Implosion fells 19 silos simultaneously. It is a sight that will bring a tear to the eye of any devoted beer drinker – particularly those in South America – as 19 silos owned by brewing conglomerate InBev fall to a controlled blast. The impressive implosion was carried out by our Brazilian blasting buddy Fabio Bruno…Read moreRead more
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Video – Last call for Brazilian silos…
Video – Excavator falls in bridge collapse…
Operator lucky as bridge collapses beneath him. An amateur video captures the moment a bridge collapsed, sending an excavator plummeting onto the road below. Thankfully, press reports suggest that the operator was unhurt and there were no injuries reported at the scene in Ashland County, Ohio.
Video – Another Berlin landmark falls…
RIAS transmitter tower falls to mini blast. The RIAS transmitter tower once served the most powerful medium wave transmitter in the world. Weighing 55 tonnes and standing 160 metres tall, the tower was also one of the tallest structures in Berlin. But it is no more. A barely audible blast felled the structure this weekend,…Read moreRead more
Video – Kodak building gone in a flash…
Dykon carries out yet another successful blast. A former Kodak factory has been demolished in Rochester, New York. Building 53, which was previously used for the manufacture of negatives, came down in a controlled implosion on Saturday. The demolition is part of an ongoing regeneration of Kodak’s Eastern Business Park.
Video – Meet the Processorsaurus…
Up close with a mechanical monster. With the Jurassic World movie doing great business at the box office, we thought we’d bring you our own version featuring the “Processorsaurus”. We spotted this particular beast in the wild recently and just couldn’t resist the opportunity to film it in its natural habitat.
Video – Carmenita bridge demolition underway…
Santa Fe Springs residents face week of overnight closures as bridge is removed. Caltrans has begun the demolition of the old Carmenita Road Bridge above the Santa Ana Freeway in Santa Fe Springs. Officials expect the project to take three weeks.
Video – City block gone in a minute…
Time-lapse video condenses eight month contract into 60 seconds of demolition action. Watch the 12-storey Cathedral Hill Hotel occupying an entire city block in San Francisco as it is demolished over 8 months, compressed into a one-minute time-lapse.
Video – Detroit hotel checks out in spectacular style…
Dykon lays Park Avenue hotel to rest. In the blink of an eye, nearly a century of Detroit’s history disappeared into dust Saturday following an early-morning implosion. The historic Park Avenue Hotel was brought down around 8 a.m. as some watched from a parking deck across from the Fox Theatre and others watched from Woodward…Read moreRead more
VIdeo – Cold War control tower falls…
Excavator push grounds tower at RAF Alconbury. As the UK commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, another vestige of the nation’s aerial might was being laid to rest. The 1950s control tower at RAF Alconbury was pushed over last month, and the resulting video footage has just emerged:
Video – Delsan drops disused overpass…
Nothing like a bit of bridge busting to start the day. It’s all the way to Quebec and the team at Delsan for our latest film as the crew tackles a long disused overpass in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue. Demolition of the long unused overpass in Ste. Anne de Bellevue this morning around 9 a.m. from Lauren Mitchell…Read moreRead more
