Well, I didn’t really intend for Construction Junkie to be filled with a bunch of articles to bum you out, but when dozens of people are injured from a jobsite incident, it’s important for us all to learn from it in order to avoid similar circumstances in the future.
Read more[VIDEO] Vertical Water Cannons Precede Implosion of 15 Story Tower in France
Demolition by implosions videos are obviously fun to watch, but the actual process creates an insane amount of dust. The challenge becomes hoe do you douse an enormous structure that falls within seconds with enough water to control dust effectively? The answer might be more explosives…
Read moreFat Truck is the Amphibious, All Terrain Vehicle That You Probably Don’t Need, but Will Definitely Want
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There are some pretty cool ways to get to remote and difficult to navigate jobsites, like helicopters and this blimp-like aircraft, but I’ve never seen something quite as relatively affordable and attainable as the Fat Truck.
Read more[VIDEO] Watch the Explosive Demolition of Historic Detroit Basketball Arena, the Palace of Auburn Hills
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From 1988 to 2017, the Palace of Auburn Hills was home to the Detroit Pistons of the NBA. On July 11, 2020, it was imploded into smithereens, ending a fantastic run for the historic arena.
Read more[VIDEO] Robotic 3rd Arm Will Help You Smash That Wall You Just Boarded If You Get Annoyed
Long before we ever truly see a robotic uprising in construction, we’ll be using robotics to help augment our natural abilities. I’ve written several articles about exoskeletons, which promise to allow humans to do more with less stress than ever before, but I recently came across a concept that promises to do a little bit more.
Read more[WATCH] 8 Power Plant Chimneys Demolished at Same Time is Better than Dominoes
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Power plants are facing demolition all over the world as country’s move away from less environmentally friendly power sources and abandon older facilities. The good news, for us, is that we get some pretty awesome demolition videos out of the shutdowns.
Read more[VIDEO] Watch a Helicopter Assemble a Tower Crane on a Remote Island Jobsite
Over the years, crane manufacturer, Liebherr, has produced some pretty epic videos. From their amazing footage on top of Europe’s new tallest building, to their 58 cranes working on the world’s largest airport, to one of their cranes lifting 3 other cranes at the same time, the company knows cranes and knows how to show them off.
Liebherr’s most recent video highlights one of their 30 LC tower cranes being lifted, hauled, and placed on the small island of Santa Clara by a helicopter. Santa Clara Island sites off of the coast of Spain and features steep sides reaching up to 157 feet high, clearly not an ideal place to haul in a bunch of crane parts by boat.
The Liebherr 30 LC Tower Crane reaches a maximum height of about 98 feet and a maximum lifting capacity of 5500 pounds, or 2200 pounds at its maximum radius of 98 feet. According to Liebherr, the crane’s parts had to be carefully planned to meet the helicopter’s lifting capacity.
Check out the video below to see the helicopter in action!
[VIDEO] The Leaning Tower of Dallas is Dead. Long Live the Leaning Tower of Dallas.
A couple of weeks ago, we followed the very amusing story of the Leaning Tower of Dallas. For those unfamiliar, it all started as an innocent attempt at a building implosion, but ended up becoming an internet meme, a tourism landmark, and the subject of a petition to turn it into a monument. Well, the big joke is over, as what remained of the tower has finally fallen.
Read more[VIDEO] Implosion Fails to Bring Down Dallas High Rise, Dubbed ‘Leaning Tower of Dallas’
Crowds typically swarm to the site of a building implosion; it can be more exciting than a firework show. Sometimes, though, spectators get the thrill of seeing the process not go quite as planned. Dallas residents got tat thrill over the weekend, when an implosion of a high-rise building in Uptown Dallas refused to come all the way down.
Read more[VIDEOS] China Built 2 Coronavirus Hospitals in Under 2 Weeks, Here’s How
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As of Wednesday, February 6, 2020, over 600 people in China have been killed by the corona virus and thousands more cases are being diagnosed by the day, according to the NY Times. With the outbreak so widespread, China had to take drastic measures to help combat against it, including building two large hospital facilities in under two weeks.
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