Blame for bridge collapse caught on camera levelled at contractor. A Pennsylvania contractor has been cited for “serious” violations that federal investigators say led to the partial collapse of a north central Pennsylvania bridge in June last year, injuring at least two workers. Records released to Pennlive by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)…Read moreRead more
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Video – Final farewell for Broadway Bridge…
Work starts on removal of Idaho bridge. The Idaho Transportation Department is replacing the Broadway Avenue Bridge and improving the roadway between University Drive and Front Street. The bridge closed yesterday and is expected to remain closed until fall 2016, when the new bridge is expected to open. Read more here or view the video…Read moreRead more
Video – JDC on Salem switch hunt…
Video captures power station demolition. Massachusetts-based JDC Demolition is currently decommissioning, decontaminating and demolishing the former Salem Harbor Power Plant. The major components of the contract consist of the demolition and removal of 11 existing above ground oil storage tanks complete with spill walls; relocation and reuse of a 4000 AMP transformer; dewatering and treatment…Read moreRead more
Video – A Christmas Turkey…
Tower block makes like the rest of us and sits down for Christmas. We can all relate. It’s just after Christmas; we’re tired and we all just want to sit down. And that’s precisely what this 11-storey building in Turkey chose to do. According to local newspaper reports, 120 kilogrammes of explosives merely served to…Read moreRead more
Video – Dykon sees out 2015 with bridge blast…
94-year old Pittsburgh bridge falls to controlled explosion. The 94-year-old, 274 foot Greenfield Bridge in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, came tumbling down after a scheduled implosion Monday morning. In total, 1,400 pounds of explosives were used to bring down the bridge, which landed on a bed of 4,000 cubic yards of dirt spread by crews to cushion…Read moreRead more
Video – The power of perseverance…
Heave, heave and down comes the Wildcat rollercoaster. It’s not every day you get to see a giant rollercoaster pulled down, and with good reason. Turns out that – in addition to being stomach-churning thrill rides – rollercoasters are pretty darn resilient.
Video Exclusive – BAM blasts boiler house…
Controlled blast fells another portion of Cockenzie power station. It is just a few short months since we brought you exclusive footage of the spectacular twin-stack blast at the Cockenzie power station in Scotland. And today, power station specialistBrown and Mason were at it again, this time with a controlled blast to remove the disused…Read moreRead more
Video – Cockenzie time-lapse…
New film captures beauty of power station demolition. We have been following the progress of power station demolition specialist Brown and Mason as the company slowly eradicates the Cockenzie power station from the landscape. We have brought you several films, including this spectacular twin-stack implosion. But we have never seen the power station (and its…Read moreRead more
Video – Erm, you’ve missed a bit…
Hydraulic demolition leaves large portion of French tower block defiantly upright. It is perhaps the most distinctive demolition method out there; and it is a system that French demolition specialist Ferrari has used to enormous success in the past. But, judging by this raw amateur video, it appears that the system of hydraulically jacking adjoining…Read moreRead more
Video – DSM books in at Central Library…
Work starts on Birmingham’s famous John Madlin’s library. A high reach excavator from Birmingham-based demolition giant DSM took its first bite out of the city’s Central Library today as part of the £500 million Paradise project. Major clearance work starts today to tear down John Madin’s Central Library in Birmingham two and half years after…Read moreRead more
