Demolition Lab by SmartLab
This is a game by SmartLabToys.com called Demolition Lab. The basic idea is to build a building and then demo it! There are three different sets available. T...
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DANIA BEACH
The gradual process of bringing down a hotel and parking garage next to a busy highway and airport began Tuesday with the swift yank of a palm tree.
A demolition crew braved the chilly temperature early Tuesday morning and began clearing the way for the new runway expansion project at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.
The old Airport Hilton, built in the mid-80s, is located smack dab in an area that will serve as a protection zone for the "worst-case scenario involving an aircraft," officials said.
Once completed, the area being worked on will feature a large field of grass that runs along the runway and three towers operated by the Federal Aviation Administration.
"Today is a symbol of what's to come as we make way for the expansion," said Broward County Aviation spokesman Greg Meyer.
Using the steel jaws of an excavator, crews with The BG Group LLC began their work on Tuesday by leveling the trees and shrubbery before moving on to the two-story parking garage located just north of the hotel.
Despite the demolition, guests are still being welcomed at the hotel until April. That's when crews will train their earth-moving machinery on the eight-story hotel that is prominently visible from the highway.
Until the hotel demolition begins, officials are leaving an abandoned two-story building between the hotel and the garage to serve as a noise buffer for guests.
Sitting outside on a bench along the driveway while having a smoke, business traveler Diane Simpson, of Jackson, Tenn., said she barely noticed the activity nearby.
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There were a few mutters of ''about time'' from onlookers as an excavator took a day yesterday to demolish two historic Dunedin buildings that had stood partially collapsed in Rattray St for three years.
Consent to demolish the buildings was given a few months after the roof of the 138-year-old Barrons Building collapsed in January 2011, but demolition was delayed until yesterday, although the reason for the delay is unclear.
Barrons Building owner Lincoln Darling has previously declined to explain the delay, and when asked last month about a road closure notice in place for yesterday, said the building was coming down in February.
Starting the most visible part of the demolition just after 10am, a specialised high-reach demolition tracked excavator had brought the Barrons Building and its neighbour the N. and E. S. Patterson Building to the ground before noon.
Lund South had originally been involved in the demolition, but it was a Christchurch company, Southern Demolition, which finally carried out what business owner Alan Edge described as a ''very tricky'' operation, given the buildings' fragile states and their proximity to other buildings.
The excavator was brought from the Carisbrook site and would return there for work on demolishing the corporate stand, Mr Edge said.
The Rattray St site is to become an extension of the car park behind it.
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Sandy Springs took another step toward creating a new downtown Monday when it began demolishing an old department store.
The former Target store off Roswell Road is at the heart of Sandy Springs proposed city center, which would include a mix of office, retail and residential development, plus a new City Hall and other features.
City Communications Director Sharon Kraun said the demolition is expected to take up to six weeks.
The demolition is the latest milestone for Sandy Springs, a north Fulton County city of nearly 100,000 people. City residents fought for decades to incorporate so they could control zoning and quality of life in the community.
Since winning that battle and incorporating eight years ago, Sandy Springs has fought to create a distinct identity out of its mix of expensive homes, apartments, office parks and strip malls. Supporters say the $100 million plan to redevelop Roswell Road and create a new downtown will be a key element of Sandy Springs identity.
The plan would create a walkable city center complete with commercial, retail, recreational and cultural facilities. The city has spent millions of dollars in recent years to buy property for the project, including $8 million for the former Target.
Kraun said there is no specific timetable to finish the project. She said Sandy Springs is still in the process of choosing a master developer to help with the city center.
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LIVINGSTON The demolition of the historic Court Theater will be postponed a week because of a setback with required equipment, according to city leaders.
The demolition, set to begin today, will begin Jan. 14, said Livingston City Manager Jose Ramirez.
Ramirez said the demolition company is waiting for the arrival of some equipment, which could take another week.
The City Council last year voted to enter into a demolition agreement with Jim Brisco Enterprises Inc., a Merced-based general contractor.
The landmark theater was built in 1945, but the building has been vacant since it closed in 1977, officials said. The city bought it in 2001 for $120,000 and once planned to restore the building.
Livingston Mayor Pro Tem Gurpal Samra was a councilman when the city bought the theater and said he was a strong supporter of renovating it, but realized three years ago it would no longer be possible.
Repairs were estimated at $6 million to $7 million and Livingston faces a $150,000 shortfall in its proposed budget.
Its a really sad thing to see it go, said Samra, who has lived in Livingston since 1970. But unfortunately, when youre laying people off and putting them on furlough you have to make some decisions. Whats better for the city in the long run? Id rather see public safety and parks be given first priority.
City officials took steps last week to save a few of the theaters iconic features the marquee, the sign and the ticket booth.
The demolition will take about a week, using a large excavator to knock down the theater piece by piece. The empty downtown site will then be filled with soil.
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Neighbors rejoiced Monday as a demolition crew the town hired started tearing down a vacant house that had partially collapsed onto a neighboring home.
Building Commissioner Michael Tusino said the family that owns the home at 1 Newton Park Road abandoned it and has refused to take responsibility. The town even tried unsuccessfully to get a court order in recent months for the owners to step up.
The owner of record told the magistrate he didnt own it, "and everybody was kind of pointing the finger my cousin owns it, my sister owns it, my brother owns it," Tusino said.
"Once it started collapsing, it became a public safety issue," Tusino said.
At that point, the town stepped in and hired the demolition crew, he said.
The job is complicated by the fact the home is wedged tightly between two other houses. With no access to the backyard, the crew from Maximum Emergency Services planned to take the house down by hand, from the roof down.
Workers used saws and ripped away pieces of the home by hand on Monday, carrying debris to Dumpsters and using shovels to toss out loads of junk.
Bernard Le Blanc, who lives next door, said the house partially collapsed against his during the snowstorm. He is waiting for a damage estimate from his insurance company, but was glad to see demolition crews.
"Its going to be done finally thank God," said Le Blanc, who moved into the neighborhood in 1980.
The eyesore next door had been empty for at least 15 years before that, he said.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - The Federal Emergency Management Agency will not reimburse the city of Cedar Rapids an estimated $6.5 million for part of the cost to remove and dispose of material from the former flood-damaged Sinclair meatpacking plant south of downtown.
FEMAs decision comes with a fault-finding explanation.
The agency concluded that it could not determine the reasonableness of the cost reimbursement sought by the city because the city made an "intentionally inaccurate representation" of the scope of the demolition work when it sought bids for the project, according to FEMAs written ruling to the state of Iowa and the city.
The agencys analysis suggests that the city lessened its estimate of the projects scope from 100,000 tons to 65,000 tons of demolition debris, which "may have influenced" the number of firms that would compete for the work. In the end, the project doubled in size without new, competitive bids as the project grew, the FEMA analysis states.
The latest denial comes from the federal agencys headquarters in Washington, D.C., and it is a denial of the citys second appeal on the Sinclair cost reimbursement issue. FEMAs regional office denied a first appeal nearly two years ago.
City Manager Jeff Pomeranz, and Joe OHern, the citys executive administrator for development services, on Monday called FEMAs new decision a final one.
"Theres nowhere else to go," Pomeranz said.
OHern said the city also continues to contest a different FEMA decision tied to the Sinclair plant that would deny the city another $3.5 million in reimbursement for damage at the Sinclair plant because of a private insurance award the city received from a fire that hit the plant after it was flooded. The city is still involved in its first appeal of the matter related to fire insurance, OHern said.
Both Pomeranz and OHern said they were "disappointed" with the new FEMA ruling.
Neither was with the city at the time that the Sinclair work was bid, but Pomeranz said he had confidence that the city acted in an "upfront, forthright manner."
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DANIA BEACH (CBSMiami) Demolition got underway Tuesday of the two story parking garage at the Airport Hilton in Dania Beach.
The garage and the hotel itself have to go to make way for a new runway at Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.
Airport officials considered using explosives to knock down the 400 room eight story hotel at Griffin Road and I-95 in Dania Beach but the Federal Aviation Administration nixed that idea, according to the Sun-Sentinel, because it is too close to Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood Internationals runways and I-95.
Even though the parking garage is coming down, the three decades old hotel will remain open until early April. Crews will then take it down bit by bit. It is scheduled to be completely razed by early June.
It was determined that the garage and hotel had to go because they posed a potential hazard to planes which will use the new eight-thousand foot long south runway which is scheduled to open in September.
The new runway is expected to ease air traffic delays.
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Kaley Cuoco clearly did not want a traditional wedding.
Not only did the Big Bang Theory star ditch the white dress and go for a pink Vera Wang gown for her New Years Eve nuptials to Ryan Sweeting, but she also decided to turn her wedding cake upside down too.
TY to #thebutterend for creating our magical chandelier cake. Literally hanging above us. EPIC, Cuoco wrote on Instagram, alongside a photo of the six-tiered cake dangling from a chandelier behind the newlyweds.
The cake was created by Kimberly Bailey, owner of The Butter End Cakery in Santa Monica, Calif., who cancelled her holiday vacation to Australia to produce the over-the-top creation.
When Kaley told me there were going to be chandeliers all over the place, I had a vision, Bailey told TODAY.com. Originally she thought of putting the cake on top of the chandelier, but later began thinking about the cake acting as an extension of the chandelier below.
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I told Kaley what I was thinking and she kind of lost her mind, Bailey said. It was one of those times where you say something, then think What did I just do?
To construct the cake, Bailey ran a pole through the center which attached to the chandelier, and added planks to each tier to keep them from pressing against each other. She then attached sandbags to the chandelier to help it hold the weight of the cake.
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