Sunday morning blast for Oklahoma bridge. Crews detonated the remaining bridge near 56th Street North and Highway 169 in Owasso, Oklahoma on Sunday morning. The Oklahoma Department of Transportation stopped all traffic on both north and south sides of the work zone near the Bird Creek area, between Owasso and Tulsa.
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Video – Bird Creek Bridge blown…
Video – Airline HQ blast from the air…
Drone footage captures final moments of American Airlines’ Fort Worth campus. American Airlines demolished its old headquarters (the AMR/Sabre buildings) in Fort Worth Friday to make room for a new campus. And, appropriately, the blast was caught on camera from the air. “The American Airlines team is hard at work designing our new campus in…Read moreRead more
Video – Rosemount dismounted…
40 Rosemount demolished in controlled explosion. DemolitionNews reports.
Video – Hospital falls to Brazilian beat…
Fabio Bruno adds another successful implosion to its portfolio. On Sunday last week, Fabio Bruno Construcoes imploded the Oliverio Kraemer Hospital. The building was located less than 40 metres from the neighbouring Albert Schweitzer Hospital which had more than 800 people – including patients, doctors and nursing staff inside. “We used electronic detonators to minimise…Read moreRead more
Video – Gilpin blows bridge…
Controlled blast fells Plympton’s Merafield Bridge. On a weekend in which postponements were the order of the day in the UK’s explosive demolition sector, Gilpin Demolition managed to evade delays, carrying out the controlled implosion of the Merafield Bridge in Plympton during the early hours of Sunday morning. The demolition marks the final stage of…Read moreRead more
Video – Floyd Casey Stadium falls…
Explosive blast fells what remains of Waco sporting arena. Explosives have brought down what was left of the former longtime home of Baylor University football in Waco, Texas. Floyd Casey Stadium was imploded yesterday in a demolition that took a matter of seconds on an overcast day in Waco. Floyd Casey Stadium had been home…Read moreRead more
Video – The ultimate photo bomb…
Bus makes starring role in explosive film. Picture the scene. A 24-storey tower block in your neighbourhood is about to be imploded. You have a video camera and your dreams of becoming an overnight YouTube sensation are so close you can touch them. You get up bright and early to get yourself the best possible…Read moreRead more
Video – Business as usual…
Dem-Master and Safedem combo completes another text book blast. A joint venture between Dem-Master and Safedem has pulled off another text book tower block implosion, felling the 24-storey Norfolk Court in Scotland yesterday morning. Following in the wake of several recent explosive demolition stand-ups, the eyes of the demolition and media worlds were focused on…Read moreRead more
Video – Awesome bridge blast…
Take six minutes out of your day and admire this stunning video. Every time I fire up the DemolitionNews video camera and point it at something here in the UK, I am reminded of just how much better the sky often looks in films from elsewhere in the world. Seriously, check out the sunset in…Read moreRead more
Video – Boiler goes bang…
Second of three implosions marks another stage in Duke Energy plant renewal. On Sunday morning, Dykon Explosive Demolition Corp imploded another boiler unit at the retired coal-fired Duke Energy Sutton Plant in New Hanover County. The implosion is part of the company’s efforts to generate energy “using cleaner, more efficient sources in North Carolina,” according…Read moreRead more
