Building demolition goes wrong

[nigel99 627]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8179857.stm?ls

Quite funny watching a multistory building rolling down the road

Experienced jumper - someone who has made mistakes more often than I have and lived.

[1969912 0]

Holy crap! That's a pretty strong building.

"Once we got to the point where twenty/something's needed a place on the corner that changed the oil in their cars we were doomed . . ."
-NickDG

[shropshire 0]

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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[kbordson 8]

I bet that was ONE HELLUVA mess to clean up!

[DavidB 0]

Uh, Istanbul... We have a problem...

When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.

[mdrejhon 8]

Watching a few demoltion specials on television in the past (Discovery Channel, National Geographic, etc), it appears they forgot to weaken the walls (interior and exterior) in the upper parts of the building, often necessary in controlled demoltions, to prevent these situations.

It looks like they 'wedged' it (creating a wedge hole before demoltion - like axing a tree); to make it tip it over like a tree, expecting the whole thing to crumble when it tipped over 90 degrees. But remained strong enough to roll a whole 180! Seeing a six or seven storey building actually ROLL a 180 degree, over up-side-down, is quite a sight. Close call for the nearby apartment blocks.

[shropshire 0]

They should have painted dots on the building .... like on a die

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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome