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An explosive opening for Commonwealth Games
Safedem will simultaneously implode five 30 storey tower blocks at Red Road, Glasgow as part of the opening ceremony for the Commonwealth Games
Record Frankfurt blast
The AfE University Tower in Frankfurt brought down by explosives
Glasgow blowdown clears the way
Another multistorey block of flats in Glasgow fell to explosives
Implosion aids earthquake mapping
Scientists will use data generated from a San Francisco blowdown to map earthquake locations
Sandiefield flats fall to Coleman
Coleman & Co successfully imploded two more high rise flats in the Scottish city of Glasgow
Chimney a blast for Brown and Mason
The third tallest chimney in the UK is set to be brought low by a controlled implosion
Derby demolition double for Safedem
Safedem successfully imploded two Dundee tower blocks with minimal impact on surrounding structures
Explosive height record revisited by Controlled Demolition
Controlled Demolition broke its own height record when it brought down a redundant TV relay tower near White Lake, NC
Birmingham tower block falls to explosives
DSM Demolition Group successfully imploded the 18 storey Normansell Tower in Aston, Birmingham, on Sunday 2 September
Hull skyline icon falls to explosive blast
Hughes & Salvidge successfully used explosive demolition to brng down Bridgeman House, a 19 storey residental block of flats in the UK city of Hull
Scottish multistory felled by explosives
The first of eight Red Road tower blocks in Glasgow was imploded by Safedem
Scottish high rises meet their end
Safedem carried out the sequential demolition of four 24 floor high rise apartment blocks in Dundee
Award winning Brazilian blast
The 2011 Explosive Demolition Award went to Brazilian contractor Fábio Bruno Construções for its work on the demolition of the Rio de Janeiro University Hospital
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