Blaster asks residents to stay away from Chain of Rocks bridge blast. Already a shell of its former self, come 10 am (local time) the bridge that carried eastbound Interstate 270 travelers over the canal for 50 years will come down in giant pieces, if all goes as planned. And, if everything works out, spectators…Read moreRead more
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Demtech issues warning ahead of today’s blast…
Video – Bridge blast preview…
Looking ahead to Tuesday’s implosion of the I-270 bridge. At 10 am (local time) on Tuesday, explosives engineers will drop a portion of the I-270 bridge that links Missouri and Illinois. Ahead of that blast, Illinois Department of Transport (IDOT) project engineer Barry Gibbs (presumably not the Bee Gee) provides an insight into the process…Read moreRead more
Video – Fairfax bridge falls…
Friday blast drops first bridge section. The first of two planned implosions on the Fairfax Bridge has gone according to plan, according to local news reports. The 760 metre long bridge was built in 1935 and until recently carried an average of 6,000 vehicles per day. The demolition of the old bridge and its subsequent…Read moreRead more
DSM sets town hall blast date…
22 February blast will change Leicester skyline forever. They have stood over Leicester centre for around 40 years but the tower blocks of the New Walk Centre former council headquarters will disappear from the skyline in a dozen seconds. The eight and thirteen storey buildings have been declared structurally unsound and last year the city…Read moreRead more
Video – CDI says so long to silos…
CDI sees out 2014 with yet another text book blast. 2014 was another mammoth year for the team at Controlled Demolition Inc. And while most of us were recovering from our Christmas excesses, the crew saw out the old year with another successful blast on 29 December. The latest blast brought down two 170-foot-high concrete…Read moreRead more
Are these the 10 best blasts of 2014…?
Curbed magazine has chosen its 10 most aesthetically-pleasing implosions of the year. Beauty, as they say, is in the eye of the beholder (which suggests that Piers Morgan’s wife must have very strange eyes indeed). But curbed magazine has pulled together a compilation of the most aesthetically-pleasing demolition blasts of the past 12 months. Regardless…Read moreRead more
Video – Russian stand-up star…
Russians end demolition year with egg on their faceski. It was an opportunity to see out the old year with a spectacular high rise blast for the ages. But good fortune was, apparently, still feeling the effects of its Christmas excesses when Russian engineers hit the plunger on this high rise blast. And, instead of…Read moreRead more
Video – Epic stadium implosion…
Kyle Field checks out in awesome style. In some ways, it’s a shame that this film didn’t drop just a few days later; because this would be a truly awesome way in which to draw a veil over 2014. The implosion of a portion of the Kyle Field stadium this weekend was an object lesson…Read moreRead more
Kyle Field ready for blast…
Countdown commences as Aggies’ home is set to fall. Texas A&M University System and demolition company officials gathered at Kyle Field’s southeast third deck Wednesday for a briefing on plans for the upcoming implosion of the stadium’s west side. Crews under Lindamood Demolition, Manhattan/Vaughn Construction and Controlled Demolition have worked around the clock following Texas…Read moreRead more
Video – Aussie gantry blasted…
Precision Demolition demolishes ore stockpile gantry. Ever wanted to get up close and personal with a quarry plant implosion? Well, now is your chance. This video comes courtesy of Precision Demolition and features the explosive demolition of an ore stockpile gantry in the Western Australia state. Check it out:
