Deconstruction of Deutsche Bank Bldg. (Anime)

[m057miros]

As of February 2011, the Deutsche Bank Building demolition work has been completed, and work on Tower 5 has begun.

[onepice11]

i work at the bank deconstructing it down to the 12th floor

[dickmoe99]

@onepice11

Im kinda curious, could you maybe answer this question? Why is it being taken apart so slowly? Wouldnt it just be much easier and cheaper to just blow it up?

[onepice11]

@dickmoe99 yes it would but it is illegal to use explosive demolition in nyc so they have to cut each piece of steel and bring it down by craine. and also if they could do that nyc carpenters, laborers, rigging unions wouldnt be the best in the country

[Measton42]

@dickmoe99 explosives bring everything down in a big messy pile. This way everything is sorted as you go for ease of recycling. In addition when you use explosives you have to shut down an area several blocks in size. Which would include wall st and the like and frankly that would never happen. But dont forget explosives are not fast. The building comes down fast, but the site prep and clearing takes just as long.

[TetraLiteProductions]

@Measton42 In a controlled demolition, the large steel support columns are cut with charges to lengths suitable for hauling away on trucks. It looks messy, but it is much more efficient and costs much, much less. Permits to demolish the twin towers were denied because it would blow asbestos all over Manhattan (which is what eventually happened).

[TetraLiteProductions]

Also, Larry Silverstein, who bought the 99-year lease on the twin towers a few months before 9/11 made out like a bandit ($4.6 billion!) with his highly unusual insurance clause covering terrorist attacks and a new contract to rebuild. And the insurance company raised its rates by 2000% It would have cost billions to take down the twin towers a piece at a time - estimates range from $5 billion to $15 billion! WTC7 was obviously controlled demo job - just look at the videos.

[cancanbiker]

hell just fly a plane up top.

[Ultimabestrenght]

Deconstruction to resume November 2,2009.

[Airnautilus]

I was on this building on the 38th floor (top) in July 2000. My cousin used to work as an elctrician there and he took me once overe there. I will never forget!!

[HardyBoyFan101]

Nope, it was completed a month ago.

[nycfireguy]

that deathtrap should have been gone years ago.. LMDC a!!Holes and the Greedy money hungry J.O.s down there.

[jastat]

Looks like taking it down is harder than putting it up in the first place...

[Bowerylotus]

This is very helpful in understanding the complexity of bringing this building down. It is helping me understand the fire that happened yesterdayy.

[geminiwoe]

I wonder has this ever been done before on this scale..

[diehard99]

KICK ASS VIDEO!