Demolition videos are fun to watch (we obviously love them at Construction Junkie), so there are plenty of people willing to film them as well. Getting the perfect angle is key and many are now using drones to get a bird’s eye view of implosions. The videographer below wasn’t so lucky when he chose his spot, as a bus pulled right in front of his camera as soon as a 24-story building in Scotland was about to collapse.
The Norfolk Court Flats were built in the 1970s and were home to roughly 800 tenants for most of its lifetime. In order to re-develop the land the flats sat on to make way for 201 homes, the building had to be demolished by way of implosion. Unfortunately for Alebbio Rail, what he thought was the perfect spot to get a video of the demolished proved to be wrong, but his video may have been made popular due to the failure. Just as the explosions began a bus full of people stopped right in front of the camera and pulled away when all that was left was a cloud of smoke. You can watch that video below:
For those of you left unsatisfied by the bus interruption, Darrens Media was able to get a nice view of the demolition, which you can watch below:
In November of last year, the 546 foot tall Mina Plaza in Abu Dhabi officially broke the world record for tallest demolition by explosion, supplanting Hudson Department Store in Detroit, Michigan, which held the record for 22 years.