Explosion marks end of cement production at Wiltshire facility. People gathered at the Westbury hillside viewing area yesterday. But they were not there to see the famous White Horse carved into the hill. They were there to witness the fall of a 122 metre tall chimney that once loomed over Tarmac’s Westbury cement works. The…Read moreRead more
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Video – In the shadow of the White Horse…
Video – Grain landmark gone in an instant…
Brown and Mason carries out explosive demolition of UK’s tallest concrete structure at Grain A Power Station.
Video – Riviera Hotel checks out…
Vegas hotel and casino falls in overnight blast. It was one of the Las Vegas strip’s most recognisable landmarks. It played host to acts including Frank Sinatra and Liberace. But the Riviera Hotel and Casino is no more. A relatively low-profile implosion dropped the famous landmark in the early hours of the morning:
Video – Second bite at Burger blast…
Aerial view captures stack blast in all its glory. Regular readers will recall that – at the beginning of the month – we brought you some raw footage of Dykon Explosive Demolition Corp’s successful smokestack blast at the First Energy Burger Plant in Ohio. Well now, we are able to bring you a professional drone’s-eye…Read moreRead more
Video – Marseille tower toppled…
Ginger CEBTP performs another explosive spectacular. Less than a week after we brought you footage of Ginger CEBTP carrying out the explosive demolition of a French power plant, the company has done it again; this time with the explosive demolition of a tower block in Marseille in the south of France. DEMOLITION TOUR CYPRES B…Read moreRead more
Video – Champagne popping…
French contractor fells Champagne region power plant in spectacular style. Explosive demolition specialist Ginger CEBTP has much to celebrate following the successful implosion of a power plant in France. And the company won’t have far to travel to find a suitable drink with which to fuel the celebrations as the blast took place at the…Read moreRead more
Video – DSR drops Oldham car park…
Early morning blast fells disused car park. The Hobson Street car park in Oldham town centre came crashing to the ground during a thundering demolition just after 7 am yesterday morning. The car park was closed in 2014 after an inspection found serious structural damage. Surveys later confirmed the 1960s structure was beyond economic repair….Read moreRead more
Video – Didcot boiler house blast…
DemolitionNews is not showing the blast to bring down the remnants of the boiler house at the Didcot Power Station where four men perished on 23 February 2016.
Video – Another big BAM boom…
Brown and Mason maintains big bang reputation. Brown and Mason has carried out yet another successful blast, this time at the Coryton Refinery in Essex. This exclusive video captures the action:
Didcot blast to take place in next two weeks…
Power station disaster denouement now imminent. The owners of Didcot Power Station have confirmed they will blast the remaining half of the boiler house in the next two weeks. A letter was sent out to residents yesterday warning them of the immanent controlled explosion. The announcement comes after RWE said in June it was necessary…Read moreRead more
