2018/09/21

Summary of "4 Ways to Demolish a Building" draft 1

In the article, “4 Ways to Demolish a Building,” Juan Rodriguez (2018) has stated that ways to demolish a building depends on the area, material, purpose of demolition and dispose of debris. The author implies that implosion method suitable for large scale building, by destroy the main beam using explosive. The explosive placement, and order of demolition is important. He further suggests for safety detailed study of the structure drawings is needed. The author stated that high reach arm method suitable for building more than 20 meters high. This method safer compare to wrecking ball. Involved removal of inter connection beams. The author stated that an expert need to control the heavy metal ball as equipment load, and space are critical for demolition. The author mention that this method emits dust, vibration and noise. The author stated that selective demolition is suitable for reuse of materials. He explains that this can reduce the capital of the project. High labor and time are needed for selection of reuse materials.

1 comment:

  1. Citation was done well, but there is room for improvement on the language used. Most of the main points were covered, but can be improved with a better language used to coney the information more accurately.

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Revised Summary of “4 Ways to Demolish a Building” and Reader Response draft 3

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