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Sheraton hotel Implosion
May 8, 2006
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It was easy to forecast. With very few exceptions, there is a fairly long lag time between when the project is bid and when it is shot. There is as you can imagine, a lot of coordination and if it is a steel structure it takes a couple of weeks to get the shaped charges made up. You have to work at a minimum about 6 months ahead of yourself in order to keep the pipeline full. I am looking at 2 jobs now that aren't going to happen until 2008!

May 8, 2006
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Very nice shot indeed.

Robert, you said it was going to be the year of the implosions, you weren't kinding.

May 7, 2006
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32 that I know of. A lot of the industrial jobs you never hear about. I am counting the bridges as 1 structure. Some people would count a bridge as 32 different structures (10 spans+20 piers+2 abutments) but I am not.Here are the current totals but I could be a little low.

US-32
Canada-6
UK-15
Germany-7
Spain-4
Mexico-1
Italy-5
China -11
Bahrain-1
Saudi Arabia-1
Iraq-2
Russia-2
Offshore-9

May 7, 2006
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Nice. Robert, where does that put the number of implosions done this year in the US?

May 7, 2006
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:) Video of the Implosion, looked like a nice shot!

http://www.wral.com/news/91717.....tail.html#

May 6, 2006
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How was the shot? WHo got to do it?

May 6, 2006
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May 6, 2006
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May 5, 2006
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Here's a little bit more info.

http://www.nbc17.com/news/9169.....etail.html

May 5, 2006
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Thanks for the update, looks like it's going to be a busy weekend!

May 5, 2006
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Thanks for the update, Robert. He just called me to tell me he picked up his passes yesterday. I wish I had the time to go up, but the summer rush has started early for me. :D

May 5, 2006
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Bud,
Tell your Pop it's this Sunday at 7:30 A.M.

April 28, 2006
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My pop was by the building today, he said they are ready to go. He said he was going to go up and see the shot before he went to church Sunday.:)

April 28, 2006
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And there is going to be at least one maybe two more this year.

April 27, 2006
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Raleigh is a happening place right now, won't this be the 3rd implosion in that city this year?

April 27, 2006
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It looks like the Shearaton Hotel in Raleigh is going to be imploded soon.

http://www.wral.com/news/88625.....etail.html

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