Onlookers witness Lilac Bridge implosion. Residents in Hooksett and surrounding New Hampshire communities heard a loud boom Friday as workers demolished the Lilac Bridge. The pedestrian bridge was deemed unsafe, and was demolished around 4 p.m. Friday.
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Video – Boom, and the bridge is gone…
Video – Higgins Hall, watch it fall…
Controlled Group carries out another successful blast. Controlled Demolition, Inc. (CDI), acting as Implosion Subcontractor to Main Demolition Contractor, Spirtas Wrecking Company, has completed the successful explosives felling of the 244’ tall, 20-story, reinforced concrete dormitory building in Macomb, Illinois.
Higgins Hall set to fall…
WIU residence hall set for Saturday implosion. The countdown is underway until Western Illinois University will formally say good-bye to Higgins Hall by imploding the structure this Saturday. At approximately 9 am, the 50-year-old building will be demolished in an event that will last an estimated 15 seconds. The demolition is being completed by Spritas…Read moreRead more
Video – The wheels on the Budd go down and down…
Implosion fells former Detroit wheel manufacturing plant. A partial structural implosion went off Saturday morning taking down the former Budd Wheel Building on Detroit’s east side. The private demolition operation on Charlevoix near Conner happened at 6:30 am. The land is being redeveloped by Crown Enterprises Inc. as part of a multimillion dollar automotive logistics…Read moreRead more
Georgia Dome has a date with destiny…
Implosion scheduled for November this year. Recent progress on the construction of Mercedes-Benz Stadium has led officials to set a date for demolishing the Georgia Dome next door. The Dome — the Falcons’ home for the past 25 years — is now scheduled for implosion on 20 November this year the team’s parent company, AMB…Read moreRead more
Video – Renton, Sick Boy, Begbie…and Safedem
Scottish contractor makes it onto the big screen. Eagle-eyed demolition folk watching the long-awaited return of Spud, Renton, Sick Boy and Begbie in the Trainspotting 2 movie might have spotted a familiar name during the title sequence. Demolition contractor Safedem has become so synonymous with the Glasgow skyline it has helped redraw that the company…Read moreRead more
Video – Powering down…
Video captures final moments of Belgian power station facility. A controlled implosion has felled the cooling tower and three stacks at the Ruien power station in Belgium. Ruien power station was a 560-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station in East Flanders province Kluisbergen, Belgium. The coal-fired units 3-4 of 130 MW each were retired in 2012,…Read moreRead more
Video – Senate Plaza block blasted…
Massive block tumbles in controlled implosion. The implosion of 100 Senate Avenue, an office building at the intersection of Poplar Church and Erford roads in East Pennsboro Township, has taken place. The implosion will make way for a new commercial development. Construction is slated to begin next year. Senate Plaza Demolition – Harrisburg, PA –…Read moreRead more
Video – Munmorrah boiler blast…
Liberty Industrial strikes again. Two of Munmorah Power Station’s boilers were demolished today using controlled explosive demolition techniques. The boilers are the largest demolished in Australia so far. They also represent the largest explosive demolition undertaken anywhere in Australia to date. Weighing in at 23,000 tonnes and 60 metres in height it is the heaviest…Read moreRead more
Video – Indian implosion experiment fails…
Attempt to fell illegal structure using explosives leaves structure standing askew. The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) first ever attempt to demolish an illegal structure using implosion technology on Monday did not yield the desired results, with the building collapsing only partially and prompting officials to plan a repeat of the attempt.
