Making concrete hydrodemolition work for your project

If you've been hanging around any major bridge repairs or parking garage renovations lately, you've probably heard people talking about concrete hydrodemolition as the "smarter" way to strip back old surfaces. It's one of those technologies that sounds a bit like science fiction when you first hear about it—using nothing but super-high-pressure water to blast through solid concrete—but once you see it in action, the old-school way of using jackhammers starts to look pretty primitive. ...

May 17, 2026 · 7 min · Nathalia Korth