Atlanta’s Executive Hotel felled in early morning implosion.
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Video – Wigan Pier nightclub falls…
Hard hats optional, apparently, as town says goodbye to local nightspot. The Pier nightclub was the destination of choice for thousands of “Madchester” ravers from across the North West of England. But like The Farm, Inspiral Carpets, Mock Turtles and New Fast Automatic Daffodils and other bands of the era whose music inspired the “vibe”…Read moreRead more
Video – NOT the World Demolition Awards…
NOT to be confused with the similarly named and equally preposterous World Demolition Awards.
Video – Bucharest high reach…
Romanian contractor makes light work of modern-looking building. To the very best of our recollection, we have never previously featured a Romanian demolition contractor within these hallowed, electronic pages. But thanks to the work of contractor Apolodor, the universal power of YouTube and a quiet news day, we can finally put that right.
Video – Australia’s biggest demolition machine…
Komatsu PC1250 ultra high reach goes to work Down Under. When you live in a country where even a 50 metre high reach machine barely turns industry heads any longer, it is easy to forget quite what an impact these machines have upon arrival in a new territory. Case in point, the arrival in Australia…Read moreRead more
Video – Up the pictures…
Time-lapse film condenses 10 months’ work in to a few stunning minutes. This film of the demolition of the old Ritz Cinema in Tunbridge Wells gets off to a slow start, a bit like some French art-house movie. But once the Keltbray team get started, it’s all over faster than the “promising career” of an…Read moreRead more
Video – Perth’s treasury in Focus…
Australian contractor extracts former treasury building from midst of listed area. G’day, and welcome to another episode of “here’s how we do demolition Down Under cobber”. We just stumbled across this excellent video featuring Focus Demolition and a challenging contract to remove Perth’s former treasury building while leaving several surrounding listed buildings untouched and undamaged….Read moreRead more
Video – Electrical substation zapped…
Komatsu excavator makes light work of electrical works. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently teamed with contractor Washington Closure Hanford to complete a major recycling effort during cleanup of the Hanford Site in southeastern Washington State. The work involved removing an electrical substation in the 300 Area, a former industrial complex about a mile…Read moreRead more
Video – Brewery water tower crashes down…
…and a nation of beer drinkers openly wept. I have said it before but I’ll say it again. When I am finally made the king of the world and the master of everything, demolition will be focused on the offices of tax collection agencies, double-glazing sales companies, the homes of Arsenal supporters, and Piers Morgan….Read moreRead more
Video – Demolition site cat resuce…
Get ready to saw awwwww. I have to be honest, as a dog man, the thought of roaming a wet and windy Toronto demolition site in order to rescue four feral cats is not really my idea of a fun evening. But these brave and presumably waterproof souls did precisely that ahead on a major…Read moreRead more
