PONTIAC SILVERDOME DEMOLISHED ON 2ND ATTEMPT

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The second attempt at a partial implosion of the Pontiac Silverdome was a success just after 4 p.m. on Monday, more than a day after the first attempt was a failure. According to Adamo, the demolition company tasked with the implosion, eight charges disconnected -- preventing the fall of the Silverdome on Sunday morning. "We had a lot of difficulty getting people out of here the other night...we don't know if someone accidentally pulled the wire off. We don't know, we're still researching that," said Adamo Executive Vice President Rick Cuppetilli. Monday's explosion seemed to be much larger, and sent the upper level of the Silverdome crumbling to the ground.

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GREAT VIDEO FROM DETROIT FREE PRESS

FINALLY!! THE SILVERDOME TO BEGIN DEMOLITION DEC 3 !!

WHERE TO WATCH THE DEMOLITION

Finally! The demolition of the old Silverdome is almost here! Read this great article from Crain's about it.

The decaying Pontiac Silverdome, former home of the Detroit Lions and pain in the neck building where I used to do shows, will also be destroyed by a controlled explosion — in part.

But whether a structure is demolished over the course of weeks or months, or in just a matter of seconds or minutes, depends on a variety of factors.

The most critical is what surrounds the targeted building, said Rick Cuppetilli, executive vice president of Detroit-based demolition contractor Adamo Group Inc., which is razing the Silverdome starting Dec. 3 with a minor implosion of the stadium's upper ring.

Materials:

• Pounds of dynamite to be used: 300.
• Structural steel to be recycled: 1,700 tons.
• Rebar to be recycled: 1,800 tons.

READ FULL ARTICLE ON CRAIN'S 

THE DEMOLITION OF THE BUDD WHEEL PLANT!

Photo by Chad Livengood/Crain's Detroit Business

Moroun-owned Crown Enterprises is imploding 300,000 square feet (the hollowed out building space pictured here) of a 2.1 million-square-foot factory on Detroit's east side Saturday.

LIBERTY MOTORS STORY

Part of the former Budd Wheel complex in Detroit, which is very close to Chrysler’s Mack Avenue and Jefferson North plants, is slated to be demolished this morning (June 24). The former owner of Liberty Motors was a proud naturalized American and he built a copy of the Independence Hall out front. That was demolished the first of this year.

Today they are demolishing the 3 story old part which still has Connor Creek running underneath the building. Rumor has it that Chrysler will be building a plant on this site.

WATCH THE CONTROLLED DEMO VIDEO HERE