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Building 82 Union Carbide (Merged Thread)
March 30, 2009
8:03 AM
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Very nice shot.

I heard there was a little problem afterward. The bomb squad had to be called out due to an unexploded charge they found in the rubble.

It was discovered by some emergency crews and fire departments on the scene using the rubble to practice search and rescue.

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March 26, 2009
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The University of Charleston will implode Building 82 at 8:56 am, Saturday, March 28.

March 23, 2009
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There is a new little twist to the auction, Chris Belcher, president and owner of Cincinnati-based Pinnacle Environmental, won the eBay auction run by The University of Charleston to blow up the building after placing a winning bid of $5,207.

Belcher, who is a 1987 graduate of UC and a former player on the baseball team, has decided to donate the ticket back to the university and the baseball team, who will sell raffle tickets at $10 a piece to the community.

"I won the auction and I paid for it. And instead of being the one to push the button, I decided to donate the ticket to the baseball program at UC," Belcher said.

The winner of the raffle, who will be announced in a drawing at UC on Friday, will get to pull the switch on Saturday at 8:56 a.m.

Pinnacle is the environmental consulting firm for the Building 82 implosion.

March 23, 2009
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Well it went for a final bid of $5,207. The auction ended on Saturday.

March 17, 2009
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Bidding for the right to push the button to implode Building 82 in South Charleston remains brisk. As of this morning the cost of pushing the button to $2,850.

And NJDial is correct on who is doing the work

March 13, 2009
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O'Rourke Wrecking, based out of Ohio, and Demolition Dynamics out of Tennessee will demolish the building.

March 10, 2009
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Who is the contractor?

March 10, 2009
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The University of Charleston plans to auction off the chance to set off an explosion designed to take down the old Union Carbide headquarters.

UC says bidding on eBay is scheduled to start Wednesday and run through March 20. The implosion is scheduled for March 28.

Dow Chemical donated the 11-story South Charleston building to the university in 2006. President Edwin Welch says UC wants the building razed so it can sell the 6.5-acre site.

We will post a link to the auction when it goes live.

December 12, 2008
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I thought it was set to go on the 11th? Oh well

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