Reply #2: it's a "deconstruction," not a demolition.... [View All]

[mike_c]

http://www.lowermanhattan.info/news/animation_details_deutsche_bank_97552.aspx

The video, available for download on the LMDC website, illustrates the process step by step from beginning to end. It documents a preparatory work phase, already underway, that involves the erection of scaffolding and elevator hoists around the exterior, the removal of existing netting around the building, and the installation of new netting. This preparatory phase is scheduled to continue for the next two months.

The next phase depicted in the video, interior abatement, is expected to begin in earnest in early 2006. This phase will include environmental cleaning and removal of all interior surfaces and non-structural elements in the building. It is expected to continue through the end of 2006.

The project's third phase, the actual floor-by-floor deconstruction, will also commence in early 2006. The video helps bring this process to life, showing each step involved, from the breakup of floor slabs to the cutting and lowering of interior beams to the removal of exterior column trees. It also illustrates how a buffer zone and abatement zone will be established beneath each floor as it is deconstructed. During this process, all materials removed from the building will be bagged, rinsed, and bagged a second time. The double-bagged materials will be stored in a sealed-off room until and transported away from the site in sealed trucks using approved routes. Most of the hauling will take place on the west side of Ground Zero. This phase is expected to conclude in spring 2007.

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