Animal print Liebherr tackles tower block. It has a long neck like a giraffe and it has spots like a giraffe. But that’s where the similarities end. This Liebherr 974 high reach is a purpose-built demolition machine that is being used by German contract Chantre to perform a true public service – The demolition of…Read moreRead more
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Video – Another bridge collapse, another life lost…
Worker killed during demolition of Cincinnati bridge. A worker was killed and a tractor-trailer driver injured when an interstate overpass undergoing demolition collapsed in Cincinnati, fire and emergency medical officials said. The Cincinnati Fire Department said the collapse onto southbound interstate 75 happened near Hopple Street north of downtown at about 10:30 p.m. Monday. Police…Read moreRead more
Video – Demolition en Francais…
Truly stunning footage of Liebherr 984 high reach in action. Parlez vous Francais? Well, while it might be helpful to understand the commentary, it doesn’t matter either way as these stunning images from Brunel Demolition pretty much speak for themselves. Watch from above as a Liebherr 984 high reach excavator dismantles this tower block and…Read moreRead more
Video – People like this ruin the cinema experience…
Quiet at the back – I’m trying to watch a movie. You know what it’s like. You settle down in your cinema seat waiting for the movie to begin when someone starts to rustle candy wrappers, chew popcorn like a camel, or talk loudly on their mobile phone. But I would take all of those…Read moreRead more
Video – Hydrock doing the Doo…
Remediation specialist puts new Doosan excavator to work on power station contract. Hydrock, the leading provider of consultancy and specialist contracting services for construction, infrastructure and the environment, has purchased several new Doosan Stage IIIB compliant products including crawler excavators, a DA30 articulated dump truck (ADT) and a DL350-3 wheel loader, for a prestigious contract…Read moreRead more
Video – 40-watt Club keeps on growing…
How stupid are you; let me count the ways. Give a man a fish, and he’ll eat for a day. Give a man a club hammer and he’ll be stupid for a lifetime. The latest recruit to the DemolitionNews 40-watt Club is a portrait in bad decision making and a fine example of why demolition…Read moreRead more
Video – Dust-up in Turkey…
Amateur footage captures collapse and ensuing dust cloud. Having hosted a European Demolition Association conference and several subsequent demolition conferences of its own, there is no doubt that Turkey is seeking to improve the image of its demolition industry. That image will not be helped, however, by this raw, amateur video that captures a multitude…Read moreRead more
Video – Bridge blast preview…
Looking ahead to Tuesday’s implosion of the I-270 bridge. At 10 am (local time) on Tuesday, explosives engineers will drop a portion of the I-270 bridge that links Missouri and Illinois. Ahead of that blast, Illinois Department of Transport (IDOT) project engineer Barry Gibbs (presumably not the Bee Gee) provides an insight into the process…Read moreRead more
Video – Fairfax bridge falls…
Friday blast drops first bridge section. The first of two planned implosions on the Fairfax Bridge has gone according to plan, according to local news reports. The 760 metre long bridge was built in 1935 and until recently carried an average of 6,000 vehicles per day. The demolition of the old bridge and its subsequent…Read moreRead more
Video – Operator has lucky escape…
Building collapses on machine driver after he complained that it was too dangerous. In what must qualify as some of the worst demolition mismanagement it has ever been our job to report, a Kenyan excavator operator has narrowly escaped with his life after a Nairobi building collapsed on the JCB machine that we was operating….Read moreRead more
