Dykon working towards late summer/early autumn implosion date. TM Montante Development will go ahead with its planned implosion of the main hospital tower of the former Millard Fillmore Gates Circle Hospital, after the city Planning Board gave its assent Wednesday to the demolition. No firm date has been set, but attorney Marc Romanowski, representing the…Read moreRead more
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Gates Circle blast gets green light…
Video – Swiss roll silo…
Video captures implosion of woodchip silo and lift tower in Solothurn canton. We very rarely feature demolition works from Switzerland – The country is seemingly too clean and noise-averse to allow anything as crass as demolition to take place within its borders. But we now have an exception to that rule in the shape of…Read moreRead more
Video – Last call for Brazilian silos…
Implosion fells 19 silos simultaneously. It is a sight that will bring a tear to the eye of any devoted beer drinker – particularly those in South America – as 19 silos owned by brewing conglomerate InBev fall to a controlled blast. The impressive implosion was carried out by our Brazilian blasting buddy Fabio Bruno…Read moreRead more
Video – Kodak building gone in a flash…
Dykon carries out yet another successful blast. A former Kodak factory has been demolished in Rochester, New York. Building 53, which was previously used for the manufacture of negatives, came down in a controlled implosion on Saturday. The demolition is part of an ongoing regeneration of Kodak’s Eastern Business Park.
Date set for Cockenzie chimney blast…
Brown and Mason to prove once again why they are a power station’s worst nightmare. After close consultation between ScottishPower, East Lothian Council and Police Scotland, the date for the controlled explosive demolition of the Cockenzie Power Station chimney stacks has been confirmed as Saturday 26th September. The demolition will be overseen by ScottishPower’s main…Read moreRead more
Video – Detroit hotel checks out in spectacular style…
Dykon lays Park Avenue hotel to rest. In the blink of an eye, nearly a century of Detroit’s history disappeared into dust Saturday following an early-morning implosion. The historic Park Avenue Hotel was brought down around 8 a.m. as some watched from a parking deck across from the Fox Theatre and others watched from Woodward…Read moreRead more
Detroit braced for hotel blast…
Detroit’s Park Avenue Hotel to be levelled tomorrow. DemolitionNews.com reports.
Video – Kingsnorth turbine hall levelled…
Brown and Mason carries out successful blast at Kent power station. The turbine hall at Kingsnorth Power Station was demolished with a controlled explosion earlier today. Energy firm E.ON owns the site. It was brought down in dramatic fashion at 1pm. The 35 metre high turbine hall once housed the boiler and four 500 MW…Read moreRead more
Implosion date set for historic Detroit hotel…
Dykon prepares for weekend blast of vacant Park Avenue Hotel. DemolitionNews.com reports.
Blast to mark Kingsnorth milestone…
Turbine hall to fall this week. Another building at Kingsnorth Power Station is due to be demolished. A controlled explosion of a 35-metre turbine hall, which housed a boiler and four turbo-generators, will take place at 1pm on Thursday. Many of the station’s smaller buildings have already been removed from the 1.6 kmsq site. Because…Read moreRead more
