A look behind the scenes at an effective demolition waste recycling facility. The UK demolition industry might be old-fashioned in both the best and worst senses of the word. But if there’s one area in which the sector is leading the modern business world, it is in the field of recycling. It is not uncommon…Read moreRead more
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Video – Top 5 machines of March 2014…
Diggers and Dozers announces March Top 5 based on video views; JCB does rather well as a result.
Video – Expanded admitted to hospital…
Expanded Demolition starts work on Farnham Road Hospital. DemolitionNews.com reports.
Video – Implosion completes weekend demolition double…
A piece of St. Paul history came down Sunday morning in dramatic fashion. Demolition crews brought down a towering smokestack as part of the ongoing demolition of the Island Station Power plant. After standing over the Mississippi riverfront for more than 90 years, the 280-foot smokestack crumbled in a matter of seconds. The former coal…Read moreRead more
Video – Erith powers ahead at Dungeness…
Electro Chlorination Plant at Dungeness A falls to Erith power. Kent-based Erith Group is making good progress on the demolition of the Dungeness A power station. As this video shows, the company is currently tackling the facility’s electro chlorination plant. Erith won the contract at Dungeness – which is located in the only location in…Read moreRead more
Video – Another blast at Metrodome…
Outer ring falls to weekend implosion. The gradual destruction of the former home of the Minnesota Vikings gained pace this weekend as the latest implosion dropped the Metrodome stadium’s outer ring. The blast used 84 charges of dynamite in 24 columns, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported. Everything went according to plan, reports said, and nobody…Read moreRead more
Video – Royal Ordnance structure blasted…
Joint effort fells SAC plant at Royal Ordnance factory in Bridgwater. The combined efforts of demolition contractor Masterton, SES (Specialist Explosive Services), IndEx (Independent Explosives Engineers), Events Horizon completed the successful explosive demolition of the SAC plant carried out on Thursday 8th November at the old Royal Ordnance Factory, Bridgwater. Check out our exclusive footage…Read moreRead more
Video – A blast from the past…literally
Previously unseen footage of the 1992 implosion of the UK’s Bold Power Station cooling towers. The loft here at Demolition News Towers is filled with little more than vinyl LPs from the 1980s and other detritus from our misspent youth. But a YouTube user’s loft contained something a little more interesting than a white label…Read moreRead more
Canadian implosion FAIL…!
Implosion fails to bring down Norsk Hydro plant in Becancour, Canada. After almost a month of rumour and speculation regarding a failed implosion in Canada, we have just been alerted to this footage which shows the Norsk Hydro plant in Becancour failing to succumb to explosive demolition. According to the video, the contract was overseen…Read moreRead more
Exclusive Video – Stateside View…
National Demolition Association CEO Mike Taylor provides update on US demolition industry. The National Demolition Association’s chief executive Mike Taylor was a guest speaker at the National Federation of Demolition Contractors 2009 Annual Convention. During the presentation, Taylor highlighted: That around 7,000 of the US demolition sector’s 22,000 employees are currently unemployed That President Obama’s…Read moreRead more
