Building Demolition with Balloons
Building Demolition with Balloons
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Here is a short video link to the Des Moines Register - http://www.desmoinesregister.com/videos/news/2014/...
After a downtown historic building was destroyed by fire a few months ago (during a major renovation project), the demolition contractor
is using large air bags to control a precarious lone wall still standing and protect adjacent buildings.
A unique way of providing a controlled demo effort.
After a downtown historic building was destroyed by fire a few months ago (during a major renovation project), the demolition contractor
is using large air bags to control a precarious lone wall still standing and protect adjacent buildings.
A unique way of providing a controlled demo effort.
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RE: Building Demolition with Balloons
Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
RE: Building Demolition with Balloons
Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
RE: Building Demolition with Balloons
A pretty cleaver use of the air bags. But, I would guess they should be careful how much pressure they put in the bags, or they might actually push the wall into the demolition space, as interior framing and bracing is removed. And, if one part of the wall did start falling on the bags and toward the adjacent structure, it could have a similar affect of increasing the pressures in the bags and pushing the wall in, at other locations. A few psi is 300lbs./sq.ft.