Implosion

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Author Message Ron Beard CCS Senior Member Username: rm_beard_ccs Post Number: 363 Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Tuesday, December 07, 2010 - 01:41 pm:    As specifiers, we traditionally build things but sometimes it is really cool to unbuild something as shown in attached clip. Of course, occasionally one runs across some architects "master piece" that needs to receive the same results. <g> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ng5qwtR59A&feature=related "Fast is good, but accurate is better." .............Wyatt Earp Robert W. Johnson Senior Member Username: robert_w_johnson Post Number: 114 Registered: 03-2009 Posted on Tuesday, December 07, 2010 - 02:33 pm:    Looks like a Controlled Demolition Inc. (CDI) job - Loizeaux brothers and one sister located in Baltimore area - they have been doing that sort of controlled implosion for many years all around the world for all sorts of structures - they have to carefully set the all the explosives in exact locations and then time all the explosions in avery exact manner - they can then have the structure fall in any direction(s) or inward as desired. Quite a science and an art. Googling to find them now would indicate others are now as capable as CDI in this type of demolition. They did this for some public housing high-rises in Baltimore on a project of mine back in the early 90's. 3-4 huge buildings all came down in a few seconds - there was a huge crowd celebrating the demise of this type of public housing. In that case implosion was used more for the impact of the immediate demolition then it as for controlling where the structures fell. We had a party afterwards that the Loizeaux brothers came to - got to spend some time with them - real outgoing characters - lot of fun. PS - We constructed a low rise pubic housing community in its place. Last time I was in Baltimore a few years ago, I walked through the community - still looked good like a pleasant community, everything was being kept up, etc. Type of project that makes you feel good - allow people to move out of some ugly high-rises with a lot of bad activity in them into a livable community. J. Peter Jordan (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted on Tuesday, December 07, 2010 - 02:30 pm:    Any information on the building being demolished (looks like a vintage '60s design) or the location? Steve Gantner, CSI, CCS, CCCA Senior Member Username: sgantner Post Number: 31 Registered: 08-2007 Posted on Tuesday, December 07, 2010 - 02:44 pm:    Now that would be a fun job to have. Assuming you could put aside your fear of causing a domino type catastrophy. Which would keep me up at nights. (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted on Tuesday, December 07, 2010 - 03:07 pm:    It was the Landmark Tower, formerly Continental National Bank & The Texas Building located in downtown Fort Worth, TX. Check out this link for more information: http://www.fortwortharchitecture.com/landmark.htm Anne Whitacre, FCSI CCS Senior Member Username: awhitacre Post Number: 1074 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Tuesday, December 07, 2010 - 05:44 pm:    Its one thing to implode an old athletic stadium that is surrounded by acres of parking lots; but to implode a high rise building that is separated from other buildings only by the width of a street -- that's just really fantastic. Tim Werbstein, AIA, CSI, CCS Senior Member Username: tim_werbstein Post Number: 31 Registered: 09-2006 Posted on Wednesday, December 08, 2010 - 08:16 am:    This is the most amazing demolition footage I have ever seen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjNhseQ7GfU&feature=related The building, in Cankiri, Turkey, was built in 1928 and demolished about August 2009 to make way for a shopping mall. They don't build them like that any more! Ron Beard CCS Senior Member Username: rm_beard_ccs Post Number: 364 Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Thursday, December 09, 2010 - 09:17 am:    Hey, Tim! That is really cool also. Looks like my sons Lego project. "Fast is good, but accurate is better." .............Wyatt Earp Ellis C. Whitby, AIA, PE, CSI, LEED® AP Senior Member Username: ecwhitby Post Number: 75 Registered: 03-2003 Posted on Thursday, December 09, 2010 - 09:36 am:    The demolition of the building in Turkey is interesting. That building was built like a bunker, with solid concrete walls, and almost no exterior openings (doors or windows). In some respects it is even more interesting to read the comments about it: Obviously most commenter’s know noting about construction or demolition. The number of conspiracy theory comments or how building construction is worse “now” versus “then” is striking. John Bunzick, CCS, CCCA, LEED AP Senior Member Username: bunzick Post Number: 1281 Registered: 03-2002 Posted on Thursday, December 09, 2010 - 03:29 pm:    A building was imploded in downtown Boston a couple of decades ago in similar circumstances. It was on a tight city block, immediately adjacent to the old elevated "Central Artery" (since replaced with a tunnel in the "Big Dig" project). As far as I know, the only damage was only a couple of broken windows. You can find anything on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oXoKEfh9Ew The most interesting thing in this video is the fashions. Yikes! Russ Hinkle, AIA, CDT, LEED AP Senior Member Username: rhinkle Post Number: 82 Registered: 02-2006 Posted on Thursday, December 09, 2010 - 03:56 pm:    The demolition of the Hudsons building in Detroit in 1998 damaged the famed people mover such that it was closed for 2 months. oops. Russ Hinkle