Take one telescopic crane, add and excavator dipper and bingo – Extreme high reach! We all know the Japanese like a spot of miniaturisation. As a nation, they are at their happiest when they’re making something electronic fit on the head o a pin. But, as this video proves, they’re pretty damn inventive when it…Read moreRead more
Equipment
Video – Only in Japan…
Video – Worker exoskeleton provides glimpse of the future…
Iron Man could move from movie theatre to work site. Regular readers – particularly those that read our Design for Deconstruction supplement – will recall that Dr Terry Quarmby had predicted a future in which demolition workers equipped with movie-style exoskeletons might reshape the industry as we know it. Well, it turns out that Quarmby’s…Read moreRead more
Video – Dazzling Delta…
Apartments fall in summer sun. Sadly, there is very little information to accompany this film. But if you like demolition action (and frankly, if you don’t, what the Hell are you doing here?) then you’ll love this. If only all demolition filming days looked like this!
Video – All front, no rear…
Rye Demolition takes delivery of unique zero tailswing Hyundai high reach. Just before the Easter holidays, Rye Demolition took delivery of the latest in a long line of Hyundai excavators. But this one was a bit different; and rather than arriving direct from local dealer Molson Group, this one had done a detour via excavator…Read moreRead more
Video – Huge Liebherr going under the hammer…
Not every day one of these comes up for sale. The Easter holidays are about to commence and so we were planning a quiet afternoon of YouTube browsing when this film went across our radar screen. Auction giant Ritchie Bros is hosting a major sale at Donington Park on 28 April. And taking pride of…Read moreRead more
Video – Demolition underway at factory blaze site…
Newline Midlands takes charge after former cigarette factory goes up in smoke. The roof of the former Player’s factory in Radford came tumbling to the ground on Thursday morning as demolition work began on the fire-struck building. Huge sections of wall were brought down revealing the still-smoking interior of what is now student accommodation. The…Read moreRead more
Sandhurst puts remanufacturing onTrack…
Attachment specialist opens dedicated refurbishment centre. Sandhurst, has recently announced the opening of a dedicated engineering facility in the centre of the country for the refurbishment, remanufacture and repair of demolition and construction industry equipment. The new business, Sandhurst onTrack, is strategically located in the West Midlands on the site adjacent to Sandhurst’s Regional Attachment…Read moreRead more
Video Exclusive – Love at first bite…
Carey Group kick starts redevelopment of Reading town centre. After several months of preparation, demolition work has finally started on several large structures in Garrard Street in Reading. And Demolition News was there to film the first bite. We will be reporting on the contract more fully in the next edition of the Demolition magazine….Read moreRead more
Video – Long way from home…
Brit input into New Zealand high reach demolition. When a new video from our buddies at Nikau Group lands in our inbox, we generally know what to expect – High quality video, stunning blue skies, and New Zealand accents. So when we received this one, the voiceover threw us at first. But look closely at…Read moreRead more
Video – JCB dismantles its own history to create legacy…
JCB excavators move in to destroy former company factory. The redevelopment of a former JCB factory site in the centre of Uttoxeter has taken another big leap forwards with work now underway to break up more than 34,000 tonnes of concrete. The Pinfold Street site was home to manufacturing for almost 140 years, firstly for…Read moreRead more
