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Man Driving Stolen Backhoe Leads Police on a Wild Chase

February 24, 2016 Shane Hedmond
backhoe police chase

Driving construction equipment seems like a lot of fun to a lot of people. Many children grow up playing with toy backhoes and other heavy machinery replicas, including myself.  It’s not totally advisable to take them from job sites and try to flee from police though, they don’t move very fast.

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In Crazy Construction Videos, Funny Construction Videos Tags construction, backhoe joyride, seven mile bridge police chase, man flees police on backhoe, backhoe police chase
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[VIDEO] The World’s Largest Wheel Loader

February 23, 2016 Shane Hedmond
Joy Global's P&H L-2350

Joy Global's P&H L-2350

We’ve touched on several of the biggest and baldest construction machines in the past, like this 800 ton excavator and this 600 ton haul truck.  While videos about these gigantic machines are fun to watch, they also truly put into perspective how many people and time goes into creating and assembling them.

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In Crazy Construction Videos Tags construction, largest wheel loader, record holder for largest wheel loader, world's biggest wheel loader, p&h L-2350
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[VIDEO] 6 Story Parking Garage Falls on Excavators During Demolition in Houston

February 16, 2016 Shane Hedmond
parking garage collapse houston

If you weren’t convinced that the safest place to be when things start to go wrong during a demolition is the inside of an excavator after watching this 2.6 million pound smoke stack collapse in November, here’s exhibit number 2.

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In Crazy Construction Videos, Construction Videos, Safety Tags construction, parking garage collapse video, demoltions gone wrong, demolition video, demolition fail, houston texas parking garage fail, who was the demolition contractor on houston texas parking garage collapse, parking garage falls on excavators
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This 3 Year Old Kid is Really Good At Operating a Wheel Loader

February 10, 2016 Shane Hedmond
child operating wheel loader

If you ever want to feel old and stupid, hand a child a smart phone and watch them navigate through it like it’s an extension of their hand.  They can pick up on things incredibly quick and these kids will be our betters one day (unless we act quick…look out kiddos). 

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In Crazy Construction Videos, Funny Construction Videos Tags construction, funny construction video, kid driving wheel loader, child operating wheel loader, three year old driving wheel loader, construction lol
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[VIDEO] 107 Year Old Bridge Crashes into River After Implosion

February 9, 2016 Shane Hedmond
Hulton Bridge

Demolition videos are always fun, especially when it comes complete with a big splash and some waves.  The Old Hulton Bridge, a 107 year old structure that connected Pittsburgh, PA suburbs Oakmont and Harmarville across the Alleghany River, went out with a splash, as it was imploded and landed into the river below.

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In Construction Videos, Crazy Construction Videos Tags bridge crashes into river, demolition, pittsburgh bridge demolition, old hulton bridge demolition video, demolition video, pennsylvania bridge demolition, bridge demolition, construction
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[VIDEO] Horrific New York City Crane Collapse Caught on Tape

February 8, 2016 Shane Hedmond
nyc crane collapse

Crane collapses happen more than we’d like them to and they almost always caused fatalities, like the recent one that killed 107 in Mecca.  On Friday morning, New York City experienced another crane collapse that killed one man and injured 3 others.  An onlooker from a nearby building caught the accident on video with his cell phone.

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In Crazy Construction Videos, Safety Tags new york city crane accident video, nyc crane accident, nyc crane accident investigation, nyc crane collapse, new york crane collapse 2016, new york crane accident 2016, construction crane collapse, construction
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Watching this 1870’s Hospital Demolition Video in Reverse is Beautiful and Tragic

January 26, 2016 Shane Hedmond
greystone hospital

The Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital first opened its doors in 1876 as a 675,000 square foot facility in Morris Plains, New Jersey.  At its peak, it served 7,764 patients at one time.  The hospital had been completely unoccupied since 2008, when it was ordered to be closed due to poor conditions and overcrowding. The hospital had been marred in the past by extremely overcrowded conditions, reports of sexual abuse of patients by employees, violence, and patient suicides. Demolition began on the deteriorated building in May of 2015 and finished in November of 2015. 

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In Crazy Construction Videos Tags construction, demolition, demolition video, preserve greystone, greystone hospital demolition video, greystone hospital demolished in reverse, reverse demolition video, glideby jj
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[VIDEO] Crane Operator Destroys Crane and Bulldozer Due to Stupidity

January 22, 2016 Shane Hedmond
crane and bulldozer fail

If you operate a crane and only know one thing, it should be weight distribution.  If you don’t understand that, things like what happened in the video below happen.

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In Crazy Construction Videos, Safety Tags construction, construction fail video, crane and bulldozer destroyed video, crane and bulldozer fall into pit fail, crane fails, stupid things done with cranes
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[VIDEO] An 108 Year Old Bridge Imploded in Roughly 2 Seconds

January 14, 2016 Shane Hedmond
saskatoon bridge demolition

There are about two ways to bring down a structure: piece by piece or in a fiery blaze of destruction.  The only problem with the second choice is that it’s typically followed by weeks, months, or even years of cleanup, but it makes for a great viewing experience.

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In Construction Videos, Crazy Construction Videos Tags construction, demolition, demolition video, saskatoon bridge demolition, saskatoon bridge demolition video, bridge demolition videos
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The 8 Coolest Construction Projects of 2015

January 6, 2016 Shane Hedmond
Dubai Eye

Thousands of construction projects happen every year, involving millions of construction workers, so it is indeed difficult to pick the coolest of them all in any given year.  Nevertheless, we have compiled a list of 8 of our favorite and coolest building projects from around the world for your enjoyment.

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In Crazy Construction Videos, Construction Videos, Project Management Tags construction, construction junkie best of 2015, coolest construction projects of 2015, best buildings 2015, skanska, inflatable bubble building china, francesco gatti, 3GATTI, tallest wood building in north america, cross laminated timber, origine condominium complex, dubai eye, world's tallest ferris wheel, world's first zero energy hotel, ben bronsema, breeze hotel amsterdam, building constructed roof first, upbrella construction, us capital building restoration, patricia and phillip frost museum of science, 500, 500000 gallon, 500000 gallon aquarium miami, crane on zugspitze, eibsee cable car construction, best of
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