Halifax tower block demolition timelapse

Last week we shared video footage from AR Demolition of their Brackley Sawmill remediation work summarised in 30 seconds. This week, it's the turn of a tower block project in Halifax, which you can see a timelapse of above.

Watch AW Demolition hard at work on site and online

Austin Wilkinson of AW Demolition is well known in social media circles for his lack of company mugs and his love of Nando's, but he can also do demolition as this recent timelapse above shows.

He's one of the most active demolition men on Facebook, while C&D Consultancy’s John Woodward is among the most-followed on Twitter. So when Wilkinson required training for his entire workforce, it seemed appropriate that he should engage his social media opposite number.

Wilkinson is part of a new breed of demolition men. Young, enthusiastic and social media savvy, he has grown quickly from one-man-band fledgling to fully-fledged demolition company in just a few short years. Along the way, he has expanded his team, extended his equipment fleet and worked for some of the biggest names in the business. And he has shared the entire journey via his active and very popular Facebook page which charts his latest contracts and equipment purchases, his latest visit to Nando's, and his recent engagement and stag weekend.

But for all his youthful vigour and social media savvy, the values he sets for his company are very much from the old school. “We want to do things properly; to do things right first time,” he says. “Those are the values that we most admire in other, larger demolition companies. And those are the values that will help us build our reputation in the business.”

That commitment to doing things properly extends to the company’s attitude to training. “A few of our team required demolition and asbestos awareness training but I decided to put the entire company through the course, even the office-based staff that never set foot on site,” Wilkinson explains. “I want everyone to understand the challenges we face and to be able to communicate with clients and their co-workers from an informed and knowledgeable position.”

Austin Wilkinson’s choice of training provider is equally telling. He selected C&D Consultancy’s Training Division. “C&D have a great reputation and they provide training when & where I need it,” Wilkinson insists. “Employing the best trainers is just another part of our commitment to doing things properly. As a young and very busy demolition company, we really appreciate C&D’s willingness to work around our schedule.”

Having benefited from the demolition and asbestos awareness training delivered by C&D’s Mike Kehoe, Wilkinson is already looking ahead to further courses. “I have already spoken to John and Mike about PASMA, abrasive wheel and hot works training refresher courses for the future,” he concludes. “When it happens you can read all about it on my Facebook page.”

Great timelapse video of the Des Plaines Oasis Pavilion Removal

Here at C&D we like good timelapse videos so it is nice to receive this one from our friend Bill Moore, which features work by his son's company on the Des Plaines Oasis Pavilion. It's an unusual job by the look of it, and one recorded for posterity in a very nice film.

You can learn more about the project at the Illinois Tollway website.

Barrow Shipyard timelapse

Major redevelopment work is underway on the Barrow in Furness site of the old BAE Systems ships and submarines yard. And someone had the forethought to setup a camera so we could watch the demolition as it happened.

Source: North West Evening Mail

C&D Customer Total Reclaims feature in nice time lapse

Total Reclaims features in the timelapse you see above. It covers a 6 month project to demolish Clifford Court in Nottingham. Over the next 18 months the site will undergo a renovation project.

Timelapse of Birmingham's Pallasades Shopping Centre car park demolition

Birmingham's Pallasades Shopping Centre and New Street Station are currently undergoing a major renovation. Part of that effort saw the removal of the Pallasades car park, which was also captured on video and turned into a timelapse.

Unfortunately ITV News has restricted the embedding of that video, but you can watch it via the link provided below:

Watch the video now at ITV News

Demolition timelapse: Haiti Palace

The video above shows the demolition of the Haiti National Presidential Palace, located in the capital city of Port-au-Prince, done as a timelapse. The whole demolition project took roughly 3 months, beginning on September 5th last year and completing on December 9th.

It is being seen as a major step forward in the recovery efforts that continue to go on following the 2010 earthquake.

Timelapse of a hotel demolition

Late last year in Belleville, Ontario in Canada, the Hotel Quinte was gutted by a fire the cause of which is still unknown. However, the damage was severe enough the hotel needed to be demolished.

The demolition has been captured in timelapse form by a camera positioned across the street from the hotel. It recorded for several days, over the course of which the camera captured a shot every 60 seconds and stored 1,440 photos each day. The result can be watched below.

The video ends with only half the hotel demolished and the hint that the investigation will be ongoing. I'd imagine the local authorities and fire fighters will want to know exactly what caused the fire before it disappears completely.

Three bridge demolition timelapse

The BBC have posted a timelapse video showing the demolition of three bridges: two bridges in Slough, Berkshire, and one in Hillingdon, west London.

The bridges have been removed to make way for the new electric Crossrail trains that will link Maidenhead, Berkshire, in the west to Shenfield, Essex, and Abbey Wood, south-east London, in the east.

You can watch the timelapse at the link below.

Source: BBC