TV coverage of Houston implosion hints at public furore, fails to deliver.
Each and every day, we scour the Internet to bring you the very latest information from the wide world of demolition. And when we see a story that relates to a public outcry over a building implosion, we’re all over it like a bad suit.
But all is not as it seems with this particular story that relates to a Cherry Demolition project in Houston. Although the accompanying video does, at first glance, make it look as though the company dropped a large part of a building very close to a busy road, looks can be deceptive. And when the news reporter speaks to local people, rather than outcry he’s greeted with nothing but positive comments.
Admittedly, if this had happened here in the UK, the Health and Safety Executive would now be buzzing like bees around the proverbial honey pot, regardless of whether traffic control systems were in place.
But to sell a story on the basis of a public outcry and then to deliver an almost entirely positive film seems odd. Even more odd is the fact that the reporter then delves into the “murky past” of Cherry Demolition and comes up with one OSHA fine from two years ago that has now baring on this current project or the methods used.
We’ll leave you to decide on the demolition methods employed but, speaking as a journalist, this video is a very poor example of my chosen field of endeavour.
