Priestly Demolition tackles one of Ottawa’s biggest bridges. Priestly Demolition was tasked to remove one of the busiest bridges in the Ottawa region – The Hurdman Bridge. The Hurdman runs over the Rideau River and one of the biggest challenges PDI faces is to avoid dropping even an ounce of debris into the river below….Read moreRead more
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Video – Stunning bridge dismantling…
Video – Dogs don’t do demolition…?
Turns out dogs don’t enjoy implosions. The implosion of the old Executive Park Hotel went according to plan and was universally acclaimed by everyone. Well, everyone human that is. Turns out that our four-legged friends are somewhat less appreciative of the explosive engineers’ art, as this video so neatly demonstrates. Just watch the reaction of…Read moreRead more
Video – Blast severs electrical ties…
Explosives cut power cables linking Buffalo and Canada. On Saturday crews cut the cables from the International Power Line so they can be replaced. Crews used an implosion cutting technique to take down the wires. To carry out the project, Canada Power Niagara and National Grid were in contact with 40 different agencies to make…Read moreRead more
Video – Atlanta braves block blast…
Atlanta’s Executive Hotel felled in early morning implosion.
Video – Wigan Pier nightclub falls…
Hard hats optional, apparently, as town says goodbye to local nightspot. The Pier nightclub was the destination of choice for thousands of “Madchester” ravers from across the North West of England. But like The Farm, Inspiral Carpets, Mock Turtles and New Fast Automatic Daffodils and other bands of the era whose music inspired the “vibe”…Read moreRead more
Video – NOT the World Demolition Awards…
NOT to be confused with the similarly named and equally preposterous World Demolition Awards.
Video – Bucharest high reach…
Romanian contractor makes light work of modern-looking building. To the very best of our recollection, we have never previously featured a Romanian demolition contractor within these hallowed, electronic pages. But thanks to the work of contractor Apolodor, the universal power of YouTube and a quiet news day, we can finally put that right.
Video – Australia’s biggest demolition machine…
Komatsu PC1250 ultra high reach goes to work Down Under. When you live in a country where even a 50 metre high reach machine barely turns industry heads any longer, it is easy to forget quite what an impact these machines have upon arrival in a new territory. Case in point, the arrival in Australia…Read moreRead more
Video – Up the pictures…
Time-lapse film condenses 10 months’ work in to a few stunning minutes. This film of the demolition of the old Ritz Cinema in Tunbridge Wells gets off to a slow start, a bit like some French art-house movie. But once the Keltbray team get started, it’s all over faster than the “promising career” of an…Read moreRead more
Video – Perth’s treasury in Focus…
Australian contractor extracts former treasury building from midst of listed area. G’day, and welcome to another episode of “here’s how we do demolition Down Under cobber”. We just stumbled across this excellent video featuring Focus Demolition and a challenging contract to remove Perth’s former treasury building while leaving several surrounding listed buildings untouched and undamaged….Read moreRead more
