Plans to demolish an iconic car park, as part of the regeneration of Gateshead town centre, are still in place, council officials have said.
Work to bulldoze the iconic building, which featured in the original 1970s movie Get Carter, was expected to begin in Autumn 2007. Full story here.
New Holland has launched new excavators and introduced new featured into its range. The company has introduced the Blade Runner Series B, which combines the qualities of a crawler excavator and a crawler dozer.
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A 1960s high-rise block of flats in Edinburgh was demolished at the weekend, in front a crowd of over 600 people.
Former resident Ian Begg helped detonate the explosvie charges to bring down the Broomview Court block in the Sighthill area of Edinburgh.
Short video showing the implosion of the roof of the former Miami stadium.
Just when you think you have seen every type of demolition equipment abuse, someone comes along and proves that humans are as stupid as they are creative.
And why, if you’re planning to use an access platform as a wrecking ball, would you insist that your colleague was in the basket while you did so?
Demolition of a former pottery factory in Chester is on hold because of health and environmental concerns.
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Just a few short weeks ahead of semi-automatic quick hitches being outlawed once and for all comes news of the first manslaughter conviction following a fatality attributed directly to a quick hitch.
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More than six years after 9/11, the toxic shell of the Deutsche Bank building remains standing. A tale of dysfunction that has cost taxpayers over $150 million – and taken the lives of two New York City firefighters.
This article from Fortune Magazine makes for fascinating reading, almost regardless of whether you’re from a demolition background or not.
