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Roadbuilding

Watch Caltrans use explosives to move a 20-ton boulder

A 20-ton boulder blocking a rural road might seem like an pretty difficult thing to move, but not when you have explosives. After the massive boulder fell onto U.S. Highway 50 about 80 miles north of Sacramento, the California Department of Transportation cleared the area and brought in the big guns – well, big explosives. In […]

January 21, 2016

Construction Equipment

200 pounds of TNT quickly crumbles Detroit hotel in sweeping drone implosion footage

Just a week after the thunder and pop of July 4th fireworks filled the air, residents of Detroit gathered for an explosion of a different type. According to a report from the Detroit Free Press, crews with Adamo Demolition packed the Park Avenue Hotel, located in the city’s Cass Corridor, with 200 pounds of dynamite for […]

July 15, 2015

Construction Equipment

Excavator demos building in 1 minute with some strategic shoving

As far as demolitions go, this about as quick as they get. While the size of the barn or stable here isn’t necessarily overwhelming, you can’t help but feel like maybe this small wheeled excavator is a bit outmatched. But this operator has a plan. You’ll notice he does no ripping, instead simply grabbing that second arch […]

May 1, 2015

Construction Equipment

Excavator punches and crushes a Kia Soul to a slow, painful death

This is an effectively therapeutic video. Now, I’m not sure what this poor Kia Soul did to incur this excavator operator’s wrath, but one thing is for sure: this is thorough destruction. After the first few punches of the machine’s bucket you think, “Well that was fun, but the car is flat so I guess he’s about […]

February 27, 2015

Construction Equipment

1,100 pounds of dynamite fails to bring down Vegas hotel, ruins demo firm’s perfect record

With hundreds of spectators gathered and even a couple of showgirls in attendance, when it came time for the Clarion Hotel in Las Vegas to perform its final number, a bit of stage fright set in. Despite 1,100 pounds of dynamite and 24 explosive charges, when all the dust settled, the elevator shaft of the […]

February 23, 2015

Construction Equipment

Excavator unravels a silo into a crumbled heap with a single yank of cable

Even though there was probably a good deal of work leading up to the moment the video below captures, it’s still cool to see something very big fall down with seemingly little effort. In the case of this demolition, it looks like a cable is hooked up to the doomed silo and with one tug, […]

January 16, 2015

Construction Equipment

High-rise drops but won’t fall after 2 giant blasts to core in failed demolition

After officials deemed the construction process of a 16-story building in the Crimean city of Sevastopol to be “flawed earlier” this year, the building was ordered to be demolished. But apparently, construction was at least good enough to withstand two massive explosive blasts to its core when it came time to bring it down. In the videos […]

January 6, 2015

Construction Equipment

Implosion at Texas A&M football stadium one of the most beautiful demos you’ll find

As they do on most weekends this time of year, Texas A&M officials and fans gathered at the university’s football stadium. But not for a game. No, this time they were there to destroy part of the stadium rather than cheer inside of it. And man is that a beautiful way to blow up part […]

December 23, 2014

Construction Equipment

Building suddenly collapses atop excavator in demolition gone wrong

It’s hard to see exactly what went wrong in this video, but it definitely highlights the dangers of demolition work. The operator is gutting the building and at a couple of points he’s having a hard time pulling something to the exterior. However, when the building finally goes, it looks like he’s reaching back inside […]

December 19, 2014

Workforce

Workers caught on tape firing assault rifle inside Orlando building they were demolishing

Orlando Police are investigating a demolition contractor hired by the city after footage surfaced of workers firing an assault rifle inside the building they were supposed to be demolishing. According to a report from WESH TV, a whistle blower sent in footage to Orlando city leaders showing a worker from Crusader Contracting firing an AR-15 […]

October 28, 2014

Construction Equipment

This implosion’s fireworks and colorful smoke signals make for the most entertaining demolition ever

Residents of Albany, New York were already excited to see a dilapidated hotel from the 1920s make way for a new convention center. But the deal was definitely sweetened when the city was treated to a full on fireworks display as part of the 11-story building’s demolition. As you can see in the video below, […]

August 27, 2014

Construction Equipment

Worker dangles from excavator hammer 100 feet up to cut column loose during demo

This is probably one of the craziest and most dangerous demolition videos we’ve come across yet. According to the YouTube uploader, this all took place in 2008 just outside his living room window in Beijing, China. A crew is demolishing a building in the heart of the city when a column doesn’t quite fall the […]

August 15, 2014