Operator lucky to be alive following flouting of safety regs and disregard of good sense. What you are about to watch simply beggars belief. A US demolition contractor whose face was already liberally smothered with egg having failed to implode an unstable chimney countenanced a demolition method that placed an operator at serious risk of…Read moreRead more
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Video – Stupidity personified…
Breaking News – Stack stands strong…
First blast fails to shift fire-damaged smokestack. The first attempt at demolishing a smokestack at Pell City’s Avondale Mills has failed. The historic cotton mill has been part of the city’s history since 1902. It closed in 2006 and was destroyed by a fire two years later. The city agreed to implode the structure because…Read moreRead more
Video – French do double demolition…
Pair of tower blocks fall to implosion. A pair of 16-storey residential tower blocks have been demolished in a controlled explosion in the Beauval neighbourhood of Seine-et-Marne Check out the video below: Seine-et-Marne. Spectaculaire destruction de… by leparisien
End is nigh for Avondale stack…
Blast planned for tomorrow. The Avondale Mills smokestack in Pell City will be demolished next week. The structure will come down tomorrow at 9 am local time. About 70 pounds of explosives will be used to demolish the final remains of Avondale Mills. During the Pell City City Council meeting on Nov. 9, the council…Read moreRead more
Video – New view of Jersey City blast…
Drone provides unique perspective on triple implosion. Regular readers and viewers will recall that we brought you a film of the controlled explosive demolition of three Montgomery Gardens tower blocks in Jersey City. The blast was that good that – even though the video was a bit raw – it made it into our countdown…Read moreRead more
Video – CDI implodes FIFA’s South African HQ…
Former World Cup HQ dropped in controlled explosion. Given the multitude of corruption accusations circling the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), it is a wonder that the organisation’s home during the 2010 World Cup did not implode itself. Instead, the explosive demolition was charged to Controlled Demolition, Inc (CDI) acting as technical consultant to…Read moreRead more
Video Exclusive – Safedem drops Hawick Court…
Early morning blast draws Belville Street demolitions to a close. Safedem has completed the series of controlled explosive demolitions it started in Belville Street, Greenock back in 2013 when the company felled three similar blocks. Despite having imploded three identical blocks, the latest blast was not without its challenges. A historic church with significant stained…Read moreRead more
Video – Bay Bridge pier popped…
Bubble curtain used to minimise damage to marine life. Caltrans imploded an underwater pier of the old Bay Bridge eastern span at 7:17 a.m. Saturday, triggering 22,000 pounds of dynamite to pulverize the upper portion of the structure. Spouts of water shot skyward from the force of the blast, but the explosives detonated mostly below…Read moreRead more
Video – China carries out its biggest blast…
118 metre high tower block felled in controlled blast. Chinese contractors have carried out the biggest controlled explosive demolition in the country’s history. The 118-metre-high building was demolished on Sunday morning in Xi’an City, northwest China’s Shaanxi Province. “The operation worked quite well. For one thing the building collapsed in the correct direction and for…Read moreRead more
Hawick Court reduced to rubble…
Early morning blast marks end of Belville Street high rises. The last of the high rise flats in the Belville Street area of Greenock was demolished by explosion early today (Sunday). Hawick Court on Kilmacolm Road, which had 76 flats, came down around 4.10am using 40 kg of explosives. The explosive demolition was carried out…Read moreRead more
