TV news crew footage of implosion in Colombian capital.
Being British, we scarcely speak one language, let alone two. So quite what this news anchor is actually saying remains shrouded in mystery.
All we do know is that the resulting video shows an implosion taking place during the past few days in Bogota, Colombia. It’s hard to tell fromt he dust cloud, but it appears that this was very nearly a partial stand-up. And judging by the closing shot, there’s still a fair amount of work to be done.
New video captures speedy front end equipment change.
We’re not sure what has impressed us most about this video from Volvo Construction Equipment GB: the excellent footage of their demolition equipment in operation; or the fact that they’re using both YouTube and Facebook to promote it.
Either way, it makes for great viewing.
Implosions, set to the Old Spice ad theme? What’s not to love?
We are reliably informed that the following piece of music is called O’Fortuna and it is from Carmina Burana by Carl Orf (but since our musical tastes largely begin and end in the late 1970s and early 80s, we’lll have to take Wikipedeia’s answer for it). Either way, it is probably better know – to those of us of a certain age at least – as the Old Spice theme.
Whatever it’s called, it was crying out for someone to set it to some spectacular implosions, which is precisely what Gladiator Production has done. The result – Demolition – The Opera. Enjoy.
Presence of asbestos prolongs contract, drives up costs.
The cost to demolish the old YMCA building in Riverfront Park, Spokane, Washington is increasing after contractors found more asbestos in the building than they originally thought existed.
An asbestos abatement company sent demolition teams a letter last month informing them the cost of removal would be higher than anticipated. Parks Department administrators are in the process of amending the contract to pay for the overrun.
Contractors are asking the City for as much as $80,000 extra to remove additional asbestos. The City is also spending an extra $20,000 to tear down a nearby building. The total extras are expected to cost at least $100,000.
“We’re still within budget,” said park director Leroy Eadie. “We’re not worried about that. We’re going to watch the demolition costs carefully.”
Eadie said the City wanted to spend $800,000 on demolition and $500,000 to build several look-out points on the Spokane River while planting trees and shrubs in the area.
The City is approaching the $800,000 mark. Any more increases could force the City to alter their plans for the land restoration.
Read more here .
Failure to address asbestos lands demolition company in court.
An Alberta company was ordered to pay a $35,000 penalty Tuesday relating to its failure to address the hazard of asbestos exposure at an Edmonton demolition site.
Eco-Industrial Business Park Inc. was fined $5,000 after pleading guilty in provincial court to a charge under the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
As well, the company must make a $30,000 donation to the Alberta Workers Health Centre, a charitable group that educates workers about unsafe jobsite situations.
According to agreed facts, Eco-Industrial purchased the former Celanese Edmonton plant located at 1250 Hayter Rd. on Jan. 9, 2008, and was doing demolition work on various buildings on the site as part of a redevelopment.
Within the project, the company contracted with Canadian Consolidated Salvage Ltd. to do a salvage and demolition job at a former cigarette processing plant there, beginning in the summer of 2008.
On Aug. 22, 2008, Occupational Health and Safety investigators were onsite for an unrelated work injury and became concerned about materials containing asbestos after noting loose insulation and significant amounts of white powder surrounding some dismantled piping.
Read more here.
First it was asbestos fines, now its a lack of references.
Middleboro demolition company Costello Dismantling has missed out on a prestigious contract to take down the cupola on the local Town Hall, despite bidding roughly half as much as the company that won the job.
Selectmen awarded the contract to Murray Bros which bid $16,609 instead of the low bidder, Costello Dismantling Co., because it did not provide references. Costello bid just $8,800.
This latest disappointment follows just over a month after Costello was hit with a $45,000 fine for failing to notify the presence of asbestos on a separate contract.
Read more here
House said to have inspired F. Scott Fitzgerald faces wrecking ball.
“..This is a valley of ashes; a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens; where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and, finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air…”
The dramatic but dilapidated Sands Point mansion that some F. Scott Fitzgerald scholars believe served as inspiration for portions of “The Great Gatsby” will soon be reduced to rubble.
The owners of Lands End, a 25-room colonial mansion that sits in grand isolation above Long Island Sound, plan to raze the structure to make way for a five-lot subdivision, each with a $10 million home, according to Sands Point Village Clerk Randy Bond. Some Fitzgerald enthusiasts point to the 1902 residence as the template for Daisy Buchanan’s home.
Read more here.
Demolition companies to be charged according to levels of waste produced.
Abu Dhabi’s Centre of Waste Management is to introduce from March 16 the ‘Waste Generation Tariff System’ for companies and establishments in the emirate, Khaleej Times has reported.
The new system is aimed at reducing by 80% waste production from commercial, industrial, construction, and demolition activities by 2018.
Businesses will be charged fees based on the rate of waste produced annually, according to the type of activity and the size of the facility, Hamad Al Amri, General Manager of the centre, said.
This latest crackdown comes almost exactly a year after the country set in place strict new rules governing demolition activity by creating an approved contractor database.
Our favourite videographer strikes again with a great demolition double.
Our old friend Stephen SetteDucati seems to have been pretty quiet just recently, and we have missed his video contributions here at DemolitionNews. But he’s back and he’s brought with him a pair of first-class demolition videos.
The first is a compilation of the demolition of the work of MCM Management; the second is a compilation from the demolition of Giants Stadium in the Meadowlands, New Jersey
Take a look:
Demolition work underway on casino damaged in Oklahoma snow storms.
Cleanup is underway at the Hard Rock Casino in Catoosa. Demolition crews are hard at work tearing down and cleaning up the old bingo facility damaged by historic snowfalls. Heavy snow was too much for the first gaming facility the Cherokees built on the site, causing a partial roof collapse.
With all of the construction at the Cherokee Gaming Complex in Catoosa over the years, it’s rare to see demolition work instead. “Very seldom have we had to tear anything down,” David Stewart, Cherokee Nation, said.
Read more here or view the video below.
