I'm not sure whether using a truck and a rope was the best way to demolish this chimney, but as the video shows, it didn't quite achieve the desired result......
Lesson number one: don't start in the middle....
If the wrecking ball isn't to hand, demolition contractors might fancy using this method of knocking stuff down. Unconventional but effective - though I imagine there was a hell of a lot of mess to clean up afterwards......
Here is a video compilation of the crane accident in Kent last Friday with the dulcet tones of Britney Spears over it. I don't know if the person who posted it is trying to make a comment about the spate...
The wind can be a dangerous and powerful thing, and this video is a case in point as a swing stage is thrown viciously about and into a building while there are still workers on board. Needless to say, don't...
How much do you really trust your colleagues? Here's one to get the blood boiling of any health and safety rep. The bloke on the end of the plank has clearly got a lot of faith in his work chums...
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