News reports suggest that three people have been killed. International news media is reporting that a sports stadium in Shenzhen in South China’s Guandong Province has collapsed whilst undergoing demolition. Initial reports from state and international meda suggest that three people have been killed in the collapse. More news as we get it.
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Breaking News – Chinese stadium collapse
Video – Hotel demolition raises concerns…
Overnight internal collapse leads to road closures. Construction at the Marshall Hotel lead officials to close roads in downtown Sacramento Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning. Tuesday evening debris and floors inside the building started collapsing on their own, throwing debris and dust onto the street. Pedestrians walking in the area were concerned the entire…Read moreRead more
Firm fined over flashover burn injuries…
Man suffered electrical burns after crowbar is thrown at electrical equipment. Two companies have been fined after a worker received serious electrical burns during demolition work. Chelmsford Magistrates Court heard how on the 12th April 2017, two demolition workers employed by sub-contractor R B Haigh & Sons were removing electrical distribution equipment from a switchgear…Read moreRead more
Video – Trip down a dusty memory lane…
Can you imagine the outcry is this was replicated today. Although we like to keep our finger on the pulse of the industry today, we still enjoy a trip down memory lane from time to time; particularly when that trip includes an insight into how things used to be done. Case in point, the explosive…Read moreRead more
Of all the places…
Scaffolding collapses at site of new Merseyside Police HQ. Is it just me or do you find yourself driving differently when you spot a police car in your rear view mirror? Your hands slide slowly to the 10 to 2 position, your right foot becomes somehow lighter and the speedometer suddenly registers a speed that…Read moreRead more
Illegal method blamed for fatal collapse…
Plan not authorised but “performed surreptitiously, in disregard of city ordinances”. The owner and contractors on a Miami Beach building that collapsed during demolition were accused in a worker’s wrongful death suit of using an illegal work method when the structure crashed in a plume of dust and debris. The Marlborough House was being demolished…Read moreRead more
Three hurt in chemical leak…
Demolition workers exposed to toxic substance. Three people are suffering serious medical symptoms related to a chemical exposure in Henrietta, New York on Monday morning. While workers were doing demolition work on site, they were exposed to a dangerous chemical after hitting a pipe. The chemical to which the workers were exposed is methylenediphenyl diisocyanate…Read moreRead more
Man killed in lift shaft plunge…
Demolition man and machine fall down lift shaft in Milwaukee. A man killed when the machine he was operating plunged down an elevator shaft on Milwaukee’s west side has been identified by the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office as Anthony D. Azarian, 32. In a bitter irony, Azarian’s uncle, Anthony A. Azarian, 40, was killed…Read moreRead more
Video – Double house collapse in Fishtown…
Investigation underway following collapse of two homes undergoing demolition. A pair of neighbouring houses in Fishtown, Philadelphia have collapsed as crews were preparing to demolish them. The unplanned collapse was caught on camera:
Comment – The slow-turning wheels of justice…
In a little under two weeks, the global demolition community will fall silent once again as it remembers the four of its brethren that lost their lives so needlessly and so tragically at the Didcot A Power Station back in February 2016. This time last year, I was working on a commemorative article that attempted…Read moreRead more
