Legislative Services Demolition (Part 2)

[@lissacope2572]

love these videos. at 58 minutes the guy seems to be a faster, more aggressive operator !!!!!

[@andygrundberg8670]

Aggressive yes, separation no

[@arthureverett8220]

Looks like it was a very sturdy building at the time. They had to use I-beam cutters to dismantle it. I hope most of it was recycled and not choking our landfills which are becoming scarce When they tore down Shea Stadium they recycled all the steel.asphalt mortar.cement blocks and bleacher seats. The seats went for big money for the collectors who purchased them

[@andygrundberg8670]

Hey John, I bet the other smaller machine operators loved cleaning up that concrete lol

[@davidpaul689]

Hey John love your videos. Do you know when this building was built?

[@JohnZWetmore]

The 1970s, but designed to blend in with the historic buildings around it.

[@gammock4026]

Interesting, John, that the building dated from the 1970's. In the UK that style would probably be called neo Queen Anne. I did wonder when I saw the reinforced concrete frame and that the actual bricks were only a skin that the building was probably not early 20th Century as I had suggested in a previous comment. I don't suppose as much care will be taken to make the replacement buildings fit in! Do you have slate in the US? - I know that Welsh slate is sold around the world. Just thinking of the waste of resources and the man hours taken to quarry and fashion the slates just for them to be smashed.

[@JohnZWetmore]

There are slate deposits in the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern US. Historically, there have been quarries in places like Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, and Vermont. However, roofing slate production in the US peaked prior to WW1, and declined dramatically prior to WW2. Roofing slate production in the US is currently only a few percent of what it was at its peak.

[@laurencecope7083]

The mortar for the brick sections was very weak and no ties between inner and outer skins.

[@PeterMackett]

The chimneys were false, nothing underneath the top bits!, i wouldn't want the job of sorting out the metal from the rest!

[@yreyeyreyr]

Hi John, I really appreciate these videos, you're doing great. Love your work. Please keep filming. Ahh.. umm.. these are like crack to me.

[@JohnZWetmore]

Thanks.

[@andyhughes5885]

Did you pass the filming onto someone else this time John ? The constant zooming in and out and moving the camera around is not your usual high quality this time.

[@JohnZWetmore]

I filmed it, so I take the credit and the blame for everything you see.

[@arthureverett8220]

Lots of scrappidy scrap to be recycled

[@ralphbennett2490]

This first operator is the most unfocused person ever.

[@KlausBlankenhagel]

viel staub, ansonsten schwache kuer..

[@inescividanes2403]

Esse operador é muito ruim. Precisa de reciclagem.