Newer methods may use rotational hydraulic shears and silenced rock-breakers attached to excavators to cut or break through wood, steel, and concrete. Wrecking balls are especially effective against masonry, but are less easily controlled and often less efficient than other methods. Larger buildings may require the use of a wrecking ball, a heavy weight on a cable that is swung by a crane into the side of the buildings. The building is pulled down either manually or mechanically using large hydraulic equipment: elevated work platforms, cranes, excavators or bulldozers. Demolition contrasts with deconstruction, which involves taking a building apart while carefully preserving valuable elements for reuse purposes.įor small buildings, such as houses, that are only two or three stories high, demolition is a rather simple process. A vacant plot of land in Argos, Greece, after the demolition of the house in the above photo.ĭemolition (also known as razing, cartage, and wrecking) is the science and engineering in safely and efficiently tearing down of buildings and other artificial structures.
A partially demolished house in Qormi, Malta Demolition of the cooling towers of the Athlone Power Station in Athlone, Cape Town, South Africa A house under demolition in Argos, Greece.
The demolition of the Myer Building in Perth, Western Australia. For other uses, see Demolition (disambiguation).
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