Video Exclusive – Robore does delicate demolition…

December 2, 2018 Demolition TV, Video

Exclusive new Demolition TV film captures Robore Cuts in action.

If you have seen the latest edition of the Demolition magazine, you may have already read about the delicate demolition works carried out by London-based Robore Cuts at the Harwell Campus in Oxfordshire. (If not, you can check it out here).

Either way, you can take a look at the company in action in this all-new film from the studios of Demolition TV.

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Squatters’ narrow escape…

November 29, 2018 General

House demolition begins with two people still inside.

There was a major snag Tuesday morning when a backhoe started tearing down a northside San Angelo home — there were two people inside.

The house was called in for demolition by the owner, who lives out of town. Soon after the demolition began about 9:30 am, two people came out of the house, stopping the demolition.

There were no injuries, said Samantha Schwartz, fire investigator and dangerous buildings investigator with the San Angelo Fire Department. She identified the two people as squatters. One of them was arrested on outstanding warrants.

It is unknown what will happen to the other person, as Schwartz said that will be a discussion between that person and the homeowner.

Their identities were not released.

Read more here.

Video – Stack downed Down Under…

November 26, 2018 implosion, Video

Giant Port Augusta chimney felled in controlled blast.

One of Australia’s tallest chimney stacks has been demolished in a controlled explosion at the site of a former coal-fired power station.

Constructed in 1984, the 200-metre stack at the Northern Power Station site once towered over the outskirts of Port Augusta in South Australia’s north, and became a local landmark.

The structure was the second tallest in the state, reaching a height almost 70 metres above Adelaide’s most prominent building.

A 500-metre exclusion zone was established around the site to protect onlookers from the explosion, which was carried out by Precision Demolition in conjunction with Flinders Power and McMahon Services Australia.

Read more here, or view the video below.

Video – High reach car lift…

November 25, 2018 General, Video

High reach excavator deployed to remove cars from ill-fated car park.

Work is underway to demolish the fire-raved multi-storey car park at the Echo Arena in Liverpool. But before the crew from Howard Stott Demolition can start on the structure itself, there is the small matter of the burned-out cars still sitting in the structure almost a year after the fire.

The blaze engulfed Liverpool Waterfront car park in King’s Dock, next to the Arena and Convention Centre, on New Year’s Eve 2017. More than 1,000 cars were completely burnt out in temperatures reaching 1,000C, said Liverpool City Council.

Crumbling bridge puts Xmas on hold…

November 23, 2018 Bridge

170-year old bridge to be demolished during festive period.

At least one demolition crew will miss out on the Christmas turkey, Queen’s speech and another re-run of The Sound of Music this year as a frail 170-year-old bridge that poses a threat to services on the East Coast Main Line in Aberdeenshire is to be demolished in a £1 million operation starting on Christmas Day.

The deteriorating Abbeyton Bridge, on the B966 just north of Fordoun, is threatening the region’s railway link with the south, with the potential for it to collapse onto the rails below.

No vehicular traffic has been allowed on the bridge since July, when inspections found serious failings in the structure.

Specialist contractor Amco Giffen has been brought in by Aberdeenshire Council and will work alongside council engineers to dismantle the bridge, starting at 10pm on Christmas Eve – after the last train of the day. The aim is to finish the work during Boxing Day.

The cost of the demolition alone is expected to be in the region of £1m, over one third of the council’s £2.8m annual budget for bridges and other structures. As a result, the council has warned that there will be a delay in planned works on other bridges and structures around Aberdeenshire, which may deteriorate further in the interim.

Read more here.

Contractor indicted over bribery claims…

November 22, 2018 Prosecution

Man stands accused of bribing Cleveland officials for preferential treatment.

An Ohio demolition contractor was indicted by a federal grand jury on Tuesday on charges that he bribed the former chief of the city of Cleveland’s demolition bureau to get a leg up on city work.

Eric Witherspoon, the head of Arick’s Environmental Services and Arick’s Services, is charged with two counts of bribery and seven counts of honest services wire fraud. Witherspoon, who does asbestos removal and demolition work, is accused of giving cash to Rufus Taylor, the now-retired head of the city’s demolition bureau, in exchange for confidential information and preferential treatment for city jobs.

Witherspoon, 55, of Warrensvillle Heights, gave thousands of dollars in bribes to Taylor over several years.

Taylor pleaded guilty Sept. 4 to extortion and bribery in a federally funded program. He admitted to taking thousands of dollars in bribes from two contractors and gave them preferential treatment for government-funded demolition and abatement projects.

Read more here.

Video – CDI pops power plant…

November 21, 2018 implosion, Video

Hung boiler and silo bay felled in controlled blast.

Controlled Demolition, Inc (CDI), acting as explosives subcontractor to Environmental Remediation Services, has carried out the preparation for and successful explosives felling of a boiler structure at the Mount Tom power plant in Holyoke, Massachusetts:

Video – Floodlights fall dark…

November 21, 2018 implosion, Video

Controlled blast fells twin floodlight towers in South Africa.

Removal of the original towers for the floodlights at the Willowmoore Park International cricket ground in Benoni, South Africa has begun with the controlled toppling of two of the four towers.

The brief demolition was successfully carried out by Wreckers Demolition on behalf of the municipality, provincial cricket controlling authorities (the Eastern Cricket Union) and Cricket South Africa (CSA).

The towers, which have been standing for decades, were only earmarked for demolition once a clearance had been given for their removal by relevant heritage authorities.

Video Exclusive – Shorts goes to school…

November 21, 2018 Drone, Video

The latest film from Demolition TV is a mini epic.

A short while ago, the Demolition TV film crew visited a site in Hersham near Walton-on-Thames, Surrey where Shorts Group was demolishing a former school.

Due to fears that plant thieves might see the resulting film and target the site, Shorts Group asked us to sit on the film while the works were finished. And now they have, we are delighted to bring you this fantastic new film that features brief cameos from (among others) both LDH Attachments and the sponsor of Demolition News Radio, Willow Hire.

A fine Fellow…

November 21, 2018 General

David Sinclair adds yet another accolade to his unrivalled collection.

In one of his last acts as outgoing president of the Institute of Demolition Engineers (IDE), Erith Contractors’ David Darsey awarded industry veteran David Sinclair with an Honorary Fellowship of the IDE.

It is another well-deserved plaudit for the Scot who has enjoyed a successful demolition career on both sides of the Atlantic and who now surely holds a record for the greatest number of accolades this industry has bestowed upon a single person.

He is Honorary Life Vice President of the National Federation of Demolition Contractors, Honorary Life Vice President of the European Demolition Association, and a Member of European Federation of Explosives Engineers. Back in 2011, he was also appointed as Demolition Engineer to the United Nations.

Sinclair is a well known demolition industry veteran who has international experience in all aspects of demolition and dismantling of buildings and structures. He is presently retained as technical director and Subject Matter Expert (SME) at the decommissioning and demolition department of Envirocon, Inc, a corporation working on projects throughout the USA where he now resides.