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Family of man who demolished home of world’s most wanted man still live in fear. Shakeel Ahmad Yusufzai cuts a defiant figure in the genteel Pakistani town of Abbottabad. He is the man who demolished Osama bin Laden’s house and despite Taliban death threats, says that he is proud of wha...

Crews dismantle murder suspect’s bunker rews have started dismantling the bunker where a North Bend survivalist fled after authorities say he killed his wife and teenage daughter. Peter Keller killed himself during a standoff with police in a remote ravine last Friday. On Tuesday, crews from ...

http://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/public/v2/img/logo.gif Well here is my final look back at the recent Intermat exhibition which took place in Paris last month, I have so many photos from the event but just never enough time to share them all with you, but here once again is a small selection o...

Footage captures final moments for Las Vegas car park. As we reported earlier, the Flamingo car park to the rear of O’Shea’s Irish-themed casino has been dropped in a night-time implosion. http://www.demolitionnews.com/2012/05/01/video-night-time-implosion-for-vegas-parking-garage/

Demolition of Christchurch hotel condensed into three and a half minutes. It is a project that we have followed from afar ever since the demolition order was given. But as the demolition of the quake-damaged Crowne Plaza hotel in Christchurch comes to a close, a new video captures the entire proces...

Worker on road to recovery after accident that nearly took his life. Doug Dove has a very clear memory from the moment he first opened his eyes in the Intensive Care Unit at St. Patrick Hospital. “I woke up laying in bed, looking at the ceiling – which was kind of like this one here,” he recalled, ...

Seven storey garage set to fall in implosion later today. O’Sheas is going out with a bang. Literally. The 23-year-old Strip staple, famous for its beer pong and low-bet tables, closed its doors at noon today. Tomorrow morning, its 7-story parking garage will be imploded. Caesars Entertainment shut...

Protracted dispute over asbestos costs leaves NZ power station partially demolished. The dismantled Marsden B power station sits on a wharf at Marsden Pt after a High Court judge ordered it stay there while a legal stoush is resolved between a Northland engineering firm and an Indian telecommunicat...

http://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/public/v2/img/logo.gif Regular Digger Blog reader and plant man Stuart Jamieson, has been out and about with his camera, and has sent in some cracking photos of some old classics, which once again appear to have been abandoned to the elements. © 2012 The C...

Archway marked for preservation crumbles despite demolition contractor’s assurances. The only part of the historic Cromer Hospital that was going to be preserved in the new £15m building will now be dumped after crumbling during demolition work. The archway above the main entrance of the old ...