Robinson & Birdsell was appointed by Hull City…Read moreRead more
Video – Excavator onslaught…
Contractor opts for sheer weight of numbers to tackle bridge demolition. “We’ve got a long way to go and a short time to get there” as Jerry Reed famously once sang. Well, we can’t tell if this highway is Eastbound but it sure as Hell is Down after a team of eight (or possibly more)…Read moreRead more
