Cleveland says goodbye as the Innerbelt Bridge goes out in a blaze of glory. DemolitionNews.com reports.
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Video – St Nicholas House succumbs to Safedem might…
Former home of Aberdeen City Council reduced to rubble. Mention the name Safedem in demolition circles and most people will think of tower block implosions. But there’s more to the Dundee-based contractors than whizz-bang blasts. In fact, the company is currently demonstrating its mechanical demolition prowess on the former home of Aberdeen City Council, St…Read moreRead more
Video – Near death experience…
Man narrowly escapes death as fly-rock is ejected from factory blast. A spectator at the demolition of a textiles factory in the Czech Republic came terrifyingly close to a potentially fatal blow from a stray rock that exploded from the site. A rock about the size of a grapefruit hurtles at a man and a…Read moreRead more
Video – Dykon knocks out champion…
Dykon takes out paper mill smokestack. More than 1,000 Hamilton and Butler County residents watched with mixed emotions as the former Champion Paper Mill smokestack and boiler house that graced the skyline for over 100 years crumpled in 20 seconds on Friday morning. On the stroke of 9 a.m., loud explosions cracked in the air…Read moreRead more
Video – One big shove…
Drone’s eye view of the demolition of a former rock silo. The “demolition pole giving it one big shove” method of felling this rock silo might be a little primitive. But the methods used to capture the process – a drone and a boom-mounted GoPro camera – give this demolition job a modern and beautiful…Read moreRead more
Video – Bridge goes out with a bang…
400 pounds of explosives turn D’Iberville bridge into debris pile And just like that, all that remained of the Big Ridge Road bridge was a massive dust cloud. Just after 10 p.m. Saturday, the Mississippi Department of Transportation demolished the bridge as part of a $41 million interchange project that’s expected to be completed by…Read moreRead more
Video – Last man standing…
Stubborn structure falls at second time of asking. The ongoing demolition at Duke Energy’s HF Lee plant continued this past week. But unlike its sister structures and the smokestacks imploded at the end of last year, one of the buildings refused to fall, tarnishing a blast sequence. Thankfully, the explosives engineers managed to pop the…Read moreRead more
Video – Hillhead Highlights #5
In advance of next week’s show, here’s the last-ever edition of the Hillhead Highlights video show. If, like many of your fellow demolition professionals, you’re planning to attend the Hillhead 2014 exhibition in Buxton next week, here’s your last chance to preview some of the hottest new equipment that will be on display. In the…Read moreRead more
Video – Keep taking the tablet…
The new tablet from Rugged and Mobile redefines on site computing. The electronic sharing of information and documents is as much a part of site life these days as hard hats and swearing. But while the mobile computing revolution has made computers smaller, lighter and more connected, the specific durability needs of the construction and…Read moreRead more
Video – Hillhead Highlights #4
Diggers and Dozers throws its spotlight onto more new kit scheduled for the Hillhead show. The quarry extravaganza that is Hillhead 2014 is almost upon us. And while some are packing their bags and making ready for the journey to Buxton in Derbyshire, those video men(talists) over at Diggers and Dozers have delivered the penultimate…Read moreRead more
