Time-lapse captures final phase of Queens Park demolition. The flats at Queens Park in Blackpool went out in spectacular style. Now, just a few weeks after the successful implosion, Forshaw Demolition is entering the final phase of the demolition. Queens Park demolition last bit from Chris Hives on Vimeo.
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Video – The Queens Park rangers…
Video – Water tower downed…
Aerial footage as water tower falls. This video manages to combine two of our favourite things: a water tower falling; and aerial videography. Our thanks to Eslich Wrecking for sharing this video with us:
Video – Watch the mall fall…
Aerial video captures demolition of Oak Ridge Mall. Tennessee’s Oak Ridge Mall is being redeveloped; and the demolition process is well underway. This drone video captures the demolition action while showing the sheer scale of the 23 hectare site:
Video – Piece of cake at Pontefract…
Aerial footage of hospital demolition. Yorkshire’s Pontefract General Infirmary is coming down; so what better time to get a drone to go up and check out the demolition works:
Video – Our survey said…
Double-tendering, and how client penny-pinching is putting demolition lives at risk. Well, it seems that double-tendering – the process of having to renegotiate a contract price having already won it – is not just rife in the UK demolition industry; it is now considered part and parcel of the sector. Our recent survey on the…Read moreRead more
Video – Short-cut to bridge demo clean-up…
Trucking on to a faster clean-up. When you’re demolished a bridge, it is normal practice to lay down a protective mat so safeguard the road or highway below. It is also the norm to have a wheel loader (or similar) on stand-by to help with the clean-up of both the protective mat and the fallen…Read moreRead more
Video – Dykon does it again…
Ohio smokestack laid gently to rest. The First Energy Burger Plant in Ohio lost its iconic smokestack in another precision blast by the crew at Dykon Explosive Demolition Corp. The blast felled a pair of 12-storey boilers as well as the 260 metre tall stack:
Video – I-5 overpass dismantled…
Excavators finish what excavators inadvertently started. Crews have demolished an Interstate 5 overpass here just days after a truck gouged holes in it. The accident, caused by two excavators on a truck, caused a huge traffic backup. Chunks of concrete from the overpass hit two cars. The Washington Department of Transportation says the Chamber Way…Read moreRead more
Video – Layton flats levelled…
Forshaw drops tower blocks in triple blast. Forshaw Demolition yesterday carried out the explosive demolition of three Blackpool tower blocks known collectively as the Layton Flats. This video captures the spectacular action:
Video – Demolition TV – Episode #3…
And they said it wouldn’t last! The third “proper” episode of Demolition TV has landed; and this one is very special. We were fortunate enough to secure a video interview with two of the Alford Technologies project team that carried out the successful blast of the remaining portion of the Didcot A Power Station boiler…Read moreRead more
