Hello, my name is Kyle. I am a Senior in high school and it is a graduation requirement to do a large project about any topic that I am interested in. I have chosen to do my project about demolition. My biggest worry for this project is the physical project requirement. I thought that the best physical project for this topic would be to create scale models of a 20-story building out of balsa wood and create small implosions that I could destroy on my presentation day. I found this forum during my research for model making and information on implosions and I was hoping that someone could point me in the right direction for information that would be helpful.

I also need to find books and recent magazine/newspaper articles about demolition. One book that I found on Amazon.com is called Rubble:unearthing a history of demolition. Does anyone have any other good books or resources that could help me with my research paper?

Don't worry, the deadline for all of this isn't for a few months, I am just trying to get a head start. Any help is appreciated.

I am not doing this project just for an excuse to blow stuff up; I will be going to NC State next year to major in engineering, so I am genuinely interested in construction and demolition. This project may help me decide what I want to study and my career path for the future.