Information from this article was first published in Demolition Magazine and is being reused with permission from the National Demolition Association. When O’Rourke Wrecking Company won the bid to ...

In April 2016, after 67 years of operation, the Consumers Energy Company closed the B.C. Cobb Power Plant in Muskegon, Michigan, in an effort to move to cleaner energy. The power plant, which opened ...

Soundless chemical demolition agents (SCDAs) represent an innovative alternative to conventional explosives, utilising expansive cements to induce controlled fracturing in rock masses and concrete ...

New blasting techniques have been developed specifically to retain the structural stability of dams themselves, with no wasted effort. These projects call for highly controlled, cautious, partial ...

Demolishing tall buildings is typically a loud and messy process that produces a lot of dust and not a lot of building materials that can be salvaged. But Japan’s Taisei Corporation is pioneering a ...