Stunning time-lapse captures demolition of former home of French utility company, RTE. Whether it is the Real Madrid of today, the all-conquering Leeds United of the 1970s, Despe in Italy or Cardem in France, there is just something deeply cool about the all-white livery. Check out the Liebherr excavators charged with demolishing the regional headquarters…Read moreRead more
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Video – Powering through French electricity HQ…
Video – Finns are what they used to be…
New film gets up close with Robi attachment. What is it about Finland and hydraulic attachments? The country – one of my personal favourites – has a population of under six million and yet it is the point of origin of some of the best known attachments on the market. Where would demolition be without…Read moreRead more
Video – If you see me running…
…try to keep up. When a demolition man runs out of the site, it’s a sure sign that something is not quite right. So fact forward to the 29 second mark of the video below, and see how much faith in the excavator operator the hard-hatted Usain Bolt has:
Video – Central Library revisited…
A fresh perspective on DSM Demolition’s work in the centre of Birmingham. Judging by the sheer volume of video footage emanating from the Central Library site in Birmingham, it appears that the eyes of the world (or at least the eyes of the West Midlands) are on DSM Demolition as it tackles this complex inner…Read moreRead more
Video – Greystone rising…
Reverse video provides haunting memorial for former psychiatric hospital. Back in October last year, we brought you some great footage of the Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital being demolished by a high reach excavator. Now, as outcry over the premature of this landmark building continues to circulate, this haunting reverse video of the demolition provides a…Read moreRead more
Video – Truck damaged in Hulton Bridge blast…?
Blast blew window out of rental truck. In the aftermath of the Hulton Bridge implosion, a local business owner is claiming that a piece of metal ejected from the blast blew out the back window of a pick-up truck and “could have killed someone”. Bill Harvanek said when his employees at Oakmont Truck Rental returned…Read moreRead more
Video – No trouble at mill…
Rhodar paves way for further redevelopment of London’s Docklands. Rhodar was commissioned by The Silvertown Partnership as Principal Contractor, as part of the £3.5 billion Docklands Silvertown Regeneration project to oversee the process of returning the Millennium Mills building back to its original structural shell. This is in preparation for its development into a multi-use…Read moreRead more
Video – Prison break…
Excavator takes a bite out of former county jail. The inmates of the former Ramsey County Jail have long since left, but there’s a prison break going on nonetheless. An excavator is currently munching away at the building in preparation for a $13 million redevelopment of St Paul, Minnesota. Rachel the Rex from David Zierott…Read moreRead more
Video – Rocking the house down…
World-famous amplifier maker destroys building with the power of rock music. Make no mistake about it – AC-DC are LOUD. I have heard Thunderstruck live and there were moments when I was certain that Angus Young’s guitar was about to make my head burst. But it’s a bit of a stretch to suggest that the…Read moreRead more
Video – LA says final goodbye to landmark bridge…
A final fly-by before demolition commences later today. Crowds of residents, quickly followed by crowds of police, gathered on Los Angeles’ 6th Street bridge yesterday to say a final goodbye to an icon of the City of Angels. With demolition of this crumbling landmark scheduled to commence today, this video marks a fitting end to…Read moreRead more
