Old Northampton bus station to be demolished March 15th

C&D customer DSM has set the date for the Northampton Greyfriars demolition as March 15th.

Northampton will see an exclusion zone setup around the Greyfriars building on the Sunday, with local residents evacuated beforehand as a precautionary measure. Then a controlled explosion will be used to bring the structure down.

Although inconvenient for residents, the removal of the building opens the way for new development. The site is expected to be made ready for such redevelopment later this year, with Northampton Borough Council investigating exactly what is the best use of the land going forward.

Source: Northampton Chronicle and image from Whohe!

Controlled explosion takes down 5 buildings at Kingsnorth Power Station

The video you see above is the implosion of 5 buildings located at the old Kingsnorth Power Station. The site was closed in March 2013 due to not reaching EU standards on pollution. Since then, demolition has been planned and scheduled, with the implosion above happening on October 23rd.

Source: Kent Online