My company is imploding a building this sunday.

**••SpraynPray••** · September 25th, 2009, 12:37 PM

The local news station is doin a story on it!

http://www.azcentral.com/community/phoenix/

If the big bang theory works, an old high-rise in midtown Phoenix will come crashing down Sunday without damage to other nearby businesses and residences.

Crews with Advanced Explosives Demolition are strapping in more than 150 pounds of explosives to the old steel structure that once served as the Mountain Bell building at 3rd Street and Earll.

Demolition expert Eric Kelly said gravity and explosives will work together in bringing the structure down

The demolition will be part of a TLC Channel reality show and that has neighbors concerned.

Nearby resident Cynthia Gonzalez said they're afraid the building is being demolished in such a way to make good TV, not for the safety of neighbors.

Kelly says if things go according to plan, there will be a bang and a little dust, but the old building will tumble down harmlessly.

**US Militiaman** · September 25th, 2009, 12:50 PM

That looks pretty cool!

How exactly does one get into explosive demolition, specifically on the engineering side of it?

**••SpraynPray••** · September 25th, 2009, 01:57 PM

Originally Posted by US Militiaman

That looks pretty cool!

How exactly does one get into explosive demolition, specifically on the engineering side of it?

I honestly dont know, we hired a subcontractor to plant the charges and all that jazz.

Our company has been on and off the site for more than two years, the owner of the building has failed to pay us several times. So we decided to blow his buildng up =D lol. (kidding about just blowing it up ofc) its been in the works and has been on the back burner for the last few months. As soon as we got the funding we went forward.