We’ve recently learned that parking your car where it blocks a construction entrance can get your car smashed into a pancake, but now it appears that merely parking next to a construction site can do the same. The video below shows a demolition contractor attempting to bring down the walls of a gutted building. When he knocks over the side wall, the wall closest to the street buckles and partially collapses, as well. Two birds with one stone, you say? Not when there’s a car parked along that street and it gets destroyed. Some demolitions may seem quick and easy, but it’s always a safe bet to set up a perimeter zone to keep the public safe. Luckily no one was in the car at the time of the collapse.

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Jul 24, 2018

[VIDEO] Hi Rise Building Collapse During Demolition Critically Injures 1 in Miami

Jul 24, 2018

On Monday morning, a 13 story building in Miami Beach that was being prepped for demolition suddenly collapsed, injuring one Project Manager that was struck by debris.

Jul 24, 2018

Jul 17, 2018

[VIDEO] Unfinished Bridge in Colombia Demolished after Partial Collapse Killed 10

Jul 17, 2018

In January of 2018, ten construction workers were killed and another eight were injured when a bridge spanning the Chirajara canyon in Columbia partially collapsed. That collapse has since been blamed on a poor design, reports have stated. Last week, the remaining sections of the bridge were demolished in dramatic fashion.

Jul 17, 2018

Jul 10, 2018

[VIDEO] Watch the Tallest Building to Ever Be Demolished by Implosion

Jul 10, 2018

A couple weeks ago, we shared a list of the 100 tallest buildings to ever be demolished. One of the most interesting things that I learned while researching for that article was that although Detroit’s Greater Department Hudson Store was not the tallest building on the list (it was #21), it was the tallest on the list to actually be imploded.

Jul 10, 2018

Jun 25, 2018

The 100 Tallest Buildings That Have Been Voluntarily Demolished

Jun 25, 2018

In February, JP Morgan Chased announced their plans to demolish their current 52-story headquarters located in Manhattan. Turns out, when that demolition is complete, it will also break the record for the tallest building ever voluntarily demolished.

Jun 25, 2018

Jun 19, 2018

[VIDEO] Simultaneous Demolition of Two 462 Feet Tall Cooling Towers

Jun 19, 2018

One thing’s for sure, the only thing better than one structure being demolished is two structures being demolished at the same time. Late last week, a decommissioned Florida Power Plant saw to the implosion of two 462 feet tall cooling towers in spectacular fashion.

Jun 19, 2018

Apr 17, 2018

[VIDEO] Silo Demolition Goes Opposite Way and Lands on Adjacent Building

Apr 17, 2018

Demolitions by implosion seems like the easiest way to knock down a structure, but there is so much preparation that goes into it that even the slightest mistake can have a huge impact. When smokestacks are demolished correctly, it can be a thing of beauty, like when these two silos in Scotland hit each other midair or when this asbestos filled stack was precisely demolished to fall into a pool of water. Things didn’t go so smoothly for demolition crews in Denmark last week, however.

Apr 17, 2018

Apr 3, 2018

[VIDEO] Watch 10 Excavators Demolish 340 Foot Long, 62 Foot Wide Overpass in 20 Hours

Apr 3, 2018

As we’ve seen in the past, demolitions aren’t all about implosions. There are still many manual demolitions that are carried out by skilled excavator operators. The Victoria Street Bridge in Ontario, Canada is a recent example of that.

Apr 3, 2018

Mar 26, 2018

[VIDEO] Demolition Reduces Frankfurt Kentucky’s Tallest Building to Rubble in Seconds

Mar 26, 2018

It’s been a while since we have shared a demolition video on Construction Junkie. We recently discussed a very high profile demolition project, the tallest voluntary demolition on record, which is schedule to start next year and how it is expected to happen, but no videos. Between the cold weather in most of the country and the general lack of interesting demolitions happening, it’s good to finally be back to feeling normal around here.

Mar 26, 2018

Mar 15, 2018

How Will the World’s Tallest Voluntary Demolition in NYC Actually Happen?

Mar 15, 2018

A couple weeks ago, JP Morgan Chase announced that they planned to demolish their existing 52-story Manhattan headquarters, which is believed to be the tallest voluntary demolition in history, in order to build a 70 story, 2.5 million square foot building in its place. The move left preservationists upset at the idea of scrapping the nearly 60 year old building and others wondering how exactly they were going to safely demolish a building that tall in such a congested and busy area.

Mar 15, 2018

Jan 2, 2018

The 11 Best Demolition Videos of 2017

Jan 2, 2018

This year saw more videos with environmental considerations taken into account, especially over waterways. Instead of imploding entire bridges, the part that spanned over top of the waterway were manually removed. I've also grown an appreciation for in-depth footage of demolitions that occurred under some interesting conditions. Some of the videos below show some extreme creativity to overcome obstacles.

Jan 2, 2018