“It was louder than I expected” says project manager as judicial building falls.
Explosives reduced the old Colorado Judicial Building to rubble. Some parents saw this as a rare spectacle to share with their children. “I figure [my daughter] is at the stage where she likes to knock things down. She’s going to enjoy this after it scares her!” parent Tony Schwietzer said.
Some have a curious fascination that keeps them wanting to watch the tumbling of a building over and over again. If you blinked during the demolition, you missed it. However most of downtown heard its roar.
As for the after shock, those in the downtown area who didn’t know it was coming seemed to experience the most shock. One viewer wrote to 9NEWS saying, “Explosion! At 8:00 today, there was a large boom, and a concussion wave that hit the second after.”
The sound was even startling to those who planned the demolition.
“Well, it was a little louder than I thought, but it went as planned,” Project Manager Bill Mosher with Trammell Crow Company said. He says it was time for the building to come down. “[Buildings back then] just weren’t very well constructed; lots of leakage issues, water issues, lack of quality materials,” Mosher said of the 33-year-old building.
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