One James River Plaza Implosion - DH Griffin Wrecking - Richmond, VA

[@GeekBoyMN]

No matter how many of these I watch I'm always impressed by how a building can be imploded and not damage other buildings close by!

[@jaedubb84]

That's what I was looking at

[@FirstnameLastname-qb2bg]

It fell just like the twin towers.

[@FluffyFerretFarm]

Watch implosion fails.. then you'll see.. lol

[@FluffyFerretFarm]

@@FirstnameLastname-qb2bg not even close.. towers fell from top down.. not bottom down

[@n1k32h]

It’s called gravity!

[@reggielongoria1848]

You couldn't have asked for a better implosion. That building was felled perfectly. 👍❤️💯. Nice going guys. No exterior perimeter damage, whatsoever. That was beautiful.

[@redspain349]

I’m guessing you never watch the twin towers and building 11 implode . Very eerie déjà vu.

[@no.1Swiftie4Trump]

@@redspain349 Right? These guys have all of those degrees & certs but couldn't bring it down as perfectly straight as a couple of hajis w/ minimal flight training (or so the story goes anyway).

[@DownundaThunda]

This is the single most dramatic implosion video I've ever seen... The beginning almost felt like a movie trailer... Like, for real... After the prayer, I was half expecting the deep-voice guy who is on literally every trailer ever to say "Coming to a Cinima near you this Fall, an epic tale of a building... reaching the end of it's life."

[@NelsonAerialPros]

Downunda Thunda thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it and felt like you were watching a movie trailer. Our goal is to make it as cinematic/life like as possible.

[@annpane1227]

@@NelsonAerialPros You did!

[@jfakoggl]

There are countless Hollywood-'Movies' not nearly as well edited as this work of demolition-art! Excellent°!

[@neversaynever8732]

It was like watching a movie. Loved the music and all.

[@ginahodgkins1103]

I was watching from across a river when this happened, quite the experience, fun crowd too.

[@madisonmacey645]

I'd be so shook if I was driving towards Richmond on the bridge over the James and saw this

[@danielsibley6322]

I watched this from the top of my building and I am amazed by the skill necessary for this kind of accuracy.

[@jimaustin7957]

Very nicely done implosion there DH Griffin Wrecking. That's an indeed totally amazing work of demolition.

[@scottcped]

I live about 10 miles from this building.... This is the FIRST I’ve heard of this. DAMN YOU COVID!!

[@jenmalcom7004]

I'm in Dinwiddie. Same here!

[@babysisdolls3336]

i live in Highland Park just minutes away...never knew either...this morning i felt like earthquake..i wonder what else are the doing.

[@aaronyoung6937]

I’m over here thinking the same exact thing !

[@mattgranger1221]

Bruh yall hella late. Everyone knew lmao

[@josephtokarz7305]

@@mattgranger1221 Yep

[@ceceliam0785]

My dad was an initial auditor on this building when it was first built for VA Power and retired with the company in the mid 2000s after 33 years with VA Power/Dominion. Very bittersweet. Lots of memories here as a kid! Excellent video, though! Great job, demo crews!

[@royallclark6331]

What an amazingly small pile of rubble from such a large building!! Great demo guys!!

[@oljimeagle]

You should see how fast they got all that crap out of there.

[@photoboyjet]

Royall Clark They spent a couple of months gutting and weakening the structure. By the time of the implosion, it was nothing but a shell. I used to work across the street from the building.

[@grade8fabrication]

I walk these streets everyday....was fortunate enough to see this in person

[@bentboybbz]

Live right across the river and didnt even know or hear about this happening. Im sad now as i did not get to see it. 😡

[@scottcped]

bentboybbz DAMN COVID ALL TO HELL! This would’ve been Front page news for weeks prior to the event, if KKKluxsutawney Ralph’s shutdown wasn’t the primary story.

[@roseneonlights999]

I live like right down the street and heard nothing about this 😂

[@hypebeast389]

Rose neonlights99 you tryna link sometime

[@vkk1488]

I use to go behind the building for daily run..incredible job!! Cant wait to see new tower in few years!

[@pdiddydiddit]

What is the new project name supposed to be? I'd love to see if I can find some progress photos.

[@lorenemoore4220]

Job well done!! Thank God for allowing each and everyone who helped with this project to do so without any hurt harm or danger!!! Thank you!!

[@whiplash8277]

Outstanding effort. A pleasure to see such professionalism.

[@anafigueroa2463]

How was this not going to be perfect, they place God first in this project and these men were grateful 🙏

[@dmvgrower9290]

You all are freaking magicians dam that’s impressive👍💯✌️

[@bustoc]

Wow....just wow. Quite the visual feast for a demolition. Well done Nelson Aerial and Griffin!

[@medea27]

Stunning drone shot at 3:57! It's not often you see such crisp overhead footage of the whole drop - perfect framing from both an artistic standpoint and as diagnostic/forensic footage for the demolition teams to analyse as well 👍👍

[@NelsonAerialPros]

Thank you so much for the kind words!

[@franciscob.p4196]

Un Poco De Todo

[@aguacateaplanadora4270]

@@DoggoAnon hola

[@barquezzzzzzzzzzz417]

C mamo

[@josejaime6233]

Jsjajajaja

[@Bulldog1653]

Well done, DH Griffin. VERY impressive demo.

[@sophierobinson2738]

The pillar of dust reflecting in the neighboring building was impressive.

[@MrDrewthat]

Wow.......thank you all for including the debris field. Dont think I've see an implosion video that included the pile of rubble. Great job!!!

[@jimnorton8861]

Wow! Very cool video and demolition. Sometimes YT recommendations get it right. Didnt realize how beautiful Richmond was.

[@conspiracybeliever1749]

You do know about the Antifa vandalisim a few nights ago, right? Several buildings, including the James Center, where my sister works. richmond.com/news/local/watch-now-4-charged-with-rioting-as-buildings-vandalized-in-richmond-courthouse-closed-because-of/article_4ad1a4ab-bef3-5458-bfd0-44df68ca46a1.html

[@misha2197]

Building Lives Matter !

[@floggerSG]

Thanks for posting this, missed it happening here in the city

[@paulstellwag1215]

Very impressive,dropped her in place. Beautiful! I love watching these!

[@middleclassbubba5876]

Good Job! Bravo Richmond Div and the whole DHG Team. Keep doing the good stuff.

[@Walkercolt1]

Tough "shot" with all the other structures so close. Dyson is out of Tulsa, OK and they've taken out some "hard shots" before. It's all about timing the explosive charges so it falls in on itself. As much art as it is science. Top-notch video too. Nice and "tight" without filler.

[@ptaylor4923]

Not only the timing, bit the placement & loads. Good grief, they're brilliant.

[@photoboyjet]

Ricky Earp At 2:40 you can see the brand new Dominion Power building to the left. It is literally across the street from the old Dominion Power building being imploded. I used to work about a block away from the implosion site.

[@garylangley4502]

That was a very good video. I loved watching the collapse, plus the nice views of the city.

[@Steadylife2]

I had to watch this twice. What a feat! Great job DH! Now if you could just implode that darn Lottery building...

[@truebetold65]

Richmond is one gorgeous city.

[@jenmalcom7004]

As long as you don't actually live there, sure!

[@truebetold65]

@@jenmalcom7004 👍

[@panam4974]

Of the three major explosive demolition contractors, Griffith has the best videos. If the videographer is a private contractor Griffith, keep using him/her. Superior and imaginative product!

[@joewoodchuck3824]

Very cool. I wonder why they don't wait for a rainy day though to keep the dust down.

[@NelsonAerialPros]

joe woodchuck there’s a lot of planning and moving parts and it would be too difficult to coordinate for rainy conditions. Just not feasible for all parties involved in prepping.

[@philliplopez8745]

One of the best drops I have seen .

[@chefbillybaroo2056]

Whatever money you paid for the company to put this video together it was well spent money!!!!!!! Inspiring!

[@diamondnailsbytamika4898]

This was exceptionally well thought out! When I passed through there after it was done I said to myself how did they do that without breaking any glass on the DP building and the surrounding area?😮Now I saw how😲Excellent Job🤩

[@imskeptic1]

But why?

[@Nicholas-f5]

Obsolete building

[@suzylarry1]

that was a great pile you made there ! nice planing .

[@Korjai804]

I sat and watched this in person it was amazing

[@avery1234530]

Gosh I haven't seen a controlled demolition go this smoothly since 9/11.

[@DannyAllen10271966]

Exactly! Probably the same company...

[@creamyalmondz]

The new building Dominion glass building is right next door. That was kind of sad especially for the former employees who worked there. Great video!!

[@Daniel-xs6mk]

I was there! Awesome to see their footage.

[@danefilander6306]

Perfect implosion no damage to surrounding building well guy's 👍👍👍

[@AnthonyCarlyle]

best commercial I have ever seen

[@lietruly]

The part till 2:45 was not shown in the compilation of the demolition of twin towers in NYC on 9/11.

[@prestondavis544]

How do they clean up all the dust from trees and nearby parks

[@PapaJ5667]

I would imagine the fire dept had their jobs cut out for them rinsing everything down ......

[@MrRyanEdwards]

*Hell of an edit here!* I captured it with my drone that day as well!

[@bensurber3243]

why is this six minutes?

[@NelsonAerialPros]

Because it showcases the wrecking company preparing the building and cleaning up. It’s a promotional video for them.

[@jamespresutti8666]

I watched it in person.. It was very cool to see

[@94carbonteg]

I'm local and wasn't aware of this, wth! Would have loved to see in person...

[@NelsonAerialPros]

I hope we provided you as close to an in person experience as possible!

[@nbt3663]

Congrats! And thanks for giving the Lord the credit. Absolutely perfect engineering!!

[@abdulshaheedcrutchfield3315]

Isa alayis salaam isn't Lord, Allah is. And stop lying on Allah

[@Mr.P.S.K]

*ART OF ENGINEERING*

[@mikemikeh5688]

I live about 15 minutes from downtown Richmond,VA. Been in this building a few times. Crazy to see it go down like that! The big glass building you see next to the one coming down. There was a building just like the other one that came down. They are going to build another glass building just like that one right next to it. It's going to be the dominion power buildings.

[@LilBamSBMENT]

Now yall see it wasnt the planes on 911 y the building fell like that

[@LilBamSBMENT]

Brian Landers we know it we just cant prove the conversations behind it lol

[@kittonsmitton]

Beautiful the art of Demolition and Film in one.

[@KSparks80]

4:14 That rock tried it's best to kill that camera.

[@NelsonAerialPros]

KSparx yes it did, good catch!

[@robert3302]

Nice ass at 4:16.

[@alexandermakrianis]

How old was this building?

[@bradneedleman2493]

Nicely done.

[@AngelRamirezLobo]

2:35 Jenga: Game over, bro

[@davidianhenleyseniorian9511]

Should I have answered the call

[@alloutabubblegum]

Some people did something!

[@tommypine9239]

Was that the former headquarters of James River Corporation?

[@fruitcakedrifter1286]

Looks like what happened on 911

[@cosmicpastel29]

TommyTom21 wake up

[@gregp4655]

My thoughts exactly!

[@PapaJ5667]

@@TommyTom21 damn idiots aint got nothing no better to do ...that is as far as their brain capacity will take'em .....

[@photoboyjet]

Not really. They worked at gutting and weakening the Dominion building for months before the implosion. It had been pretty much reduced to a hollow shell before they blew it up. I used to work about a block away and watched the entire demolition process every day.

[@cosmicpastel29]

photoboyjet Everything is identical minus the removal of the stuff. I was there and watched it myself, pretty identical if you ask me and a couple of strangers that overheard me mention it looked the same. but yes I have nothing better to do. I’m bored hurry and reply.

[@frisco21]

In one of the shots, there is an exterior view of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. This momentarily startled me, inasmuch as I am now working my way through Shelby Foote's monumental Civil War trilogy. Having been conditioned to think of Richmond in a Civil War context, the idea of a Federal Reserve Bank there is attention-grabbing.

[@AERIALPHOTO123]

Fantastically filmed and edited as Mr Nelson. It must be a super fun way to earn money.

[@cathiwim]

We used to see the Christmas lights there every year when we lived there! Its a fairly new building as Richmond goes. We moved from there in 2005. Seems like yesterday.

[@charlesvelez1822]

Form is used for Word Trade Center

[@masteroogway8176]

Great coverage!

[@ojb7478]

Just like tower 7

[@jedslather]

Looks like WTC building 7 but that was brought down by an airplane, but I digress.

[@RR98guy]

Wrong, brought down by an inside job by Lucky Larry Silverstein and his friends

[@jedslather]

Shannon Hultz @ you sarcastic detector must be needing a calibration, but yes you’re right 😉

[@bositokun]

This is amazing.

[@postmodernrecycler]

Music's a little OTT, but superb photography and masterful demo. The sound rumbled through our subwoofer and shook the living room--like being there!

[@NelsonAerialPros]

Postmodern Recycler thanks for the feedback, what sort of music/audio would you recommend for parts not associated with the actual implosion

[@chebita]

Awesome footage 👍. I wanted to see it, but i was sleeping that moment😢.

[@nicolasrmercado]

This is 2 blocks from me and I fell asleep and I didn’t see it 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

[@blitzir]

this wuz all over VA News man

[@usmanejazz4797]

Here before this video goes viral.

[@timothyhatton6044]

This demolition left tons of fiberglass and building dust on the surrounding city blocks, most of which is probably in the James River right now smh

[@michaelhunt8739]

Serioulsy? a prayer to blow up a building?

[@LarryPeteet]

AWESOME!

[@oldRoyaltypewriter]

What will be built on this site?

[@NelsonAerialPros]

David Anderson not sure. I believe something for Dominion Energy

[@orion3267]

Dominion Energy was the new glass building next to it with the big blue D on it. This building was their old one.

[@brycenrodrigo]

Investigate 911 and building seven

[@robertwoodpa6463]

There's one of you morons in every video featuring an implosion. Its old now pal.

[@RebelAliens]

Why demolished?

[@NelsonAerialPros]

pauly francis too costly to renovate I believe.

[@juliancate7089]

And the cool part is that a lot of that material can be recycled into new building materials.

[@lukaz9672]

Fun fact**: CDI Worked with D.H Griffin

[@NelsonAerialPros]

Yes, they did.

[@rodrigofuentes0314]

Contracting is much fun working at BMW Mercedez Benz volvo plant 👍🏻

[@greymarket6834]

it was awesome to see first hand

[@Tricicletas1]

To make it they used implosives?

[@NelsonAerialPros]

JHON ARIAS dynamite (explosives) were strategically placed throughout the building to implode the building precisely

[@truth1844]

@@NelsonAerialPros ... So please explain how you all achieved such a precise demolition when seemingly this same act can be accomplished by fuel filled jet planes flying into buildings?

[@patrickcannell2258]

Like the way this company pray before commencing!

[@justtrollinalong977]

Amazing what people do...

[@Dana_Danarosana]

They did an amazing job bringing it down. Bit it seems a shame. Mid-century towers are so beautiful. A repurpose would've been much cooler!

[@thebuttermilkyway687]

For all of us who feel a little bit bad about not being able to recycle some of our little things: a whole throwaway building. Now we just need to demolish that I-95 flyover next to the historic downtown train station

[@justjonelle]

I live 2 hours from Richmond.

[@rjp801]

you think that by now, these demolition companies would control their dust storm at implosion, by spraying water on the site at the time of detonation... Kind of like when they launch a rocket, and they turn on water jets to control heat, just before ignition of rockets...

[@NelsonAerialPros]

rj p they do, it can be seen in several shots of the video. Most all implosions have dust boss machines running to fight the dust

[@aurktman1106]

The water is not used to control heat, it’s used to control noise. The acoustics from a large launch vehicle could rip the vehicle apart on the ground without the water sound suppression.

[@aurktman1106]

Brian Landers they’ve tried something like that, Boeing Sea Launch. It was a failure. The water has to be sprayed in droplet form to absorb the acoustics.

[@fire58372001]

I'm surprised that they didn't get S.B.Cox to do it, a local company.

[@cathiwim]

saturday sailor they might not have had the expertise or good record

[@fire58372001]

@@cathiwim Probably not the expertise. They do have a reputation for demo work, but I don't know about implosions. Maybe something to do with insurance & $$$.

[@river_city2a623]

DH GRIFFIN is a local company downtown. Their Richmond location is called DARI. However they brought in the explosive expert and engineer from their North Carolina branch. SB COX only does heavy equipment and hand labor demo. They dont have a building Implosion team.

[@masterspin7796]

It wont get totally clean untill it goes through a winter cycle, that is a lot of dust!

[@JamBos11]

Looks like Building 7 to me. And we do know that Building 7 was "pulled" and not destroyed due to fires. Silverstein made this distinction clear.

[@adopt_a_dog]

Perfect!

[@bluesaltdragracing9275]

My dad helped with safety while people where cutting the building

[@JabrenHarris98]

Why are they taking that building f9wn?

[@john5321]

@@JabrenHarris98 Dominion built a new office building. That one was from the 60s i believe.

[@michaelhatcher5264]

Bad ass guys. 👍 Great job

[@ronnie100393]

How do you take down a building like this , but you can’t take down two cranes in New Orleans , and then this collapse the Hard Rock Hotel . This has been going on since October 10,2019. This looks bad on your company??? What’s up is it your company or is it the city of New Orleans ???

[@GlamorganManor]

I believe I read that there are bodies higher up in the building that are difficult to safely retrieve due to overall instability and imploding the building with them there would be not cool. Plus there are court fights over who is going to pay for it all.