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Troubled bridges: disposing of Berlin’s Marggraff Bridge
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How Autokrane Schares removed Berlin’s 60 metre, 1,500 tonne, reinforced concrete Marggraffbrűcke
Dismantling works begin on collapsed Baltimore bridge
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VIDEO: Demolition workers cut first section of Francis Scott Key Bridge
Floating crane helps dismantle 320-tonne bridge
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Die Autobahn’s expansion of Westphalia’s A43 to see triple bridge demolition
VIDEO: Recycling begins on “largest demolition project in Australia’s history”
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Remediation works to recover 142,000 t of scrap metal and 300,000 t of concrete from Gove Refinery
‘World’s largest’ demo crane deployed at power plant
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Ferraro Group brings in crawler crane with wrecking ball attachment 
Ukraine dismantles Soviet symbol from 100-metre-tall statue
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VIDEO: Dismantling teams remove coat of arms from Motherland Monument
Heerema dismantles giant offshore platform
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Thialf crane vessel lifts 1,200 t production facilities on North Sea decommissioning project 
Sennebogen updates crawler crane range with new 80 tonne capacity model
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New fifth generation 683 E sits between 70 and 100 tonne models in the telescopic boom crawler crane range
Turkey promises swift rebuild; contractors make pledge
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Country’s contractors pledge to donate 1% of public reconstruction costs.
Scale of Ukraine reconstruction highlighted at Bauma
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Cost of reconstruction could be as high as US$540 billion
Complex steam converter removal by Mammoet
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Some large components required careful manipulation inside a nuclear power plant in Germany
Heavy lifting specialist’s key role in bridge demolition
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Engineered Rigging uses strand jacks to help contractor dismantle 1930s structure in USA
Which contractors are joining the HVO revolution?
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As pressure mounts from governments and consumers around the world to reduce carbon, contractors are switching from diesel to hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) to power their equipment.
Marr and Mirvac remove first sections of TV tower
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Australian crane company, Marr Contracting, in partnership with Mirvac, has removed the top section of one of Sydney’s highest structures, the former TCN-9 TX transmission tower at Willoughby
Tandem lift of ship being scrapped
Video from Ainscough Crane Hire showing a tandem lift of a ship being scrapped by Mitchell Demolition
Cranes in demolition: developing deconstruction
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Demolition work traditionally involves cranes but there has been a shift in the choice of equipment, the methods are changing and there is clear potential for growth. Alex Dahm reports
Cranes disassemble conveyor belt
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A Demag CC 3800-1 crawler, plus Demag AC 140, AC 160 and AC 800 all terrain cranes, dismantle a conveyor belt at Italian power station
Mammoet lowers arena roof to complete dismantling
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Joe Louis Arena main roof truss weighing 2,250 tonnes lowered by Mammoet in downtown Detroit, USA
Tower crane demolition
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Explosives were used in an attempt to topple two damaged tower cranes at the Hard Rock Hotel building collapse in New Orleans. 
Burkhalter moves with Enerpac
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Clever use of an hydraulic jack up system to replace 500 tonne railway bridge in Alabama, USA
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