Historic Houston Main Building Demolition - 1/8/2012

**Alundil** · 01-09-12, 09:32 AM

This is was a block from my office. Took place at about 11:15AM yesterday. Was very cool to see and very well done (cause those buildings next to it are very very close to it.

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**SpecOpsScott** · 01-09-12, 09:37 AM

VERY well done indeed. I love seeing the work of true professionals.

**roadhog0** · 01-09-12, 10:11 AM

Very well done! "Sorry about the dust on your car" :P

**Alundil** · 01-09-12, 11:39 AM

All major roads were reopened just after 1:00 p.m. and the Texas Medical Center reopened Garage 2 shortly after 3:00 p.m. Representatives inspected their areas in Mays Clinic and the Duncan Building to find all business units, including the Data Center and outpatient surgery, unaffected and ready for business this morning.

Over the next several weeks, contractors will remove more than 4,000 dump truck loads of debris. Once the site is cleared, it will be converted to a park-like setting and the statue "Wave of Life" will return to its original home.

There are two large and active datacenters in both buildings adjacent to the demolished building. Those datacenters remained fully operational throughout. Pretty awesome stuff.

**SmokenScion** · 01-09-12, 06:28 PM

**VinDeagle** · 01-11-12, 02:57 PM

Pretty cool vid of the demo. Can someone explain why you hear some explosions, a pause, more explosions and then see the building start to collapse.

**Alundil** · 01-11-12, 03:03 PM

timed charges perhaps? At least I think that would explain them as they needed the bldg to collapse in a very percise manner and direction otherwise there would've been hundreds of millions of dollars of damage to the surrounding bldgs.