All Demolition Articles

The first New Holland E485B Demolition high reach to be supplied into Italy has been working on the demolition of a building complex at via Selva Candida in the outskirts of Rome

A major decommissioning/demolition project will start in Barreiro, Portugal, with the removal of a 1970s vintage oil fired power station

Armoury Group has won a £0.5 million (US$0.8 million) contract to demolish a 16 storey tower block in Larne, County Antrim

Coleman & Co's 65 m modified Liebherr high reach is performing a unique demolition job in Glasgow, UK

Tenders have been issued by Gateshead Council for the demolition of the 29 storey Derwent Tower

Armoury Group is clearing the way for the new Library of Birmingham that will be constructed by Carillion

Cuddy Group has almost completed a 12-week demolition programme to demolish Stradey Park, the former home of the Scarlets region and Llanelli RFC

UK-based Bierrum International has developed its own specialist solution to the problem of tall chimney demolition

The Thames Gateway region in the southeast of England is seeing major redevelopment as old industrial facilities are demolished to make way for new residential developments intended to ease the UK’s housing shortage. Lee Group is currently working on one such project, the former Arjo Wiggins paper mill in Dartford

Following two months of planning, specialist dismantling contractor EDS has been appointed by Sigma to begin the meticulous process of coding, extracting and preserving every vessel and associated pipework from a UK ammonia plant for export

SAT Industrie-Abbruch GmbH used a Liebherr HS 895 HD crawler crane equipped with a wrecking ball during the demolition of a chimney and batch tower at the Budenheim glass factory

Contractor Safedem successfully used explosives to demolish two 16 storey blocks of flats in the Scottish city of Kincardine

Demolition operatives from Balthasar Trinkl GmbH & Co. KG required steady nerves during the demolition of the 55 m (180 ft) tall Bavarian Insurance Chamber building in Munich

Working in urban areas imposes major safety challenges for demolition contractors. Damon Kozul reports on one such contract carried out in Brooklyn, New York

The demolition and clean-up of a former agrochemical production facility in Belvedere, UK, is almost complete following a year of demolition and remediation work

Two 168 m chimneys are brought down by explosives by Erith Group

Armoury Group has completed the demolition of two tower blocks in Solihull in the West Midlands, UK

A more than 30 year old power plant in the Philippines is undergoing demolition to make way for a new replacement and modern demolition attachments fro Okada are speeding the work

An Aquajet HVD Evolution is being used during the refurbishment of the Ville Marie Tunnel on Highway 720 in Montreal

Austrian contractor Porr Umweittechnick GmbH is currently occupied on what is the largest demolition contract in Austria – the redevelopment of the Suedbahnhof railway station in Vienna