Amateur video captures moment Nebraska demolition goes awry. The Old Village Hall in downtown Arlington is the building that was supposed to be demolished, but in the process, a wall on the south side of the structure collapsed and crashed into the north wall of the post office. Grefe Excavating said they had started demolition…Read moreRead more
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Video – Accident punches hole in post office…
Video – Fleet-wide brand loyalty…
New video captures AR Demolition’s love of all things Volvo. As we recently reported in the launch episode of Demolition TV, AR demolition recently invested in a pair of shiny new Caterpillar excavators. But, as anyone that has followed the company’s fortunes will know, AR Demolition shares a certain affinity with Volvo as this new…Read moreRead more
Comment – Beware thrill seekers…
Contractors need to step up security to combat worrying trend. Here at DemolitionNews, we are enormous fans of social media in all its guises. We are active on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube and, in truth, we could not have achieved the global reach we enjoy without the aid of these various platforms. But social media…Read moreRead more
Video – City Circle silo demolition…
All the way from a land Down Under. “…Do you come from a land down under? Where women glow and men plunder..? Well, McMahon Services do, and their high reach is currently plundering a silo complex.
Video – All action, no waffle…
Time-lapse video captures shed demolition in Antwerp Harbour. Ah Belgium. Home of Belgian chocolate. Home of Belgian waffles. And home, apparently, to some pretty nifty time-lapse videography following the demolition of a storage shed in the world-famous Antwerp Harbour.
Video – CDI sends bridge straight to Hell…
Explosive end for bridge over Arizona canyon. The intriguingly-named Hell Canyon Bridge is no more. Controlled Demolition Inc (CDI) did what CDI does best and sent the 130 metre long, three-span steel deck truss bridge straight to Hell.
Video – In the shadow of the White Horse…
Explosion marks end of cement production at Wiltshire facility. People gathered at the Westbury hillside viewing area yesterday. But they were not there to see the famous White Horse carved into the hill. They were there to witness the fall of a 122 metre tall chimney that once loomed over Tarmac’s Westbury cement works. The…Read moreRead more
Video – Bridge Busters strike again…
Armac demonstrates bridge busting prowess over UK’s busiest motorway. Solihull-based Armac Group has cemented its reputation as bridge busters with another high-speed, high-impact contract over the UK’s orginal and busiest motorway; the M1. During an overnight possession, the company removed the former Owen Williams M1 bridge to form a new link to the A5 north…Read moreRead more
VIdeo – Aspect Four takes scientific approach…
Demolition of redundant lab building clears way for new chapter. Work is progressing with the demolition of a former laboratory and office building at Discovery Park, the latest stage of a long term vision to retain East Kent’s reputation as a global hub for science. Aspect Four Demolition Services, a tenant at Innovation House, has…Read moreRead more
Video – A dash of soda…
UrbanRegen high reach brings end to century-old soda ash works. A factory at Winnington in Cheshire that opened in 1873 and which ultimately became the largest producer of soda in the world is coming down. The facility, which has been operated by the likes of ICI and Tata Chemicals ceased production in February 2014, bringing…Read moreRead more
