Demolition News

An Arkansas construction company’s social media post about demolishing “an entire neighborhood off the map of Little Rock” drew criticism this week from some who said the remark was insensitive. Greg Covey Construction LLC posted a photo of demolition vehicles tearing down houses in Little Rock’s Stifft Station neighborhood, saying that crews were “fixing to […]

  A proposal to demolish Columbine High School in response to a steady influx of visitors obsessed with the school’s dark past has sparked a backlash among those who survived the tragedy. In the decades since two gunman attacked Columbine High School, ushering in a new era in which mass shootings have become commonplace in […]

You can’t end blight in Detroit by knocking down all the blighted homes, not without addressing the conditions that cause blight in the first place.  And one of the things that causes blight in Detroit is tax foreclosure.  Detroit has spent around $177 million to demolish around 11,000 blighted structures since 2014, work folks in […]

LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — The city of Henderson will celebrate the start of demolishing the city’s convention center next week, making way for a new hockey facility. A city spokesperson says the ceremonial building demolition is set for Monday, June 3, at the downtown event space on Water Street. The Henderson Convention Center will be […]

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  With traffic now open and crews conducting finishing touches on the new Marc Basnight Bridge across Oregon Inlet, demolition on the old Bonner Bridge is well underway, per a recent video update from the NCDOT. Shortly after beginning demolition and removing three spans from the Bonner Bridge, crews with PCL quickly opened a new […]

    BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) — Sixteen thousand tons of Bethlehem Steel collapsed in a matter of seconds Sunday as a demolition crew imploded Martin Tower, the defunct steelmaker’s former world headquarters. Crowds gathered to watch the demolition of the area’s tallest building, a 21-story monolith that opened at the height of Bethlehem Steel’s power […]

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The demolition industry has lost one of its leaders. Michael “Mike” Casbon, the technical director of Environmental Resource Management (ERM), passed away on March 17 at the age of 53. Casbon, who was based out of ERM’s headquarters in Indianapolis, had 25 years of experience in the demolition, decontamination and construction fields. Over the course […]

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Dozens of units at one of the most infamous communities in Georgia – and the United States – were demolished on Thursday as a local county continues to chip away at its horrible reputation. Brannon Hill Condominiums has long been considered an eyesore and a danger to the people living in […]