All Demolition Articles

The removal of outdated Soviet' style buildings, the relocation of industrial complexes to outside the urban area and a rapid rise in operty prices means that demolition is booming in the city of St Petersburg.

Swiss contractor Restrukta Bau AG is field–testing a prototype Volvo EC360B LC high reach machine during the demolition of Basal Medical University buildings in the heart of the city to make way for redevelopment. D&Ri visited the site to see the machine at work

A landmark of the Charlotte, North Carolina, skyline was brought down with a bang on the 3rd June 2007 when CST Environmental used explosives to demolish the 450,000 square foot Charlotte Coliseum. D&Ri reports

Launch facilities at the Cape Canaveral Air Station, used by the US Department of Defense for Atlas-Centaur and Titan rocket launches for both civilian and military missions for more than 50 years, have reached the end of their working lives. It is now time for their removal and Marcor Remediation is now on site to do the job

The four cooling towers at the Calder Hall nuclear power station were brought down by CDI