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Roadbuilding
How the Alaskan Way Viaduct was demolished
Denver is using the Alaskan Way Viaduct demolition, which occurred beside buildings and other structures, as a model for its viaduct demolition. This time-lapse video shows how the Seattle landmark was painstakingly taken down.
December 3, 2019
Roadbuilding
Implosion drops I-59/20 ramp in downtown Birmingham
The ramp in Birmingham, Alabama was demolished in an explosion when ALDOT set off controlled explosive charges around the support columns. Get the details here.
February 8, 2019
Construction Equipment
The Top 10 Construction Equipment Videos of 2018
Enjoy this collection of the top 10 construction equipment related videos. Watch them on Equipment World, now.
December 27, 2018
Roadbuilding
Explosion drops historic Highway 76 bridge into Bull Shoals Lake in Mo.
After standing for nearly 70 years, the historic Highway 76 bridge near Forsyth, Missouri, has been demolished. Watch the demolition, here, on Equipment World.
October 25, 2018
Roadbuilding
Big blast takes down Ill. bridge in seconds
A massive blast took down an Illinois bridge in a matter of seconds. The blast was caught on video and can be seen right here on Equipment World.
September 4, 2018
Construction Equipment
Excavator operator knocks down wrong building while demolishing the right one
The excavator's bucket makes contact with what used to be the third floor of the condemned building while knocking down part of the building next door. See here
July 5, 2018
Construction Equipment
Loader flips when questionable demo technique lands whole building on top of bucket
During a demo day, the driver of a CAT 950 got a little too aggressive trying to knock down the building. Check out the video here on Equipment World.
May 31, 2018
Construction Equipment
100+ excavators team up to demo overpass overnight
We finally have an answer to the age-old question “How many operators does it take to dismantle an overpass overnight?” For the Chinese city of Nanchang, the answer was 116. According to the description of the video below, posted to YouTube by China’s state-run news outlet CCTV, the gang of excavators got started on demolishing […]
March 8, 2018
Construction Equipment
Partial implosion fails at Detroit’s Silverdome
It took demolition contractors a couple of tries, but they finally succeeded in bringing down the Pontiac Silverdome near Detroit. The 42-year-old stadium which at one time served as the home for the NFL’s Detroit Lions and the NBA’s Detroit Pistons, withstood an attempt to implode its upper ring on Sunday, according to clickondetroit.com. The […]
December 5, 2017
Roadbuilding
Implosion demolishes final two piers of old San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
On November 11, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) imploded the last two remaining piers (E17 and E18) of the 13 marine foundations that were part of the original east span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, NBC Bay Area reports. “It went well, it went according to plan,” Alejandro Lopez of Caltrans told the […]
November 28, 2017
Construction Equipment
Water tower demolition looks like the triumphant end to a sci-fi movie
Earlier this week in Rowlett, Texas, workers brought down a 30-year-old water tower that was badly damaged in a 2015 EF3 tornado. But as ABC News notes in the video below, tweeted following the demolition, as the structure topples over its legs create a pretty lifelike effect. According to a report CBS Dallas-Fort Worth, workers […]
February 9, 2017
Roadbuilding
Route 219 bridge demolished in 3 seconds over Cattaraugus Creek in New York
Earlier this month, the New York State Department of Transportation oversaw the implosion of the old Route 219 bridge over Cattaraugus Creek in Springville, N.Y. According to a report by WIVB TV, the bridge was imploded to make room for a $16.9 million design-build project to replace the bridge with a modern structure. Construction of the new bridge is […]
June 21, 2016
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