Going down – 171 metre tower felled in controlled blast. We have just received this great video that captures the explosive felling of a 171 metre tall pre-stressed concrete tower near Namur in Belgium. The work was carried out by Wanty and Orice with input from Ginger CEBTP Demolition for client Proximus.
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Video – Big Belgian blast…
Video – Behind the scenes of bridge blast…
Video tells story of Oklahoma bridge demolition. The majority of bridge implosion videos we bring you are little more than a money shot; a blast, a few seconds of debris falling, fade to black. But this new film from the Oklahoma Department of Transport tells the full story of the explosive demolition of the Taylor’s…Read moreRead more
Video – CDI takes Whitewater ride…
The CDI blast portfolio just keeps on growing. It sometimes seems that the Controlled Group Inc. blasting crew just doesn’t sleep. No sooner have they felled a series of structures in Florida than they pop up in Indiana to dispose of a 100 metre long strcutural steel bridge.
Video – The one that got away…
Four Australian stacks fall, one stands defiant. Demolition eyes turned to Australia yesterday as a planned implosion by Liberty Industrial was set to fell five stacks at the Shell Clyde refinery in New South Wales. At the appointed time, five explosions rang out and gravity seized four of the stacks and dragged them Earthwards, precisely…Read moreRead more
Video – Boone goes boom…
Is there a river in America that doesn’t have a bridge lying in it…? After some brief weather-related delays, the Boone Bridge finally went boom just a short time ago. A further blast will remove the remaining portion of the Missouri bridge on a date to be confirmed.
Video – Multi-blast from CDI…
CDI chalks up another big blast success. Controlled Demolition, Inc. (CDI), acting as implosion subcontractor to Southern Salvage, has performed the explosives felling of a number of key structures at Hookers Parairie in Florida. The blast included a 120’ tall mixed feed structure, a 120’ tall washer structure, a 110’ tall bank of four concentrate…Read moreRead more
Video – DSR downs car park…
Valentine’s Day blast fells Halifax multi-storey. While some of us were fetching breakfast in bed for our beloveds (or dashing to the local petrol station to secretly puchase some last minute Valentine’s Day flowers, the team at DSR Demolition was making ready to implode the Cow Green multi-storey car park in Halifax. You can check…Read moreRead more
Video – Tandem blast…
CDI fells pair of chimneys in sychronised blast. Controlled Demolition (CDI), acting as implosion subcontractor to National Salvage and Service Corporation, has carried out the successful explosives felling of the two 100 metre tall reinforced concrete chimneys at the Grainger Generating Station in Conway, South Carolina. Check out the video below:
Video – Grand River bridge falls…
ODOT drops Highway 51 bridge into river. Another day, another bunch of fish with a colossal headache. The Oklahoma Department of Transport today sent the Grand River bridge to Davy Jones Locker with a controlled blast that took out all five sections of the decades-old span:
Video – Magnifica esplosione…
It’s only February and we already have a contender for demolition film of the year. I could bore you with the fact that this film was sent to us by our friends (amici) at Italian contract General Smontaggi. I could tell you that this was shot at the Viadoto Caffaro, Calabria in the south of…Read moreRead more
