First Nigerian implosion completed by South African demolition major
2008-12-04
PDi’s African Editor Kevin Mayhew reports that Johannesburg-based Wreckers Dismantling successfully completed the first implosion of a building in Nigeria when it demolished a 22-storey building earlier this year.
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Coleman in kilts
2008-10-06
In Scotland Coleman & Company is one of three preferred demolition contractors working for the Glasgow Housing Association on a 4-year partnership contract to undertake GHA’s high-rise demolition programme. One recent project involved the demolition of two 23-storey tower blocks located in Pollok haws, a district of Glasgow earmarked for regeneration by GHA.
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Unfinished hotel imploded
2008-10-06
A story that began more than 30 years ago in Italy finally came to an end in April with the demolition of the former Blue Residence hotel in via Tolstoj.
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Demolition Dynamics sets new World Record
2006-04-12
Explosives Experts at Demolition Dynamics Co. (DDC) in USA, recently set a new record for world’s tallest building implosion when they successfully felled the 382-foot (116m) tall Landmark Tower in downtown Fort Worth, Texas.
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The end of Mitchellhill Flats
2005-12-12
The Glasgow, Scotland, skyline was altered dramatically recently with the demolition of the Mitchellhill Flats in Castlemilk. Implosions, Brent Blanchard, reports.
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First ever Portuguese high-rise implosion completed in Troia
2005-11-15
Developers of a massive holiday resort in Portugal recently witnessed the project’s benchmark event with the simultaneous felling of 18 storey and 16 storey hotels via explosive demolition. PDi Magazine’s columnist on Implosions, Brent Blanchard, reports.
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What first looked like a failure became the perfect blast
2005-05-24
Kavala, Greece. A city rich with history from the days when Paul the Apostle preached to throngs of people, a Port where wheat was once traded in volume and where Advanced Demolition, USA was called to fell a structure that usually sends shivers down even the most experienced Implosionist spine...silos. Brent Blanchard reports:
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Best Blast 2004
2005-04-22
An around-the-world review of the past year’s most impressive explosive demolition projects from our Implosion columnist Brent Blanchard at Implosionworld.com
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