196.VIKING BOER – RESOURCES – World Record Tower Demolition

196.VIKING BOER – RESOURCES – World Record Tower Demolition

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World Record Tower Demolition: 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 superstructure 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.
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