When demolition and camera-shake combine. Hilton Park Rugby Club in Leigh, Lancashire is being demolished, literally, as we speak. Here is a brand new video showing the work in progress; and apologies for the severe camera shake.
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Rugby stadium demolition video…
Demolition News welcomes new sponsor…
European Demolition Association uses Demolition News to promote spring conference. Regular readers of Demolition News may have spotted a new sponsor’s advertisement to the left of this article. We are delighted to welcome the European Demolition Association as our latest sponsor and look forward to an ongoing relationship with them in the coming months. Please…Read moreRead more
Demolition worker loses leg…
A worker has his leg amputated after demolition accident. UK trade magazine Contract Journal is reporting that a builder had his leg amputated by paramedics after a chimney he was demolishing collapsed on top of him in Newcastle. The old pub he was working in had become unstable and paramedics were forced to cut his…Read moreRead more
6 Reasons why SED 2009 might suck…
Prospects for the SED 2009 exhibition are not looking good. Let me start by saying that I haven’t missed a single SED since 1986. While I was spared the bog that was the Hatfield site, I am a veteran of Whipsnade, Milton Keynes and Rockingham and have seen the show grow and grow. Furthermore, I…Read moreRead more
Red Rhino keeps up the charge…
Red Rhino acquired by Winfield Engineering. Regular readers or the Demolition News blog will know that compact crusher manufacturer Red Rhino recently hit choppy water leading to the company being brought back from the brink of insolvency by Bryan Eccles At that time, Eccles stated that he was seeking a larger company to acquire Red…Read moreRead more
A call for support…
A call for sponsors of British Taekwon-Do champion. I will warn you in advance; what is about to follow has very little in common with demolition, although the subject matter is every bit as destructive. Leanne Evans, 17, is the British Taekwon-Do Champion and is scheduled to compete in the European championships in Croatia in…Read moreRead more
Haywood reaches high with Doosan…
Haywood Demolition takes Doosan high-reach UK demolition contactor Haywood Demolition Limited (HDL) has added a high-reach Doosan DX480 excavator to its fleet which has been supplied with a quick-release 3-piece boom giving a maximum reach of 26 metres, or 28 metres when a 2 metre extension is added. The high reach front end equipment, 2…Read moreRead more
When art imitates life…
Demolition expert offers script guidance for new theatre production It is rare that demolition people are portrayed on stage or screen. In fact, the only example that springs to mind is the lamentable Sylvester Stallone movie Demolition Man which, as it turned out, had absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with demolition. However, a new play…Read moreRead more
Caterpillar CEO welcomes stimulus package decision…
Cat CEO Jim Owens has welcomed the stimulus package announced by Barak Obama: http://tinyurl.com/c5j6ld
Rigorous control for ghost ship dismantling…
Ship dismantling team face strict regulation to control ghost ship project The Environment Agency has announced rigorous regulatory controls to ensure that the French naval ship Q790 (formerly Le Clemenceau) is “dismantled and recycled in a safe and environmentally sound manner”. As we reported, earlier this week the Q790 arrived from Brest in France and…Read moreRead more
