Jeff Spencer
12-14-2009, 05:16 PM
Diesel for 700-mile round trip.....$110.00
Cheesy hotel room for 1 night....$40.00
1,500 pounds of high explosive shaped charges and 3 miles of det cord to bring down a 31-story building in less than 10 seconds...........priceless.
The Ocean Tower was the tallest reinforced concrete structure south of San Antonio, TX, at least until the foundation failed shortly after top-out. This caused the top of the building to lean out over its base by over 14 feet. The building was not completed, with construction halted last year. Deposits on condo units started at $150,000 -- the developer had to refund them all. The implosion was done by CDI engineering, the ones that took down the Seattle Kingdome. Talking to people who worked on the project, the geotech engineer specified piling depth of 95 feet, just like he had on all his other projects. Problem is, the weight of the structure, calculated later during repair attempts, indicated that the pilings should have been driven to about 200 feet. The building is gone as of yesterday, but the lawsuits continue.
NOTE: There is some mild profanity on the video. My teenage son was in charge of filming and got somewhat carried away.
Jeff
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX2gSlVgGvQ
Cheesy hotel room for 1 night....$40.00
1,500 pounds of high explosive shaped charges and 3 miles of det cord to bring down a 31-story building in less than 10 seconds...........priceless.
The Ocean Tower was the tallest reinforced concrete structure south of San Antonio, TX, at least until the foundation failed shortly after top-out. This caused the top of the building to lean out over its base by over 14 feet. The building was not completed, with construction halted last year. Deposits on condo units started at $150,000 -- the developer had to refund them all. The implosion was done by CDI engineering, the ones that took down the Seattle Kingdome. Talking to people who worked on the project, the geotech engineer specified piling depth of 95 feet, just like he had on all his other projects. Problem is, the weight of the structure, calculated later during repair attempts, indicated that the pilings should have been driven to about 200 feet. The building is gone as of yesterday, but the lawsuits continue.
NOTE: There is some mild profanity on the video. My teenage son was in charge of filming and got somewhat carried away.
Jeff
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX2gSlVgGvQ