Building Demolition Technology??

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3 total messages Started by endacott Wed, 22 Jul 1992 03:52

#44

Author: endacott
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 03:52

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Our Director of Support Services poses an interesting question.  I
would appreciate any information related to improved technology for
building demolition or leads to any research in process dedicated to
this subject. I will summarize any direct mail back to the list.

If we can disolve gall stones in a quiet fashion, without destroying
"neighboring" tissue, perhaps we could disolve concrete/mortar/steel
with this same or similar technology and just "flush unwanted
buildings right down the drain!"  No fuss, muss, or noise pollution!!

Any related information will be appreciated. . . . Phil---

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To:         PHIL
From:       CO/RO
Date:       16 Jul 92 09:38:14 GMT+O700

Phil, I would like you to send out an inquiry soliciting input from
other institutions regarding the availability of alternative
demolition procedures to the mess causing jackhammer, air compressor
and concrete saw. As you so well know, the renovation projects on the
campuses are numerous and will continue to grow in numbers with
changes in our research and instructional programs.  The combination
of dust, noise and worker protection associated with current
demolition methods is very disruptive and annoying to "neighbors" to
the project.

    How are other institutions handling this dilemma? Are other
procedures such as ultra high pressure water being sucessfully used?

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Re: Building Demolition Technology??

#45

Author: James Connor
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 02:03

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endacott@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:

|Our Director of Support Services poses an interesting question.  I
|would appreciate any information related to improved technology for
|building demolition or leads to any research in process dedicated to
|this subject. I will summarize any direct mail back to the list.

|If we can disolve gall stones in a quiet fashion, without destroying
|"neighboring" tissue, perhaps we could disolve concrete/mortar/steel
|with this same or similar technology and just "flush unwanted
|buildings right down the drain!"  No fuss, muss, or noise pollution!!

|Any related information will be appreciated. . . . Phil---

 The 'gall stone' allusion gives me an idea...why not use some form of 
 ultra/infrasound to do the job...there are numerous quasi-scientific
 (and pseudo-scientific) books that purport to describe such technology,
 what does the orthodox physics community think ??


jcr

Re: Building Demolition Technology??

#46

Author: John Nagle
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 06:04

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endacott@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:

>Our Director of Support Services poses an interesting question.  I
>would appreciate any information related to improved technology for
>building demolition or leads to any research in process dedicated to
>this subject. I will summarize any direct mail back to the list.

       Controlled Demolition, Inc. is the leader in explosive demolition
of buildings.  They don't "blow up" buildings; they use explosives to
cut structural members in sequence so that the building collapses in a 
predictable way.  

					John Nagle

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