UK debut for Zaxis high reach. The first Hitachi ZX350LC-5 high-reach demolition excavator in the UK was used by RM Penny (Plant Hire & Demolition) to demolish a four-storey office block in Wolverhampton earlier this year. The machine has a reach of 23 metres and can carry a maximum tool weight of 3,000 kg.
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Video – Penny for thoughts on new Hitachi…
Video – Windmill eats Sausage Bridge…
Time-lapse captures overnight bridge removal. A few weeks back, we brought you the news that the “sausage bridge” over the M62 motorway was coming down, courtesy of Windmill Group. Well, the bridge is down and now – thanks to Knowsley Council – we have the video evidence to prove it:
Video – Bruce stack dropped…
Blast fells disused Canadian chimney. Ontario Power Generation has carried out the demolition of the 100 metre stack of the Bruce Bulk Steam plant on the Bruce nuclear site north of Kincardine, Ontario, Canada. Check out the video below:
Video – Barnsley says farewell to bridge…
Demolition starts to remove Kendray Bridge. Work has started to demolish a 30-year-old bridge in Barnsley in preparation for a £41 million revamp of the town centre. Kendray Street bridge is the first structure to be knocked down to allow for the redevelopment, which includes a new town square, library and a refurbished market.
Video – Swiss roll silo…
Video captures implosion of woodchip silo and lift tower in Solothurn canton. We very rarely feature demolition works from Switzerland – The country is seemingly too clean and noise-averse to allow anything as crass as demolition to take place within its borders. But we now have an exception to that rule in the shape of…Read moreRead more
Video – Supermodel at work in pool…
Look very closely; all is not as it seems. A Liebherr 960 excavator equipped with a hydraulic hammer breaking out a swimming pool. Nothing out of the ordinary there…or is there? Remarkably, the film you’re about to watch features a scale model excavator and attachments. But the breaking and attchment-switching is very real indeed. Check…Read moreRead more
Video – Plans call for demolition of Gates Circle hospital…
Buffalo hospital could fall. The planned development of the Trico site on the edge of Buffalo’s medical campus, has the developer looking to demolish the oldest structure of the complex. Originally built as an ice house to service local breweries, the structure has deteriorated. Removal of the ice house clears the way for a courtyard,…Read moreRead more
Video – Festival of Britain demolition…
We revisit Nostalgia Corner with this look back at the demolition of the Festival of Britain site. The Festival of Britain was a national exhibition held in the summer of 1951. It was organised by the government to give the British a feeling of recovery in the aftermath of war and to promote the British…Read moreRead more
Video – Demolition, Yorkshire-karate style…
Vintage film captures demolition by hand…and feet. Health and safety folk, look away now – We’re about to ruin your day. We have just stumbled across this Movietone film of a demolition contract being carried out by a team of Yorkshire karate experts. Eschewing hard hats for hard heads, safety boots for bare feet and…Read moreRead more
Video – Bonaventure expressway demolition begins…
Work starts to remove Montreal overpass. The demolition of Montreal’s Bonaventure expressway has begun as crews started taking down part of the eastern-most section on Monday. The roadway will eventually be turned into an urban boulevard. The Bonaventure coming into Montreal will be lowered to ground level with a green area between the traffic heading…Read moreRead more
