A big weekend for big blasts as New Jersey fells three tower blocks. Some old buildings in Jersey City became history Saturday morning in order to pave the way for new housing. Three six-story buildings were imploded next to the former Jersey City Medical Center to make way for the new Montgomery Gardens apartment buildings….Read moreRead more
Video
Video – Jersey in Triple Threat implosion
Video – Dykon strikes again…
Denver hospital building felled by implosion. A building at the old University Hospital was demolished Saturday to make way for a redevelopment project. A quick series of about 170 small detonations rocked the building over a period of about 30 seconds, followed by a cloud of dust. The work was carried out by Dykon Explosive…Read moreRead more
Video – J. Bryan unleashes fire power…
Up close with one of the most complex and challenging deconstruction tasks we have ever seen. On 31 July 2014, a fire broke out in the FGD4 absorption unit at the 2,000 MW Ferrybridge ‘C’ power station in West Yorkshire sending plumes of black smoke billowing into the sky. It took 75 firefighters to bring…Read moreRead more
Video – Bridge falls Down Under…
Stunning time-lapse captures overnight demolition of Australian highway bridge. Only in Australia would they name a major highway “Bruce”. And in this excellent video, our buddies at Abyss Demolition remove a 1971-built bridge that spans the Bruce highway in south east Queensland. Check it out below:
Video – Abyss goes shopping…
Beautiful demolition of Queensland shopping complex. There are certain emails that I dread – Anything marked HMRC, for example, another offer of herbal Viagra, or details of an unexpected windfall from a former Nigerian army general that has taken a shine to my bank account. But there are those that I always look forward to…Read moreRead more
Video – There’ll be a high reach over…
….The white cliffs of Dover. We’re delighted to bring you this excellent (if a bit rainy) time-lapse video of the demolition of the former multi-storey car park at the Burlington House complex in Dover. The entire complex is being demolished to make way for the £60 million St James’s town centre redevelopment, including multiplex cinema,…Read moreRead more
Video – Beware the Super Guzzilla…
Two-armed machine offers glimpse of the future. Regular readers will recall that we previously brought you an exclusive video of a twin-boom excavator; and that we have also envisaged a future in which the soft strip process would be carried out by advanced man/machines. Well we have just stumbled across a video of a new…Read moreRead more
Video – Fourth time lucky…?
Crews to try again as GM stack stands defiant. Preparations are underway for a fourth attempt to demolish the smokestack at the former GM transmission plant. Three attempts to implode the smokestack earlier this week were unsuccessful after a malfunction. John Revell, Windsor’s chief building official, said, “The smokestack itself is incredibly strong. It’s got…Read moreRead more
Video – Column of Cats on Canadian bridge…
Five excavators’ worth of bridge-munching power. On July 19th Transport Quebec sent heavy equipment to demolish the Avenue St-Charles overpass so that they could build a new bridge so that the city could service the ever growing population of Vaudreuil. This excellent video captures the action.
Video – If at first you don’t succeed…
Multiple attempts fail to drop smokestack. A planned demolition of the smokestack at the former GM transmission plant Monday afternoon was delayed after multiple attempts to bring down the behemoth failed. As part of the ongoing demolition of the plant, a controlled implosion of the plant’s smokestack was planned for 2 p.m., and dozens had…Read moreRead more
