Nice implosion job? Looks can be deceiving. After years of being exposed to the salty, sea air, this building was "funky." That coupled with two failed columns on the ground floor, held up that one bay. I'm not making any excuses, just stating what really happened.

Our client, Vaccaro Enterprises, had the structure completely flat within no time at all.

Looks to me like rear column row 6 charges fired but didn't cut or the kicker didn't fire. RDZ any input? I'd have to say it looks much better after than before, and the town got the media attention it was after.

http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.d.....00438/1004

Here is a homemade video from this mornings shot

Implosion is Saturday

Some facts and figures about plans for the implosion:

-3 million: pounds per square inch of pressure exerted by plastic explosives.

-8,000: tons of steel contained in structure.

-1,000: safety perimeter, in feet, to be cordoned off to protect spectators.

-130: locations within the 12-story steel skeleton where explosives will be placed.

-91: pounds of explosives

Yes.

Other than a few pre-cast concrete panels on the outside, the structure is nothing but steel, they only poured concrete on the two lower floors. Everything above the second level is rotted out metal decking.

`Cause tramps like us, baby we were born to run "

This ones only an hour away, I may run up and shoot some video of that one.