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Biggest in the world…

Post #3421 by RSS Bot » Mon Apr 03, 2017 10:25 am

Biggest in the world…
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Australian company stakes claim for world’s largest demolition machine. Australia’s McMahon Services has recently built what it claims to be the largest, heaviest and most powerful mobile demolition shear currently in operation worldwide. Combining a 400 tonne Komatsu Excavator with the world’s largest heavy duty cutting shear, the machine has a massive physical presence. The […]
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Breaking News – DSM Group sold…

Post #3422 by RSS Bot » Tue Apr 04, 2017 10:27 am

Breaking News – DSM Group sold…
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UK’s most profitable demolition firm in management buyout. After more than a week of intense industry speculation, European private capital group Metric Capital Partners has announced today its investment to support the management buyout and merger of DSM Demolition and St Francis Group. DSM is a leading industrial services business providing complex demolition, remediation and […]
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Waste boss jailed for illegal dumping…

Post #3423 by RSS Bot » Tue Apr 04, 2017 2:28 pm

Waste boss jailed for illegal dumping…
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Former KDC Contractors director illegally dumped 75,000 tonnes of waste. The director of a waste management company has been jailed for 15 months after illegally dumping 75,000 tonnes of waste – leaving the landowner with a £10m bill. Barry Kilroe’s stored an estimated 75,000 tonnes of waste at a site close to the Manchester Ship […]
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Erith on starting Grid…

Post #3424 by RSS Bot » Wed Apr 05, 2017 12:30 pm

Erith on starting Grid…
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Leading contractor on awards shortlist. Erith Contractors has been shortlisted for this year’s National Grid Property Awards, providing recognition of exemplary performance across the past 12 months. The awards ceremony, which will be hosted in the Hilton Hotel Bankside in London, welcome a number of industry leading consultants, designers and contractors, all associated with delivering […]
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Video – Waiting for the drop…

Post #3425 by RSS Bot » Fri Apr 07, 2017 9:36 am

Video – Waiting for the drop…
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Drop-hammer destroys bridge in Finland. As anyone that has ever been near or by a Rammer breaker in full flow, those Finns know a thing or two about hammers. So we were intrigued to learn that a bridge deck in Finland was being demolished using a drop-hammer. Built in 1977, the bridge is 170 metres […]
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Video – Giant crane comes to London

Post #3426 by RSS Bot » Fri Apr 07, 2017 4:36 pm

Video – Giant crane comes to London
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Keltbray calls upon one of world’s largest land cranes. UK demolition giant Keltbray has employed one of the largest cranes in the world – the AL.SK190 – to remove and replace the 110 to 1,650-tonne beams that supported the weight of the recently-demolished Earl’s Court exhibition centres above the London Underground lines. The machine has […]
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Video – Timberloch Tower toppled…

Post #3427 by RSS Bot » Mon Apr 10, 2017 8:41 am

Video – Timberloch Tower toppled…
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Early morning implosion fells Texan tower block. Demolition crews imploded an 11-story office building in The Woodlands on Sunday morning. The 19-year old Timberloch Tower, which is owned by Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, was imploded around dawn.
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Video – Another Holy Crap moment…

Post #3428 by RSS Bot » Mon Apr 10, 2017 10:41 am

Video – Another Holy Crap moment…
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Operator has lucky escape as entire block falls. The operator of this excavator likely went home coated in a thick layer of dust. But the fact that we went home at all is a blessed relief as the entire block falls, narrowly missing his machine: Building Demolition Atl from Patricia Colacchio on Vimeo.
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Video – Genesis of a giant…

Post #3429 by RSS Bot » Wed Apr 12, 2017 9:46 am

Video – Genesis of a giant…
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A closer look at the world’s largest demolition machine. Last week, we brought you some exclusive footage of what is claimed to be the world’s largest demolition machine: a modified Komatsu PC4000 that was delivered to McMahon Services in Australia. The video lit up our viewing figures and captured the imagination of demolition company owners […]
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Video – Cardiff tackles car park…

Post #3430 by RSS Bot » Wed Apr 12, 2017 11:46 am

Video – Cardiff tackles car park…
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Cardiff Demolition high reach goes to work on multi-storey car park. The car park serving the Cardiff Central railway station in Wales is coming down. And appropriately, it is Cardiff Demolition charged with taking it down. This amateur video captures the action, along with a spot of Welsh-accented commentary to really set the scene:
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