All Demolition Articles

The first ever explosive demolition in Athens
VIDEO: See how the 20-storey-tall structure came down 
Three weeks left to submit your World Demolition Awards entry
Closing date is 30 June; shortlists will be announced in August
Develon fleet helps clear former Innocenti factory plant
Five excavators plus attachments at work on 400,000 sq m site in Italy
Skyscrapers collapsed in double demolition
Dramatic footage shows the moment the Chongqing skyline changed forever
How an entire village was demolished...in 1937
Archive Footage: Royal Engineers carry out multi-stage, explosive demo
VIDEO: Contractor demolishes 70-metre-high bridge
How Richard Liesegang used explosive to bring down 17,000-tonne Rahmede Viaduct
The end of an airship hangar
Vintage Demo: How an aviation building was taken down...in 1949
How explosives brought down a city apartment block...in 1940
Archive footage from 1940 captures the precision demolition of a high-rise residential complex
WDS 2023 – full list of speakers confirmed
We announce the people giving the 10 presentations that will make up this year’s conference programme
6 hydrodemolition questions for Aquajet’s Richard von Harpe
Area manager for Latin America and the Caribbean talks about the current state of the market
What a ‘one-man demolition squad’ achieved in 1946
Historic footage captures the urban demolition of a slums in New York
Austrian debut for ‘heavyweight’ Epiroc attachments
Contractor invests in breaker and demo cutter with 7 t operating weights
British contractor MGL demolishes Redcar coke ovens screen house in Teesworks redevelopment
VIDEO: Watch 39 m (127 ft) structure being taken down with explosives
7 key points on international demolition work
Richard Vann, RVA Group managing director and D&Ri columnist, on overseas opportunities
When bridges used to get blown up...1936
Archive footage shows the demolition methods of 1930s Britain
Total Wrecking implodes final Lakeland structure
VIDEO: Company takes down 65-m boiler unit at US power plant
How demolition used to be done...in 1948
ARCHIVE FOOTAGE: Demo crews collapse chimney stacks
McGee lands City of London deconstruction project
‘Carbon engineering’ will allow steelwork to be reused in new building
More speakers added as World Demolition Summit conference takes shape
Presentations from big industry names to feature at Toronto in October
Keltbray to appeal ‘excessive’ bid rigging fine
CEO says penalty does not reflect ‘actual level of culpability’
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