{"id":31842,"date":"2025-08-14T21:18:38","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T04:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/demolition-record-as-eight-cooling-towers-come-down\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T21:18:38","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T04:18:38","slug":"demolition-record-as-eight-cooling-towers-come-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/demolition-record-as-eight-cooling-towers-come-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Demolition record as eight cooling towers come down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-500604\">\n\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The firm secured the Guinness World Records title for the most cooling towers demolished with controlled explosives simultaneously at the former coal-fired station.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Historic Cooling Tower Demolition Sets New GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS\u2122 Title\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QFQKlVCGYCU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rikki Isgar, Explosive Demolition Manager at Brown &amp; Mason said: \u201cControlled explosive demolition is all about precision, not power.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBringing down eight towers together meant modelling every movement, understanding every force, and executing flawlessly.\u00a0 There\u2019s no second chance in this kind of work, and this achievement is a testament to the skill and dedication of the whole team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-info\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\">\n<div class=\"author-avatar\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/userphoto\/3.jpg\" alt=\"Grant Prior\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"photo\">\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .author-info -->\t\t\t<\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/2025\/08\/14\/demolition-record-as-eight-cooling-towers-come-down\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The firm secured the Guinness World Records title for the most cooling towers demolished with controlled explosives simultaneously at &#8230; <a title=\"Demolition record as eight cooling towers come down\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/demolition-record-as-eight-cooling-towers-come-down\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Demolition record as eight cooling towers come down\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1089],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction-enquirer","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31842\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}