Equipment

Drone captures never-seen-before footage of wrecking ball in action. Wrecking balls videos are like London buses it seems; you wait an age for one to come along and then two arrive together. This one is a bit different, however. Here in the UK, it’s fair to say that no wrecking balls has been used in…Read moreRead more

Twin wrecking balls tackle German demolition. Call me a purist, but to my mind there’s only one thing better than a well-aimed wrecking ball; and that’s two well-aimed wrecking balls. So for those of you who, like me, are of a certain vintage and still hanker quietly for the days of old, this video is…Read moreRead more

High reach excavators set to work on Toronto tower block. This is a short (but awesome) time-lapse movie comprised of six sequences shot on March 19, 2015 between 1400 – 1800 hrs, documenting the demolition of architect Peter Dickinson’s 1950’s modernist style residential tower in Regent Park, Toronto, Canada. The controlled demolition is being carried…Read moreRead more

Former home of building society falls to high reach power. A pair of high reach machines are slowly removing the former headquarters of the Bradford & Bingley building society from the Bradford skyline. Although the machine featured here is emblazoned with the Forshaw name, local newspaper reports suggest that the contract is actually being run…Read moreRead more

Contractor opts for sheer weight of numbers to tackle bridge demolition. “We’ve got a long way to go and a short time to get there” as Jerry Reed famously once sang. Well, we can’t tell if this highway is Eastbound but it sure as Hell is Down after a team of eight (or possibly more)…Read moreRead more

Liebherr gets to grips with French demolition contract. Here at Demolition News Towers, we like us a bit of international action. So when a high def’ video of a French demolition contractor putting a Liebherr 934 through its paces landed in our inbox, we were all over it like Jeremy Clarkson with a TV producer’s…Read moreRead more

Stay safe in low light AND look like a character from Tron! Every once in a while, a new product comes across our desk that makes us just go YES! And the VizLite personal protective equipment from Elite GSS Ltd is just one such product. The patented, dual reflective garments combine two technologies, retro-reflectivity and…Read moreRead more

Rosenlund continues its war of attrition with Gold Coast hospital. As I write this, the sunshine is streaming through the portcullis at the entrance of Demolition News Towers, even though the temperature outside remains on the uncomfortable side of chilly. On the other side of the world, those pesky Australians are basking in real sunshine…Read moreRead more

Hyper-speed and slow-mo demolition in action. If you’re in any way hungover, we would advise you not to watch the following video. It features some run-of-the-mill demolition made sexy by the judicious use of hyper-speed and then slow-motion footage. But the transition from super fast to super slow is eerily reminiscent of a lost weekend…Read moreRead more

Venue for 1964 Olympic Games will soon be no more. As we reported a day or two ago, the sports stadium that hosted the 1964 Olympic Games is co,ging down to make way for a new venue that will host the 2020 Games. The National Stadium in Tokyo – where future heavyweight champion of the…Read moreRead more