Explosives demolish building at the former Kimberly-Clark Australia Tantanoola Pulp Mill plant.
Around 24kg of high explosives were used to demolish the Tantanoola Pulp Mill’s recovery boiler on Friday.
After six months of planning, the 1,000 tonnes of structural steel fell to the ground and other material was reduced to rubble in just a few seconds at 10am.
Safety was paramount throughout the procedure, according to Kimberly-Clark Australia Millicent Mill manager Scott Whicker. The use of explosives to bring the structure to ground level was chosen as a result of safety issues, Mr Whicker said. “The high explosives took out the legs of the building – the building had been totally stripped of all other materials other than steel,” he said. The 1000 tonnes of structural steel is going to take a little while to get rid of, but the intent is still to have the site clear by the end of the year.”
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