VIDEO - Canadian contractor demolishing overpass

July 13, 2015

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.

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