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Tearing down the Alaskan Way Viaduct can be noisy and dusty. It’s also Seattle’s newest tourist attraction. “They should set up a bandstand where people can sit and watch,” said Janice Moore, who is visiting from Colorado On Friday, she and Andrew Moore stopped for a while to watch the old roadway be torn apart. […]
Winners of the 2018 World Demolition Awards on stage If you are a demolition contractor or an equipment supplier looking to enter the 2019 World Demolition Awards, the clock is ticking. The deadline for entries is June 30 – which means there is just a few weeks to go if you want to be considered […]
TUCSON — Construction crews this week began demolishing outdated landing-mat fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border near Yuma to make way for upgraded, 30-foot bollards that allow agents to see through the barrier. A spokesperson for Border Patrol’s Yuma Sector said work crews began dismantling the older barriers on Wednesday, the same day that the federal […]
SOMERSET, Mass. (WPRI) — Saturday morning’s planned implosion of the Brayton Point Towers will have more than just eager spectators standing by. Local and state public safety officials will be stationed hours before the demolition and will stick around afterward as well. Somerset Fire Chief Scott Jepson says his crews will arrive around 6:30 a.m. Saturday. Traffic control points […]
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – With $48 million in federal money allocated to Nebraska flood victims, many are asking how that money is being distributed. Of that money, $19.2 million is being distributed through FEMA. “We can’t bring you back to that pre-disaster condition, but we can help you get back into that safe, secure, functional […]
The skeleton of the South Shore Hospital was demolished Tuesday, April 16, 2019 at the corner of 6th Street and Alton Road in Miami Beach, Florida. It took less than 20 seconds to bring down a building that has blighted the entrance to South Beach for more than a decade. On Tuesday morning, the abandoned […]
Stonington — The town began demolishing the dilapidated Connecticut Casting Mill in Pawcatuck Monday night after a storm dumped rain onto its failing roof, causing sections of the building along the Pawcatuck River to collapse throughout the day. “Because of the threat to the public health and safety, demolition work on the building will commence as soon as possible,” First Selectman Rob Simmons announced shortly […]
A wall of a building under demolition in Brooklyn collapsed Wednesday morning, sending debris raining down on cars. The 40-foot exterior wall on Wythe Ave. at N. 13th St. in Williamsburg gave way about 9 a.m., taking scaffolding down with it, officials said Bricks, wooden planks and metal poles fell onto three parked cars, damaging […]
Mayor Jim Kenney on Thursday unveiled steps that his administration and City Council plan to take to better protect some of Philadelphia’s oldest and most interesting buildings, nearly two years after convening a task force to study historic preservation. Surrounded by Councilman Mark Squilla, preservation leaders, and task force members, Kenney explained wide-ranging regulatory […]
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – The family of a construction worker who was killed in a Miami Beach building collapse has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the companies that oversaw the demolition. The family is seeking damages from several companies and individuals, including Winmar Construction Inc. and AlliedBean Demolition, the subcontractor that carried out the botched […]