by Structural News | Nov 18, 2014 | Demolition, Structural Security |
This year’s World Demolition event was held at the Krasnapolski Hotel in Amsterdam. The world’s best demolition contractors gathered to share their challenging demolition projects. At the end of the event, Judges chose the winners of 2014 World Demolition...
by Structural News | May 14, 2014 | Demolition, Software, Structures |
On Friday, November 2, 2012, Fabio Bruno Construcoes, with the help of Applied Science International (ASI), performed the implosion of 3 reinforced concrete buildings that were formerly an old hospital. The triple demolition of the former Santa Monica hospital...
by Structural News | Apr 24, 2014 | Demolition, Implosion |
The demolition of a 300 meter stretch of the “Elevado da Perimetral” or the Elevated Perimetral Bridge was done early morning of Sunday, April 20th, 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The bridge was demolished in a previously calculated 3 seconds. The demolition happened...
by Structural News | Jun 15, 2012 | Demolition, Structures |
The birthplace of Ringo Starr in Liverpool, England was set to be demolished as part of a Liverpool City Council revitalization project on Nine Madryn Street. The City Council rethought its decision, however, when “a tide of community support” saved the...
by Structural News | Jun 13, 2012 | Controversy, Structures |
The story of last month’s deck collapse in Atlanta inspired me to do a bit more digging into deck collapse occurrences. Deck collapse as a result of failure of the deck-to-house ledger connection Ten years ago the Environmental Protection Agency began a...
