DemolitionNews’ brand new video review show is live and awaiting your eyeballs. This time last week, we promised you a new video show that would allow you to get your fix of demolition film footage in one fast-paced video show. Well, despite what you might have read about journalists, we do occasionally deliver on our…Read moreRead more
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Video – Only in Japan…
Take one telescopic crane, add and excavator dipper and bingo – Extreme high reach! We all know the Japanese like a spot of miniaturisation. As a nation, they are at their happiest when they’re making something electronic fit on the head o a pin. But, as this video proves, they’re pretty damn inventive when it…Read moreRead more
Video – Earning a crust…
Demolition Services starts work on former Rank Hovis mill. Demolition work has begun on one of Hull’s most iconic buildings, the derelict former Rank Hovis mill in the city centre. Contractors from Leeds-based Demolition Services started at the site in Tower Street next to Drypool Bridge earlier this week. It is believed the demolition work…Read moreRead more
Video – Blasting the bridge to nowhere…
Second blast fells another portion of Long Island bridge. A second portion of the Long Island Bridge in Boston was demolished using explosives Wednesday afternoon. Check out this footage from the local TV news helicopter:
Video – The incredible shrinking tower block…
Time-lapse footage captures the high reach demolition of four Dumbarton blocks. Central Demolition has recently carried out the high reach demolition of four high rise residential tower blocks – complete with extensive and complex asbestos removal – for West Dunbartonshire Council. This excellent time-lapse film captures the pick of the action:
A learning process? Seriously…?
Strength of Statesman Towers’ lift shaft and core takes planners by surprise. According to local news reports, there has been a change in demolition strategy at Indiana State University’s Statesman Towers; and not just because contractors have realised (belatedly) that wrecking balls are just so last century. Although it would have been obvious to just…Read moreRead more
Video – Worker exoskeleton provides glimpse of the future…
Iron Man could move from movie theatre to work site. Regular readers – particularly those that read our Design for Deconstruction supplement – will recall that Dr Terry Quarmby had predicted a future in which demolition workers equipped with movie-style exoskeletons might reshape the industry as we know it. Well, it turns out that Quarmby’s…Read moreRead more
Video – PP O’Connor on the big screen…
Odeon theatre demolition captured in great new film. The Odeon Cinema is a Grade 2 listed art deco building in central Chester. By the end of 2016 it will be transformed into a new cultural centre with two theatres, a small cinema, library and restaurants. But not before it has had a brief encounter with…Read moreRead more
Video – Tinker Field tumbles…
Century-old baseball field falls to demolition crew. The 101-year-old Tinker Field in Orlando, which played host to spring training and minor league baseball since World War I, is being demolished. Check out this local TV news report below:
Video – Famous Virginia hotel checks out…
Wrecking ball signals end for Cavalier Oceanfront. A landmark Virginia hotel will soon be consigned to the history books as demolition work got underway at the Cavalier Oceanfront yesterday. The hotel – located close to the Cape Henry Lighthouse – was built in the 1970s and went on to become something of a local institution.
