the other mike
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An engineering marvel gone horribly wrong deals CDI their strangest challenge yet: demolish a brand new hurricane-proof tower. It’s a shot at a world record – the tallest concrete reinforced building ever to be imploded. Thirty-one stories* high, Ocean Tower’s three massively-reinforced cores boast 30 inches of concrete and rebar. But this robust construction came with a twisted cost – this heavy super structure is sinking into South Padre Island’s soils. The team’s never encountered anything like this: a building on a faulty foundation, perilously close to brand-new residential developments and ecologically fragile dunes. To drop it, they’ll have to push demolition engineering to its limits. It could be a world record – or a world-class disaster.
*In the video they say the building was 33 stories tall.
It's a great documentary, but if you don't watch it all you can skip to the end for some really awesome camera angles of the demolition.
CDI worked on the Alfred P. Murrah Building, Oklahoma City also....
Controlled Demolition, Inc. - Wikipedia.
*In the video they say the building was 33 stories tall.
It's a great documentary, but if you don't watch it all you can skip to the end for some really awesome camera angles of the demolition.
CDI worked on the Alfred P. Murrah Building, Oklahoma City also....
Controlled Demolition, Inc. - Wikipedia.
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