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Accent on youth…
DemolitionNews
Leading demolition training provider seeks to attract young people to industry. C&D Consultancy has teamed up with Groundwork Greater Nottingham to deliver specialist courses in asbestos awareness and NVQ Level 1 in Demolition, which gives participating individuals the skills and experience needed to work on any demolition site in the UK. The two sessions, which […]
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A Site for Sore Eyes on Kindle…
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You can now read our book – A Site for Sore Eyes – on a Kindle device. It’s been a long time coming and we have had to jump through multiple publishing hoops. But we finally made it. Our book – A Site for Sore Eyes – is now available as a Kindle book. So […]
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Video – DSM kicks off at White Hart Lane…
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Work starts on demolition of former home of Tottenham Hotspur. The Tottenham Hotspur team had barely finished their final lap of honour at their former home before the men and machines of DSM were mobilised to begin the demolition of the famous White Hart Lane ground. The team had just beaten Manchester United (much as […]
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Video – Tennessee twins toppled…
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Implosion fells John Sevier Coal Plant stacks. The John Sevier Fossil Plant’s two smokestacks were brought down with the use of approximately 110 pounds of strategically placed explosives per stack. The coal burning plant was constructed in 1956 and continued to produce electricity until the new gas plant next door went online in 2012. “Those […]
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Adamo wins, claims Silver…
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Adamo Group selected to demolish Pontiac Silverdome. The demolition contractor for the Silverdome has been chosen. The Adamo Group, based out of Detroit, will be the contractor to bring down the 80,311-seat abandoned stadium in Pontiac. The confirmation of the selection of the contractor was dated May 10 according to Pontiac Mayor Deirdre Waterman. That’s […]
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Video – Stop the press…
DemolitionNews
Three months of Tampa Tribune demolition condensed into two minutes. It’s the end of an era as the Tampa Tribune building is demolished to make way for a new apartment block. The waterfront property, located on the west side of the Hillsborough River just south of the University of Tampa, was sold to Miami-based Related […]
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Video – Chimney collapses on Chinese demolition worker…
DemolitionNews
Horrific incident caught on camera. China might have built the world’s largest economy but it still has much to learn about modern health and safety, as this new video proves. Unfortunately, the country apparently works on the basis that – with a potential workforce of 1 billion people or more – workers are expendable. How […]
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Video – Munmorrah boiler blast…
DemolitionNews
Liberty Industrial strikes again. Two of Munmorah Power Station’s boilers were demolished today using controlled explosive demolition techniques. The boilers are the largest demolished in Australia so far. They also represent the largest explosive demolition undertaken anywhere in Australia to date. Weighing in at 23,000 tonnes and 60 metres in height it is the heaviest […]
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Video – When demolition goes sideways…
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When you want a building to go left, sometimes it goes right. The Holy Crap Files – our collection of films from demolition’s darkside – has been swelled by another video, this time from the good ol’ US of A. All looks straightforward enough – Take down a building and allow it to fall into […]
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The Burgundy Beast is here…
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The largest-ever edition of Demolition magazine is now available to read. We owe you each a thank you. For the past four years, we have been building the Demolition magazine to be the biggest and best it can be. And throughout, you have each supported us by downloading and reading the magazine, by subscribing to […]
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