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Thankfully no workers were injured when an excavator plummeted onto a road during a bridge demolition in the US state of Ohio.

An amateur video captures the moment the bridge gave way, leaving a second excavator luckily in place on the other half of the bridge.

The incident occurs at the very start of the video clip, so viewers may have to ‘rewind’ several times to get the best picture of the excavator hitting the ground.

A bridge demolition job is underway in California at present. The Carmenita Road Bridge, which crosses the Santa Ana Freeway, is being removed in stages. The work is being carried out at night when the I-5 route is closed to traffic, so as to minimise the impact for daytime peak traffic flow. The work is being carried out by a specialist contractor on behalf of 5246 Caltrans in the Santa Fe Springs area. The three week job is being closed overnight seven days a week between Rosecrans and Valley View avenues. The work forms part of the Carmenita Road Interchange project.

The Donora-Webster Bridge over the Monongahela River in the US has been demolished using explosives. The ageing structure spanned the Monongahela River, connecting Washington and Westmoreland Counties in Pennsylvania. The bridge was built in 1908 and originally carried a rail link but in 1938 the tracks were removed and the structure was modified so that it could handle motor vehicle traffic instead. The Donora-Webster Bridge linked Route 837 on the west side of the Monongahela River with Route 906 on the east bank.

Canadian contractor Delsan has carried out a successful demolition of an overpass in Quebec. The firm used a number of John Deere excavators equipped with breakers and cutters to break up the overpass in a controlled demolition job. The structure was located in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue and needed to be removed as it had been made redundant.

A bridge demolition job went spectacularly wrong in Finland recently. Luckily for all concerned, there were no casualties, but it could have quite easily been a different story. A demolition contractor was using an excavator fitted with a hydraulic breaker to break up the structure, but the work was carrying on despite live traffic flowing on the road under the bridge.

Note too the behaviour of drivers on the route after the initial collapse.

This video came just as the European Demolition Association headed to Finland’s capital Helsinki to discuss best practice.

Specialist contractor Priestly Demolition recently carried out a successful project in Ontario, Canada. The firm used its specialist skills to remove The Fountain Road Overpass, crossing Highway 401. A fleet of excavators equipped with demolition tools, including breakers and cutting equipment, was brought into to carry out the work using an overnight closure of the highway. Other machines including wheeled loaders and backhoe loaders were used to remove the broken out materials and to carry out other general duties.

Highlights of best INTERMAT 2015 videos from Daily News; Hitachi’s impressive stand; Bobcat’s skid steer loader production record; Trimble’s sophisticated machine control technology; new aggregates washing from Terex Washing Systems; wide range from Ammann; new crusher from Kleemann

Chinese group LiuGong talks about why R&D is so important, MTU reveals its pride in the company’s prestigious connection with Rolls-Royce, Doosan talks diggers and Terex Washing Systems explains how it is  helping operators make the most of their assets.

Chinese group LiuGong talks about why R&D is so important, MTU reveals its pride in the company’s prestigious connection with Rolls-Royce, Doosan talks diggers and Terex Washing Systems explains how it is  helping operators make the most of their assets.

A 50-tonne prototype dump truck is the centrepiece of Bell’s impressive stand at INTERMAT 2015 and offers a real glimpse of the heavy construction industry’s future.

Bobcat make announcement that they have sold their one million skid-steer loader at INTERMAT Paris 2015. 

Paris-based construction and civils equipment rental firm Loxam has taken a 25% stake in Brazilian rental equipment business Degraus, one of the South American country’s top five rental outfits, with a strong presence in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.

Chinese firm LiuGong is opening a new R&D facility next to its Liuzhou HQ in June: this huge investment is set to benefit the firm – and the construction industry as a whole. Vice president Dave Beatenbough explains.

Terex Washing Systems’ AggreSand 206 wash plant is capable of handling up to 400 tonnes of material every hour, allowing customers to produce more – and better quality – grades, with a number of installations planned worldwide.

INTERMAT attracts visitors from all over the world, and South Korean company Daemo – a specialist in hydraulic breakers and concrete crushers - has launched a new shear, which can be used for a variety of applications, such as cutting steel at a work site.