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Downwell Demolition Brings Flyover Down to Earth

Demolition contractor Downwell Demolition has recently completed a 6 week project demolishing the Sir John Hawkins flyover in Chatham with help from excavators by Hitachi and Komatsu. The flyover's demolition is part of a multimillion pound redevelopment of Chatham city...

Posted by Nick Drew on October 7, 2009 2:07 PM

Top down demolition Chinese style!

This amazing series of photos have been sent to me by our friends at Demoition News and as Mark Anthony says top-down demolition contracts usually involve mini excavators; but not in China. In recent weeks, there has been much debate...

Posted by Nick Drew on August 29, 2009 8:57 AM

"Is that the demolition man?"

Well I think we all need a laugh at the moment to help us through the current economic gloom & doom. So here is a sound clip with pictures that I came across some time ago but it always makes...

Posted by Nick Drew on January 11, 2009 9:30 AM

Would you be happy working like this?

Mark Anthony sent me this rather scary looking photo of a Hitachi excavator performing some demolition work in a very unconventional manner! I have to say this all looks very dodgy to me and I am sure it wouldn't take...

Posted by Nick Drew on November 22, 2008 5:44 PM

Ferrari demolition (France)

Here we see a clip of a Caterpillar 365BL high reach demolition spec machine in action for French company Ferrari. Working on the demolition of a tower block some 35 metres high...Watch it come down!...

Posted by Nick Drew on November 13, 2008 8:08 PM

Coleman's massive Liebherr R984

News reaches us here at Digger that Coleman demolition's new Liebherr R984 has moved onto site at the Matthew Boulton College in Birmingham. The Liebherr R984 is the third tallest high reach demolition machine in the world and the highest...

Posted by Nick Drew on October 12, 2008 3:42 PM