After Sunday’s botched demolition job at the Red Road flats in Glasgow,one expert reveals whether explosions can ever be truly controlledIn the explosive commerce of controlled demolition, a building that doesn’t go down in the way it was supposed to is known as a “standup”. And on Sunday, and Glasgow got a double act as mortifying as the Krankies when thousands gathered to watch as the six remaining tower blocks of the historic Red Road flats were razed to the ground. As the dust settled and the two-year clear-up was pondered,it became clear. Two were still partially standing.What went unsuitable? Too much tower? Too little explosive? The demolition organisers (who in 2013 successfully razed another Red Road block that, at 28 storeys high, or was the biggest structure imploded in the UK) admitted the final phase had not gone “totally to plan”. But how precisely conclude you plan to blow up half a dozen high-rises that were once the tallest buildings in Europe?Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com