The next few weeks will be a busy time for implosion junkies.
There are times – reading Stephen King, during the Superbowl, while watching Man vs Food – when I would dearly love to leave rainy ol’ Blighty to throw myself upon the mercy of the Land of the Free, Home of the Brave. And I am expecting to experience that longing even more over the next few weeks as implosions are scheduled for Cedar Rapids and Maine.
This Saturday, July 30 at 7:00 a.m., City contractors will implode the First Avenue Parking Ramp located at 216 1st Avenue NE. The implosion is expected to take nine seconds to complete. The implosion is taking place in preparation for the construction of the new Cedar Rapids Convention Complex. Contractors hired by the City of Cedar Rapids have been demolishing four structures near the U.S. Cellular Center arena since April.
Then on 13 August, the central heat plant at the former Loring Air Force Base is expected to be imploded to clear space for industrial expansion and growth, according to a press release from the company that will do the work.
“This is the company’s biggest demolition project, and I believe the biggest implosion ever in the state of Maine,” said Steve Milley, founder, president and owner of Engineered Products Company Inc., in the press release. The Portland company specializes in commercial and industrial demolition.
You can read more on the Cedar Rapid story here; and more on the Maine story here.
