What do demolition men do when they hang up their hard hats at the end of the day. We recently interviewed Rob Collard, a UK demolition contractor who regularly replaces one hazardous business with another by racing in the British Touring Car Championships. Now finding someone with a passion for both demolition equipment and fast…Read moreRead more
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Who pays the training man…?
What happens to your demolition qualifications if you find yourself unemployed…? Demolition News has today received a message from one of its readers who (like far too many others) finds himself in the unfortunate position of currently being unemployed and unable to afford to pay to maintain his demolition qualification card. Which set us thinking…Read moreRead more
Calling all TV execs and researchers…
Demolition News offers a guide to demolition for TV executives everywhere. Rarely a week goes by when we don’t receive a phone call from a TV researcher or two, each looking to show demolition “in a new light”. In recent weeks, we have also had a tea producer and an online game organiser, each looking…Read moreRead more
Demolishing world’s largest refrigerator factory…
Work underway at Electrolux’s Michigan factory, formerly world’s largest refrigerator plant. Demolition crews are well on their way to reducing the building that once was the world’s largest refrigerator factory to a distant memory. Crews from Bierlein Companies in Midland have demolished about three-quarters of the former Electrolux plant in Greenville. After starting on the…Read moreRead more
Montana stacks fall…
One big bang, and these twin smoke stacks fall. OK, this is not quite live, but as we’re typing this text, this implosion in Montana happened less than an hour ago: We’re hoping there will be some more professional footage such as this which was filmed during the preparation for today’s nicely controlled implosion.
Exclusive Video – Predicting sound levels…
John Campbell of Campbell Associates discusses sound level monitoring and prediction. This is one of those unique occasions when we’re in danger of becoming trapped perpetually in a space/time continuum warp of self-promotion. So bear with us, as this is about to get complicated. Back in June, we made an audio podcast on the subject…Read moreRead more
Interesting take on the demolition video…
New video gets up close and personal with the demolition of a military shooting range. Yesterday, we brought you a cracking video of a demolition project shot from the operator’s eye view. Well, today, we’re taking you even closer to the action with a video in which the inset picture was shot by a camera…Read moreRead more
Excavator cab vs concrete beam…
Exclusive photos showing Volvo excavator cab hit by 10 tonne concrete beam. There are times when words just aren’t enough. So, aside from saying that the operator thankfully escaped with just a few cuts caused by the imploding windscreen, here’s what happens when a 10 tonne concrete beam lands on an excavator cab:
India’s first high reach goes to work…
Kocurek Excavators supplies first high reach demolition excavator to Indian subcontinent. Here at Demolition News, we pride ourselves on having our fingers on the pulse of the industry; of being fully informed of all that is going on in the great wide world of demolition. So quite how this one passed us by, we’re not…Read moreRead more
Accudata now on board…
The Demolition News business Directory continues to grow with addition of Accudata. Accudata, purveyors of sound level monitoring and seismographic equipment for sale or rental, has become the latest company to join the Demolition News Business Directory. To find out more about Accudata or any of the other, growing number of companies listed, please click…Read moreRead more
