Demolition News

NEW ORLEANS, La. (WVUE) -With work underway to begin addressing the partially collapsed Hard Rock Hotel construction site, city council members received an update on demolition plans for the tattered structure, as well as assurances that steps are being taken to protect people and nearby structures. Council members also sought assurances that the bodies of […]

What remains of a Detroit landmark will continue to disappear as construction carries on at the site of the Joe Louis Arena this month. After serving as the home of the Detroit Red Wings for 38 seasons, the arena closed its doors to spectators in the summer of 2017. Demolition began in spring 2019 and […]

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A local contractor is expected to plead guilty to paying hundreds of dollars a city of Cleveland official in exchange for favorable treatment during inspections. Paul Eadeh, the owner of Broadway Wrecking in Cleveland, was charged in federal court Tuesday with three counts of honest services mail fraud. Eadeh paid $600 to […]

Hilco Redevelopment Partners and its demolition sub-contractors have been cited and fined, and the city will also impose a six-month moratorium on “all requests for demolition by implosion” while the process is revamped. The old Crawford power plant, 3501 S. Pulaski Rd. The companies responsible for the implosion of a 95-year-old smokestack have been cited […]

An implosion at a coal plant in southwest Chicago that was captured in photographs and video created a cloud of dust that lingered over a community of homes. The Saturday morning planned demolition at the Crawford Coal plant was captured on film and sent dust streaming into the neighborhood next to the plant, known as […]

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art confirmed Tuesday that it officially began demolition work, part of the controversial $750-million project to build a Peter Zumthor-designed main building. The work that began Monday focused on the museum’s 1965 Leo S. Bing Center, a 600-seat theater designed by architect William L. Pereira that has been used […]

Demolition company cannot get insurance to implode Hard Rock construction site, developer says The Hard Rock Hotel collapse site will now be taken down piece-by-piece, rather than imploded. NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – The company contracted by the developers of the doomed Hard Rock Hotel in New Orleans to knock the building down does not have […]

Two eight-story apartment/condominium buildings with 580 residential units and first floor retail space will replace Long Beach’s old City Hall. City Council approved changes in its agreement with Plenary Properties, the real estate arm of Civic Center developer Plenary-Edgemoor, to allow transfer of the City Hall property. That land deal was part of the master […]

A Texas homeowner has been left with nothing but rubble after a demolition company accidentally knocked down the wrong house in his neighborhood. JR’s Demolition was assigned to demolish a home on Richard Avenue in Dallas on Wednesday — but a mixup led their crews to the wrong home on the street, where they ended […]

It’s still standing. Will the tower ever come down? Day two of the demolition process will begin Tuesday morning as construction crews work to bring down the core shaft of an 11-story building that was imploded on Feb. 16.  While the rest of the building collapsed, the core that contained the elevator and stairwells stayed […]