Planning Department Demolition, Part 3

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Part 3. Demolition of the old headquarters of the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission at 8787 Georgia Avenue in Silver Spring, Maryland.
The oldest parts of the building were constructed in 1957.
Produced by John Z Wetmore, producer of "Perils For Pedestrians".

[@joemcconnell2674]

Great job recording. This guy doing a great demolish.
In my local city there is this shopping mall built in 1988. I remember the old building being demolished to make way for this shopping mall. But I can't even remember what the building looked like.

[@dimievers5573]

Now that's a demo site the way I like to see it . Active separation of materials. A sorted site . Makes working on it way easier and organized.

[@constructionwatcher5381]

That's an interesting tool they use to extend the reach of the excavator. No doubt a lot cheaper than getting in a high-reach rig. I thought I saw two different ones, on looking homemade. Those guys are very good with them.

[@JohnZWetmore]

They also used it to reach the top level of this building.
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[@constructionwatcher5381]

@@JohnZWetmore I saw it there, but you got some much better shots of it in this episode.

[@dimievers5573]

Well maintained machines . Not a hint of chain squeel or sloppy joints . Very nice Berg

[@pauloconnor2980]

Yet another great video. These guys are real pros!!!

[@BradfordGuy]

@ 1:18:40 Is that considered a strike? Sure looked like a full swing to me!

[@firealarmdiscovery]

Is that a fire alarm in the background? Just had to ask!

[@JohnZWetmore]

There was a trash truck backing up at one point.

[@larrysorenson4789]

Those used brick sell for about $2 each at HD.

[@dimievers5573]

I think they could have used a 3rd excavator. one can mostly do the teardown and stack the materials behind him so the other two can sort . There is a lot of time spend sorting here .it's a slow demo for that reason. Especially with the high amount of metals in this structure

[@johnfoltz8183]

I guess this is being replaced with yuppie sawdust and cardboard apartments set at high rents

[@esnaultregis1380]

Amateur

[@Engineer9736]

Why did they need to demo it? It looked nice and there are a lot older buildings in the world which are still standing fine. Seems wasteful. But it's a fun demo otherwise 🙂 Great crash at 2:18 😁

[@dimievers5573]

It's a government building. As soon as the cost of running it exceeds the benefit it gets brought down . You are right though . There is buildings more deserving of demo then this one . It could easily have been repurposed.

[@davidobrienirl]

As a builder who uses demolition contractors all the time. This is the worst outfit I have seen. Inexperience!!

[@jimmydickson8854]

They really need an excavator with longer reach

[@sydsyd]

Knock them all down!

[@davidroosa4561]

i find this ironic

[@goodcitizen4587]

well, it is planned

[@melmo5218]

Wish I had a proper job.

[@5885ronny]

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