Basement collapse claims another victim as camera looks on. A local resident has captured the spectacular moment that a demolition excavator tipped into a hidden basement and collapse into a German street. The accident happened in Schorndorf, near Stuttgart. The operator – thankfully – was uninjured in the incident. In the second video, you can…Read moreRead more
Equipment
Video – Camera rolls as excavator falls…
Video – Clean-up operation…
Superb footage of high reach in action. Anyone that thinks demolition is a wham, bam, thank you ma’am sector has no place int he industry. The demolition process if meticulous, often scientific, and requires a tidy work work area. This is a fact not lost on the operator of this high reach excavator working in…Read moreRead more
Video – Herding Cats…
Fleet of Caterpillar machines tackles demolition. Illinois-based Omega Demolition called upon the full might of its extensive Caterpillar equipment fleet to tackle the demolition of Chicago’s Children’s Memorial Hospital. Check out the video below:
Video – I have seen the future…
…and it has arms! Those of you that has been with us for a few years (and if you have, thank you) might recall that we brought you an exclusive video of a two-armed excavator that was apparently designed to aid on post-earthquake demolition and materials processing. Fast-forward three years and it seems that the…Read moreRead more
Video – Rammer runs riot…
Rammer’s biggest breaker goes to town on turbine deck. On the day that the breaker brand’s new magazine went live comes this great new video documenting the demolition of the turbine deck at the SRP- Coronado Generating facility in St. Johns, Arizona. The Ground Level Co. carried out the demolition, utilising a Cat 385 excavator…Read moreRead more
Video – Ron Hull insures completion…
Demolition of former insurance offices near completion. Sheffield-based Ron Hull Group is nearing completion on its demolition of a former insurance company offices in Gloucester. The space has been purchased as part of the expansion of a neighbouring Asda store. This video captures the action:
Video – Taking its toll…
Excavator eats toll plaza as Massachusetts goes electronic. Demolition of toll plazas along the Massachusetts Pike has moved along on schedule this week as the state continues the transition to all-electronic tolling. MassDOT reports that crews have entirely or partially demolished the overhead canopies at the toll plazas in West Stockbridge, Lee, Westfield, West Springfield,…Read moreRead more
Wrapped Wring machine to the rescue…
High reach checks in to tackle fire-damaged hotel. A 85 tonne Wring Group high reach excavator is now on station at the Royal Clarence Hotel in Exeter which was damaged in a fire last week. Featuring a special “wrapped” livery to commemorate Wring Group’s 90th anniversary, the machine will be used to remove the frontage…Read moreRead more
Video – Massive bridge demolition…
Excavators assemble for mammoth overnight demolition possession. Residents of Mississauga in Canada this weekend witnessed a major demolition exercise to take down a bridge on Route 401. A fleet of excavators was brought together to tackle the overnight demolition works. And this excellent drone footage captures the best of the action: Massive 401 Demolition of…Read moreRead more
Video – Dorton tackles tulip…
Dorton Demolition munches down concrete tulip tower. No explanation, no back-story and no commentary. Just a Dorton Demolition high reach equipped with a pretty pearsome set of jaws munching down a tulip-shaped concrete tower.
