170-year old bridge to be demolished during festive period. At least one demolition crew will miss out on the Christmas turkey, Queen’s speech and another re-run of The Sound of Music this year as a frail 170-year-old bridge that poses a threat to services on the East Coast Main Line in Aberdeenshire is to be…Read moreRead more
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Crumbling bridge puts Xmas on hold…
Video – Armac does it again…
Another weekend, another successful bridge removal. Motorists using the A14 in Cambridgeshire this morning will likely be unaware that a major demolition project took place this weekend to remove a bridge that linked the villages of Swavesey and Boxworth at junction 28. But the old bridge was dismantled by Armac Group during a weekend possession….Read moreRead more
December deadline for deadly bridge…
Morandi bridge demolition to start in December; last one month. 90 days on from the disaster in which 43 people were killed, officials have announced a schedule for demolition and rebuilding of Genoa’s infamous Morandi bridge. Genoa Mayor Marco Bucci announced that the long-awaited demolition of the remaining sections of the Morandi bridge will start…Read moreRead more
Video – Priestly works through the night…
Epic video captures overnight Canadian bridge demolition. As a result of wear and tear, part of the 401 Highway bridge over Dufferin Street in Toronto, Canada needed demolishing. Priestly demolition took on the task during a tight overnight possession. The process is captured in this excellent video (below):
Video – Bridging the gap…
Armac Group hands back M27 a full 16 hours ahead of schedule. On Saturday, I had the privilege of being on site to watch Armac Group do what Armac Group does best. The company was taking down a bridge over the M27 in Southampton during a weekend possession that would further cement its reputation as…Read moreRead more
Video – Bridge Busters bounce back…
Armac doing what Armac does best. It is a fool’s errand to even attempt to pigeonhole demolition companies. All are multi-disciplined and multi-faceted, and each is capable of tackling a huge array of structures. But let’s be honest. When you think Armac, you think bridge demolition. And for good reason, as this new video from…Read moreRead more
Decision imminent on collapsed Genoa bridge…
Demolition plan to be presented in wake of collapse that killed 43 people. A demolition project for Genoa’s collapsed Morandi Bridge will be presented by Autostrade per l’Italia “within five days,” Liguria Governor and emergency commissioner Giovanni Toti has said. “Autostrade will present us with the definitive plan for the demolition of the Morandi Bridge,”…Read moreRead more
Video – Meredosia bridge blasted…
82-year old bridge sent to bottom of Illinois River. The old Illinois 104 bridge that crosses the Illinois River at Meredosia was imploded yesterday morning. Despite heavy rain that ended about 90 minutes before the blast, the entire procedure went as planned, according to John Sestak, a construction field engineer for the Illinois Department of…Read moreRead more
Video – Spring Valley bridge partially felled…
First blast drops Southern span. The southern span of the old Route 89 bridge over the Illionois River in Spring Valley was imploded early Tuesday morning. The bridge’s replacement, the Illinois Valley Veterans Memorial Bridge, opened in June. The new bridge provides a wider span for emergency vehicles, pedestrians and bike traffic. The other span…Read moreRead more
Video – Another bridge blasted…
Controlled implosion signals start of new Kansas City bridge. The westbound I-70 Lewis and Clark Viaduct bridge over the Kansas River in Kansas City was dropped at about 8:30 am local time on Saturday. The controlled implosion is part of a long-term construction project to demolish and rebuild the bridge.
