Demolition underway on popular Bristol stadium. Demolition of the near sixty-year old Williams Stand started today as the third and most complex phase begins of Bristol Sport’s £45m rebuild of Ashton Gate Stadium. Bristol Sport chairman Martin Griffiths said: “The redevelopment of Ashton Gate has been a complex project, and just to get to this…Read moreRead more
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Ashton Gate put through the Wringer…
Deja vu Cat…
Haven’t we seen that Dem-Master high reach somewhere before…? “It’s the Circle of Life,” a great philosopher once wrote. “And it moves us all.” And in the Circle of Life, the collapse of one company merely helps nourish another. And that’s certainly the case with this familiar-looking Cat 345C high reach demolition machine currently working…Read moreRead more
Video – R Collard comes clean…
Construction waste and demolition specialist invests in next generation wash plant. R Collard Ltd has opened a new, state-of-the-art aggregate washing plant at its recycling facility in Eversley, Hampshire. The new plant, which was opened by local MP, Rt Hon Gerald Howarth, incorporates the very latest technology to enhance the quality and efficiency of the…Read moreRead more
University building falls to high reach power…
Because, hey, who doesn’t love a high reach time-lapse. Demolition of the John A. Widtsoe Building on the campus of Brigham Young University is underway. The nine-story building was completed in 1968 and was the home of the College of Life Sciences for several years. Each floor within the building housed a specific area of…Read moreRead more
Joy as Doosan breaks Montabert pact…
Breaker brand changes hands…again. Doosan has sold 100 percent of the shares of Montabert S.A.S. (France) to Joy Global Inc., a leading supplier of advanced equipment, systems and services for the global mining industry. Joy Global is listed on the New York stock exchange and employs 14,000 employees in 20 countries. Montabert’s products and equipment…Read moreRead more
Video – Kilburn takes the high road…
High reach plays pivotal role in urban regeneration project. London’s South Kilburn Estate is in the process of being regenerated. And phase 2 of that prcess requires the demolition of a pair of high rise tower blocks. This new time-lapse video from Alison Brooks Architects captures the action: South Kilburn Estate Regeneration: Phase 2A Demolition…Read moreRead more
Video – Seattle time-lapse…
High reach excavator makes light work of chapel building. Who says that Americans don’t get the high reach concept? (Oh yeah, that was me. My bad.) Well, there’s an exception to every rule as this great (yet silent) time-lapse demonstrates. Demolition of Chapel Building from Kevin Daniels on Vimeo.
Video – Costello stays behind after school…
Architectural significance of school fails to halt demolition. Despite opposition from preservationists (yep, them again), Costello Dismantling is busily consigning the Martin Luther King Elementary School in Cambridge, Massachusetts to the history books. The Martin Luther King Elementary School (1968-1971) was designed by Catalan architect Josep Lluis Sert (Sert, Jackson and Associate). The school compliments…Read moreRead more
Video – BSQ works underway…
Crew makes start on Warrington regeneration. The Bridge Street Quarter Regeneration project in Warrington will create up to 400 construction jobs and 400 new permanent jobs in the leisure and restaurant sectors when the whole project is fully completed in 2019. Before then, a major demolition programme will take place. This new video shows a…Read moreRead more
Video – Rosenlund strikes gold…
Exclusive new video captures all the action at the Gold Coast hospital site. We have been following the demolition of Australia’s Gold Coast Hospital (from a distance, sadly) for some months now. In fact, so keen has our interest been that the demolition contractor concerned – Rosenlund Contractors – has now given us exclusive access…Read moreRead more
