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If you can’t rely on an asbestos surveyor…
DemolitionNews
Asbestos surveying firm fails to spot “large quantity of asbestos”. A specialist asbestos company has been fined after failing to detect asbestos at a demolition site. Greater Manchester Magistrates’ Court heard how EAS Asbestos Limited were commissioned to conduct refurbishment and demolition surveys by Mercer Brother Limited, a construction company who were contracted to demolish […]
http://www.demolitionnews.com/2018/04/1 ... -surveyor/

Video – Induced collapse…
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Turbine hall laid to rest in balletic and subtle fashion. The turbine hall at Munmorrah Power Station could have gone out with a flash and a crash and a bang. But award-winning Australian demolition giant Liberty Industrial instead chose to drop the stripped structure with considerably less fuss. The result was not less impressive, however: […]
http://www.demolitionnews.com/2018/04/1 ... -collapse/

Video – Heard for miles…
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Blast boom audible across state lines. The implosion of two steel stacks in Lawrenceburg, Ind. were loud enough to be heard across state lines and had some concerned. Lawrenceburg Fire Chief confirmed that the two 400 foot stacks were part of the AEP Power Plant that were imploded Wednesday morning. Local news station FOX19 received […]
http://www.demolitionnews.com/2018/04/1 ... for-miles/

Video – Faster than expected…
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Section of Scranton Bridge collapses onto carriageway below. Demolition of the old Scranton Bridge was scheduled to take one to two days; in the end, it took just a matter of seconds as a section collapsed almost immediately as demolition began. PennDOT shut down the Central Scranton Expressway several hours before the bridge demolition began. […]
http://www.demolitionnews.com/2018/04/2 ... -expected/

He’s Back…!
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Paul Brown appointed director of Total Reclaims. DemolitionNews understands that recently-ousted NFDC President Paul Brown has been appointed as a director of Nottingham-based Total Reclaims Limited. Total Reclaims is a widely-respected national demolition contractor that has apparently set its sights on winning more work in London and the South East. With decades of experience in […]
http://www.demolitionnews.com/2018/04/24/hes-back/

Status quo restored…
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NFDC agrees to promote from within rather than reinstating president. The National Council of the National Federation of Demolition Contractors predictably has chosen to promote from within rather than reinstate ousted president Paul Brown or to welcome “stalking horse” entrant and former NFDC Convention Chairman Patrick Williamson. Instead, presidential responsibilities will fall to vice president […]
http://www.demolitionnews.com/2018/04/2 ... -restored/

Quake fact inspired movie fiction…
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Team behind Rampage movie took inspiration from real-life earthquake devastation. The demolition of Wellington’s Reading Cinema car park in New Zealand inspired Kiwi visual effects giant Weta Digital to create Rampage’s scenes of destruction. Directed by Brad Peyton, the sci-fi fantasy tells the story of a rogue genetic experiment that went awry, as three animals […]
http://www.demolitionnews.com/2018/04/2 ... e-fiction/

Video – SWEET…!
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Implosion fells disused sugar crane. Beauty, it appears, is very much in the eye of the beholder. Because when Tristan Rakowski of Rakowski Cartage & Wrecking sent us the video below, he largely dismissed it as “nothing large but fun to watch”. We beg to differ. Check out this awesome multi-angle film that captures the […]
http://www.demolitionnews.com/2018/04/26/video-sweet/

Video – Project Neon fells Vegas bridge…
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Time-lapse captures overnight bridge demolition. Project Neon crews began demolishing the Martin Luther King Boulevard bridge at U.S. 95 in downtown Las Vegas on April 20. The bridge needed to be replaced due to its age and a larger bridge is needed. The rubble will be used as reused as fill material. This time lapse […]
http://www.demolitionnews.com/2018/04/3 ... as-bridge/

Video – Awesome tower demolition…
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Superb drone work captures raceway tower destruction. It has stood sentry over the ISM Raceway (Formerly Phoenix Raceway) in Arizona for many years. But, as this short but superb video shows, that era is over as the tower was felled safely this weekend.
http://www.demolitionnews.com/2018/04/3 ... emolition/