Operator walks away after parking garage falls onto his machine. The unplanned collapse of a parking garage at Houston’s Corporate Plaza tonnes of concrete and steel onto the roof of a hydraulic excavator. But, miraculously, the operator walked away seemingly without a scratch. The demolition of the parking garage was being carried out by Cherry…Read moreRead more
Accident
Video – Could have been so much worse…
Video – If you see me running…
…try to keep up. When a demolition man runs out of the site, it’s a sure sign that something is not quite right. So fact forward to the 29 second mark of the video below, and see how much faith in the excavator operator the hard-hatted Usain Bolt has:
Video – Truck damaged in Hulton Bridge blast…?
Blast blew window out of rental truck. In the aftermath of the Hulton Bridge implosion, a local business owner is claiming that a piece of metal ejected from the blast blew out the back window of a pick-up truck and “could have killed someone”. Bill Harvanek said when his employees at Oakmont Truck Rental returned…Read moreRead more
Video – Saks of debris hit street below…
Film captures moment rubble falls onto busy Pittsburgh street. At first glance, this time-lapse video is just another work-a-day film of a high reach excavator going about its business at the Saks building on Pittsburgh’s 5th Avenue. But watch closely at the 11 second mark and you might just spot something a little more sinister…Read moreRead more
Breaking News – Griffin Campbell faces 30 years…
Contractor at heart of accident that killed six faces massive jail term. A Philadelphia contractor was sentenced on Friday to 15 years to 30 years in prison for his role in a 2013 building demolition that caused an adjacent store to collapse, killing six people, according to prosecutors. Griffin Campbell, 51, was convicted at a…Read moreRead more
Contractor cited over bridge collapse…
Blame for bridge collapse caught on camera levelled at contractor. A Pennsylvania contractor has been cited for “serious” violations that federal investigators say led to the partial collapse of a north central Pennsylvania bridge in June last year, injuring at least two workers. Records released to Pennlive by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)…Read moreRead more
Contractor arrested over almost fatal chimney blast…
Demolition man wasn’t licensed to carry out work that almost killed him. Police have arrested and subsequently charged a demolition man who was almost killed when a chimney fell onto his excavator in the aftermath of a botched implosion. At the time of the demolition, which we reported here, the contractor hired to remove the…Read moreRead more
Stuck for the world to see…
Demolition truck gets jammed under bridge. You know how it is. You get yourself a nice shiny new Scania truck and you’re justifiably proud. So you get it decked out in company colours, you have your company name brandished across the front, maybe even a spot of personalisation to ensure that the driver takes extra…Read moreRead more
DSR fires back…
Rotherham contractor responds to criticism over “unauthorised” bonfire. Newspaper reports alleging that a bonfire on a demolition site in Hemel Hempstead caused panic and anger among locals have been refuted by the company involved. DSR Demolition was roundly criticised by the Hemel Hempstead Gazette which suggested that the fire had been unauthorised and that fumes…Read moreRead more
Breaking News – Adamo president killed in accident…
Accident claims life of one of US demolition’s biggest names. John T. Adamo Jr., the president of Adamo Group, has been killed in a demolition accident, a family attorney confirmed today. Adamo’s company has been a leading demolition contractor in Detroit for more than a generation and has participated most recently in the city’s extensive…Read moreRead more
