Wed October 12, 2016
Historic Power Plant in Phoenix Demolished
PHOENIX (AP) The last remnants of a historic power plant in Phoenix have been demolished. The Phoenix Power Plant off 43rd Avenue near Buckeye Road was imploded shortly after 7 a.m. on Oct. 1. Emissions stacks of 200-ft....
Wed October 12, 2016
VIDEO: Bridge Finally Collapses — Five Hours After Failed Implosion
Charges detonated shortly after 10 a.m. created puffs of smoke – but no collapse. The steel from the bridge was supposed to fall into the Arkansas River within minutes and a cleanup crew was going to move in and begin to pull debris from the water....
Lori Tobias - Fri July 22, 2016
Becco Crews Demolish Bird Creek Bridges
Construction crews recently demolished the last of eight bridges as part of a $45 million Oklahoma Department of Transportation project to expand U.S. 169 in Owasso. The expansion, which stretches 1 mi....
Wed June 15, 2016
VIDEO: Hotel Riviera Imploded
LAS VEGAS (AP) The last tower of the iconic Riviera Hotel and Casino came tumbling down along the Las Vegas Strip on Aug. 16 to make way for a convention center expansion. The 2:30 a.m. demolition of the Monte Carlo wing came two months after the taller Monaco tower was leveled the same way....
Fri June 03, 2016
VIDEO: Troubled Bridge Over Water Imploded in N.Y,
The Buffalo News is reporting that 2.5 million pounds of steel rained down into Cattaraugus Creek on Thursday morning when 35 pounds of explosives took down the span the old Route 219 bridge. In a matter of seconds and accompanied by a monstrous boom of sound, the bridge that connected Erie and Cattaraugus counties for six decades crumbled....
Lori Lovely - Mon April 18, 2016
Bittersweet: Chocolate Factory Razed in N.Y.
For more than 100 years, just before a rain, the scent of chocolate perfumed the air in Fulton, a small city in the western part of Oswego County, N.Y., 25 mi. (40.23 km) north of Syracuse. That's because it was home to the central New York plant that produced Nestlé chocolate products for more than a century....
Sun September 13, 2015
Demolition Plan OK’d in Southern Ohio Uranium Plant Cleanup
COLUMBUS (AP) State and federal agencies have agreed on a plan for demolishing huge buildings and other facilities from a Cold War-era uranium plant in southern Ohio. It is the latest development in the lengthy decontamination and decommissioning process for the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Piketon, which was built in the 1950s and produced enriched uranium for defense and commercial uses until 2001....
Mon August 17, 2015
119-year-old Southwestern Ohio Paper Mill to Be Demolished
WEST CARROLLTON (AP) A 119-year-old former paper mill in southwestern Ohio is set to be demolished. The Dayton Daily News reports the demolition of the 40,000-sq. ft. (3,716 sq m) building that once housed Ahlstrom West Carrollton LLC will be paid for by the company, saving the city of West Carrollton hundreds of thousands of dollars....
Paul Posel - Mon May 04, 2015
When a 5,000-Acre Test Site Shuts Down, What’s Next?
(NOTE:If you clicked here to read the story titled, "A Look at the History of the Backhoe Loader," please click here for the story. We regret any inconvenience. News headlines such as “GM to Close Proving Grounds” and “GM Site Reborn as Housing Development” tell only part of the story....
MIKE BALSAMO - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Thu April 02, 2015
Audit: NY Sandy Relief Program Paid Millions for Flawed Work
NEW YORK (AP) - A program that was supposed to rebuild homes wrecked by Superstorm Sandy paid $6.8 million to contractors for work that was ”flawed or incomplete,’ the city’s comptroller said in an audit released Tuesday....
