Time-lapse captures dismantling of Canadian bridge. The old Port Mann Bridge has been completely dismantled and demolition work is now complete. As part of the new Trans-Canada Highway, this iconic bridge spanned the Fraser River between Surrey and Coquitlam in British Columbia and opened in 1964. The construction of the new 10 lane Port Mann…Read moreRead more
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Video – Port Mann bridge disappears before your eyes…
Video – HIsmelt time-lapse…
Award-winning demolition project revisited. The award winning HIsmelt Closure Project, delivered by Liberty Industrial, involved the deconstruction of a redundant smelting facility in Kwinana, Western Australia, including a mammoth dismantling and salvage operation delivered with complete success. The project showcased industrial demolition and resource recovery on a grand scale, with optimal outcomes delivered for all…Read moreRead more
Video – Detroit’s blight fight comes under scrutiny…
Rising prices and extending contract durations cause for concern. It is just a few weeks since we featured a story on the rising price of wooden stakes used to form a perimeter fence around Detroit homes that are being demolished as part of a city-wide fight against blight and dilapidation. And now it is the…Read moreRead more
Video – Crazy about high reach…
Drone captures high reach demolishing former psychiatric hospital. New Jersey’s Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital is coming down; and the demolition of the building that would not look out of place in a Gothic horror movie has been captured by a drone fly-by. Check out the footage and the haunting soundtrack below:
Video – Awesome implosions 2015…
The DemolitionNews collection of the most impressive implosions, extraordinary explosions and badass blasts of 2015.
Video – Syd Bishop goes in to bat…
Watch it come down contractor, Syd Bishop & Sons Ltd, tackles prestigious contract at world-famous Oval cricket ground. DemolitionNews.com reports
Video – CDI Crackerjack…
CDI keeps racking up the blasts. Controlled Demolition, Inc (CDI), acting as implosion subcontractor to Louisiana Chemical Dismantling Company, Inc, has performed the successful explosives felling of one (1), 229’ tall, structural steel coker and one (1), 140’ tall catalytic cracker at the Plains All American Fuel Terminal in Yorktown, Virginia. Check out the awesome…Read moreRead more
Video – ECY throws open its doors…
Equipment specialist puts on impressive display at Waste and Demolition Festival. ECY Haulmark, the company synonymous with leading demolition equipment brands such as Furukawa breakers, Rubblemaster, Dynaset and OilQuick is hosting a two-day plant spectacular at the premises of J. Mould (Reading) that concludes later today (so stop what you’re doing and get along there!)…Read moreRead more
Video – Red Road implosion…
DemolitionNews was there to witness a momentous blast. We have been waiting five long years to witness the fall of Glasgow’s Red Road flats. And we weren’t disappointed. DemolitionNews joined the crowds at nearby Rosemount to capture the moment the six blocks fell to capture this exclusive video:
Video – The case of the disappearing gas station…
Time-lapse captures demolition of French gas station. Depending which book of physics you choose to read, somewhere between seven eighths and 90 percent of an iceberg lies below the surface. Well, as this excellent time-lapse film demonstrates, the same can also be said of the average petrol (gas if you’re reading this Stateside) station. TOTAL…Read moreRead more
