Camp Custer was built in 1917 for military training during World War I. Named after Civil War cavalry officer General George Armstrong Custer, the facility trained or demobilized more than 100,000 troops during World War I. Following WWI it was used as a training center.On August 17, 1940, Camp Custer was designated Fort Custer and […]
At 10:00 AM local time on March 16, 2014, the Island Station power plant in St. Paul, Minnesota was imploded. It opened in 1926 and has been decommissioned since 1975. Frattalone Companies was the demolition contractor and Advanced Explosives Demolition was the explosives contractor.
The nearly 100-year-old Old Nursing School Building Methodist Hospital in Des Moines, Iowa building was imploded on Sunday. The implosion began at about 7 a.m., and lasted about 18 seconds. The cloud of dust kicked up by the implosion lasted for about 20 minutes after. The now demolished building used to house the Iowa Methodist […]
Controlled Demolition, Inc. (CDI) of Phoenix, Maryland, USA (acting as Main Demolition Contractor to The Property Owner) performs the successful explosives felling of the 800′ tall, structural steel, guyed transmission tower in LaFayette, New York at 12:14 PM on Thursday, February 20, 2014.
Congratulations to the teams at Dykon Explosive Demolition and Peak Environmental LLC for a successful implosion. The implosion took place on Sunday March 2nd, 2014 at 7AM.
Although there was never any plans to use explosives on the Metrodome, some had to be used. The concrete ring beam came down with use of controlled explosive charges. Structural and demolition experts revised the original demolition plan after a section of the ring beam collapsed on last week out of sequence. The team determined […]
The smokestack at the former Gilbert Paper Co. mill in Menasha, Wisconsin which stood since 1887 was dropped on Sunday, January 5th. The former mill was run by four generations of Gilberts — from its founder William Gilbert, to his sons, grandsons and at least one great-grandson. Statewide Razing is the demolition contractor.