Another wholly avoidable demolition accident captured on camera. DemoltionNews reports.
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Video – Bradford & Bingley HQ coming down…
Former home of building society falls to high reach power. A pair of high reach machines are slowly removing the former headquarters of the Bradford & Bingley building society from the Bradford skyline. Although the machine featured here is emblazoned with the Forshaw name, local newspaper reports suggest that the contract is actually being run…Read moreRead more
Video – Did DSM really blast Greyfriars bus station…?
Leaked video suggests terrorists might have been behind blast. We may all have been duped by the Mother’s Day implosion of the “mouth of Hell” Greyfriars bus station. On the face of it, this was another well-executed demolition contract to swell still further the DSM portfolio. But a video has just reached us that suggests…Read moreRead more
Video Exclusive – Hull’s Highcourt dropped…
Robinson & Birdsell implodes one of city’s tallest buildings. A 46-year old tower block in Hull has been demolished as part of a regeneration scheme in the area. The 20-floor Highcourt tower in the Orchard Park area was brought down via a controlled explosion on Sunday lunchtime. Robinson & Birdsell was appointed by Hull City…Read moreRead more
Video – Excavator onslaught…
Contractor opts for sheer weight of numbers to tackle bridge demolition. “We’ve got a long way to go and a short time to get there” as Jerry Reed famously once sang. Well, we can’t tell if this highway is Eastbound but it sure as Hell is Down after a team of eight (or possibly more)…Read moreRead more
Video – Mother of all implosions…
DSM does the business as “mouth of Hell” Greyfriars Bus Station in Northampton is imploded. DemolitionNews.com reports
Video – Changing the Stanford skyline…
University library will give way to open spaces. Work is underway to demolish Stanford University’s Meyer Library. The library was opened in 1966 and is located between Sweet Hall and Green Library. It was mostly used by the undergraduate community and was popular for its 24 hour study room. This very large structure used to…Read moreRead more
Video – Parlez vous demolition…
Liebherr gets to grips with French demolition contract. Here at Demolition News Towers, we like us a bit of international action. So when a high def’ video of a French demolition contractor putting a Liebherr 934 through its paces landed in our inbox, we were all over it like Jeremy Clarkson with a TV producer’s…Read moreRead more
Video – There’s high vis’ and then there’s this…
Stay safe in low light AND look like a character from Tron! Every once in a while, a new product comes across our desk that makes us just go YES! And the VizLite personal protective equipment from Elite GSS Ltd is just one such product. The patented, dual reflective garments combine two technologies, retro-reflectivity and…Read moreRead more
Video – A demolition hoe-down…
Demolition is far more fun when it’s set to banjo and fiddle! I know from personal experience just how tempting it is to edit demolition video to feature heavy rock music to lend it a somehow epic feel. Turns out I have been doing it wrong all along. Throw in some banjo, harmonica and fiddle,…Read moreRead more
