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Watch the Metrodome implosion and full demolition time lapse

With an original finish date of May 15, demolition of the Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota was completed last week–nearly a month ahead of schedule despite nasty winter weather and a few setbacks. In all, it took demo contractor Frattalone Companies of Little Canada, Minnesota working 15,800 hours in nine weeks to bring down and remove the […]

April 23, 2014

Construction Equipment

Excavator destroys bridge with one nudge, creates huge wave in domino effect

In this video from China, we see one of the most beautiful bridge demolitions ever. We only get to see the final nudge that broke the bridge’s back, but we’d have to imagine some very careful weakening of the structure had to have preceded it. Nonetheless, the domino effect and the wave produced by the […]

March 28, 2014

Construction Equipment

One ton of explosives brings down a skyscraper in 10 seconds in one of the tallest implosions ever

To bring down this 32-story, 381-foot tower in Frankfurt, Germany, demolitions experts drilled more than 1,500 strategically-placed holes in its side and packed them full of explosives. More than 2,000 pounds–one ton–full to be exact. More than 10,000 people gathered to see the event, according to Deutsche Welle. It is one of the tallest buildings […]

February 19, 2014

Construction Equipment

Excavator demos half a building with just one nudge

While this isn’t one of the safest ways to demolish a building, it has to be one of the most efficient. In the video below you’ll see an excavator spend a few seconds looking for just the right spot to make one quick push with its hammer. He pulls out of there pretty quickly when […]

November 1, 2013

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Slow motion implosion of Houston department store

Built in 1945, the life of the downtown Houston Macy’s department store came to an explosive end on Monday. According to KHOU 11, the implosion had been planned for nine months with nearby buildings taking safety precautions and rail service to the area suspended since Friday last week. Judging by some of the photos and […]

September 24, 2013

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Shrapnel from Calif. steam power plant implosion injures spectators

Just as the recent and deadly demolition of a Philadelphia building showed us, keeping the chaos of a collapsing building constrained to a particular area requires a lot of focus and planning. And sometimes the focus and the planning just aren’t there. Unfortunately, just a few days ago we received another reminder of this as […]

August 7, 2013