Safedem makes ready for record-breaking blast. Abu Dhabi residents will witness a new world record this weekend as Scottish demolition company Safedem carries out the explosive demolition of the Meena Plaza complex. Comprising 144 storeys across four towers, the complex stands at 165.032 metres making this a record breaking project for the tallest building demolished…Read moreRead more
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Heading for the record books…
Massive bridge blast
The Northern part of the Eisern Viaduct in Siegen, Germany has been felled in a controlled blast. According to reports, 61 kg of explosives was used to bring down the motorway bridge, which was up to 50 metres high and weighed 12,300 tons. The bridge will be replaced by a new building that can cope…Read moreRead more
Costly cloud…
Failure to control dust leads to settlement. More than seven months after an implosion covered Little Village in a cloud of dust, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has settled a lawsuit against Hilco Redevelopment Partners and its contractors. Raoul announced the settlement Thursday, which will require Hilco to pay $370,000 into a fund to support…Read moreRead more
Maine bridge blasted…
The Maine Department of Transport has used explosives to demolish the old Beals Island Bridge, which connects the towns of Beals and Jonesport in Maine.
CDI’s radio interference
Controlled Demolition, Inc. (CDI), acting as explosives subcontractor to The Berg Corporation of Baltimore, Maryland has performed the preparation for and successful explosives felling of four 122 metre tall radio towers in Bethesda, Maryland.
Police HQ blasted…
Wrexham skyline changed in Sunday blast. Total Controlled Demolition Services has successfully carried out the Sunday morning controlled explosive demolition of the former Wrexham Police Headquarters. More details as we receive them.
Dredger detonated…
Controlled blast fells mining monster. The first of the dredger demolition works has been carried out at the Hazelwood Rehabilitation Project. The main outcome, a safe and successful fell, was achieved with Dredger 11 on the ground. All of the blast cutting charges were fully expended with no misfires. A thermal imaging sweep conducted by…Read moreRead more
Finland’s tallest chimney dropped…
Explosive demolition fells 153 metre stack. The move away from our fossil-fuelled past has claimed another victim as the 153-metre tall chimney at Finland’s Kristiinankaupunki power plant came crashing down yesterday.
Stubborn stack still standing…
Discussions continue to best way forward with chimney that refused to fall. It is more than a week since an explosive demolition event failed ton bring down a chimney at the Dragon LNG Cogen facility at Milford Haven in Wales. But there is still no end in sight. According to a statement on the Dragon…Read moreRead more
Unfunny stand-up…
CoGen stack fails to fall. The planned controlled demolition of the CoGen chimney stack at the Dragon LNG plant in Waterston, Milford Haven, didn’t go quite to plan this afternoon. A statement issued by the company says: “Dragon LNG regrets that during the planned demolition of the Cogen chimney stack today, there was an impartial…Read moreRead more
