Tag: construction

September 29, 2015 at 11:36 am

Super Permeable Concrete Drains 4000 Litres of Water in 60 Seconds

Super Permeable Concrete Drains 4000 Litres of Water in 60 Seconds

You (water) shall pass

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September 28, 2015 at 11:57 am

Controlled Demolition Makes Two 500 ft Chimneys Perfectly Collide and Crumble

Controlled Demolition Makes Two 500 ft Chimneys Perfectly Collide and Crumble

Watch the amazing, controlled demolition of the Cockenzie Power Station’s twin 149m chimney stacks using 160 kg of nitro glycerine.

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September 15, 2015 at 3:49 pm

Troll A – The Tallest Structure Ever Moved by Mankind

Troll A - The Tallest Structure Ever Moved by Mankind

Located about 80 km off the west coast of Norway is ‘Troll A’, a colossal natural gas platform and the tallest structure ever moved by mankind.

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June 3, 2015 at 6:26 pm

Building One World Trade Center. 11 Years in 2 Minutes

Building One World Trade Center. 11 Years in 2 Minutes

Watch this amazing 11-year timelapse that shows the construction of One World Trade Center from October 2004 to Memorial Day 2015.

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April 6, 2015 at 4:54 pm

This Moving Assembly Line of Machines Installs Railroad Tracks in Real Time

This Moving Assembly Line of Machines Installs Railroad Tracks in Real Time

What a brilliant feat of engineering! Watch this moving assembly line of machines install railroad tracks in real time.

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December 22, 2014 at 4:16 pm

A Grotto Sauna on the Lake

A Grotto Sauna on the Lake

Perched at the north-west edge of San Souci Island on Lake Huron, the 800 sq. ft. Grotto Sauna is a free-standing structure situated on a large-scale rock formation designed by Partisans. The selected concept for the Grotto prescribed a solid, simple presence on the exterior, while the interior followed dynamic air movements in curvature…

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December 15, 2014 at 4:41 pm

Super Slow Motion Bridge Demolition

Super Slow Motion Bridge Demolition

Watch demolition experts fell the old Marble Falls Bridge in Central Texas in super slow motion. Photographer Kirk Drummond captured the amazing scene on a Red Epic camera filming at 300 FPS. Over 950 feet of metal truss works collapsed in an eventful four seconds after having been up for nearly 78 years. According…

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December 12, 2014 at 2:56 pm

Basement Reno Timelapse: Unfinished to Finished in 60 Seconds

Basement Reno Timelapse: Unfinished to Finished in 60 Seconds

Awesome animated timelapse compresses 2 months of work into 60 seconds. Over 1000 Photoshop layers were cut from 27 panoramic photographs and then compiled and animated in After Effects to create this fascinating project overview.

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September 8, 2014 at 6:42 pm

Amazing Timelapse Shows Amish Farmers Raise a Barn in 10 Hours

Amazing Timelapse Shows Amish Farmers Raise a Barn in 10 Hours

This timelapse shows Amish farmers in Ohio raising a barn on 13 May 2014 in an impressive 10 hour session. The timelapse was shot by Scott Miller using a Canon 60D with a wireless remote timer set at 20 second intervals. Miller shot 1,600 pictures from 7:00am until 5:00pm and compressed the footage into…

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August 24, 2014 at 1:45 pm

Watch a Building Get Completely Demolished in 60 Seconds

Watch a Building Get Completely Demolished in 60 Seconds

Demolition experts have one of the coolest jobs out there. Watch as the Wellington Hotel Annex in Albany, New York gets completely demolished in less than a minute. They even used colored fireworks to entertain the curious onlookers. According to the Associated Press, the 11-story building was built in the 1920s and will be…

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