Video – Electric furnace drop…

Two months of preparation leads to five seconds of textbook demolition.

On a day in which we brought you the potential pitfalls of explosive demolition, it is pleasing to report on an alternative method which, with sufficient planning and preparation, can get the job done smoothly and safely.

The following video was kindly sent to us by reader Michael Ramun of Exodus International from Youngstown, Ohio which caried out the impressive demolition of the old electric furnace at RG Steel Warren, Ohio.