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Safety

Demo Dangers: Be prepared for the unpredictable hazards of demolition work

April 1, 2014

Construction Equipment

Circle of Life: Factory that made Volvo construction equipment for 167 years is destroyed by its own machines

After being in operation for more than 167 years, a Volvo Construction Equipment hardening plant in Sweden met its own demise at the hand of the very machines it helped create. Located in Eskilstuna, Sweden, the old plant was situated in an area of town known as Munktellstaden, named after Theofron Munktell, the father of Volvo CE. The […]

February 25, 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 mercilessly pounds a perfectly good Dodge Viper to bits

We spent a considerable amount of time with Google search trying to figure out why, in the name of all that is holy, this perfectly good Dodge Viper had to be destroyed. There’s no definitive answer, however. One commenter says it has something to do with a car accident death and Chrysler asking for it […]

January 9, 2014

Construction Equipment

The mysterious wandering excavator of Hyde Park

Recently, residents of Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood, and especially pedestrians, were very surprised to hear the sounds of an excavator as it made its way up the boulevard. According to DNAinfo Chicago, the excavator’s metal treads were making an “ear-piercing” screech as it moved along South Hyde Park Boulevard around 7:20 p.m. on a Friday […]

December 20, 2013

Business

Montabert to remove Tramac brand name from demolition products in North America

Montabert is keeping the green coloring, but dropping the Tramac brand name from all of its products. Until now, hydraulic breakers, plate compactors, drilling attachments and pneumatic equipment have been branded “Tramac by Montabert.” But in an effort to extend its brand further in North America, Montabert is dropping the Tramac name. Montabert will start […]

December 16, 2013

Construction Equipment

Demolition of old Bay Bridge will be a delicate exercise

Calling the old Bay Bridge “the world’s largest armed bow and arrow,” Caltrans bridge engineer Brian Maroney told the Contra Costa Times that bringing down the span will be a bit riskier than the most demolition projects. Built in 1936, the Bay Bridge brought millions upon millions of passengers between Oakland and San Francisco before it […]

November 14, 2013

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

Construction Equipment

Watch an excavator demo a house in 40 seconds in this stop-motion-like time-lapse

The premise of this video is pretty simple. It shows an excavator demo a house all by its lonesome. But the way that the footage is sped up makes it look like stop motion animation. The sounds of the house cracking beneath the pressure of the excavator sound more like brittle snaps and the whole […]

October 10, 2013

Construction Equipment

Excavator demos brick chimney while hanging from a crane

We’d say we’ve seen crazier things…but nothing’s really coming to mind in light of this. Titled “Der fliegende Bagger,” or “The Flying Excavator”, this is a video of a few crazy Germans demoing what looks like a brick chimney with a mini excavator… all while hanging from a crane. If there’s a better Darwin Award […]

September 25, 2013

Construction Equipment

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

Home

Construction crews begin biggest dam removal project in California history

Built in 1921, the San Clemente Dam near Carmel Valley, California was once an important source of water for towns on the Monterey Peninsula on the Carmel River. But now, the 106-foot-tall structure is just a liability. It hasn’t been used as a water source since 2002 and in 1991 it was declared at risk […]

June 25, 2013