Sighthill - Fountainwell Place Demolition

[gta15]

Flickr, Photobucker or maybe Youtube

the only problem with them is I can;t upload HD stuff

[nic_r]

My laptop isn't HD anyway....

Put up the normal version

[gta15]

My laptop isn't HD anyway....

Put up the normal version

Its working again on sky link

[nic_r]

Nope

Still getting the same oops message

[gta15]

Nope

Still getting the same oops message

Uploading to MegaUpload just now, will post link when done...

[gta15]

not one to disappoint :)

HD here

SD Here

updated old links also

[katimac]

Bloody hell... that is awesome!!!! You can see the actual explosives going off inside the flats before they come down!

[mrsam]

A Different Perspective on the same event, glad to see so many HG'ers at the event. Now if we'd had badges........


Foot prints in the dust


People with stour and traffic lights


Night time rubble 1


Night time rubble 2

Mr Sam

[Reenie Bujman]

Bloody hell... that is awesome!!!! You can see the actual explosives going off inside the flats before they come down!

I'll second that. I'll need a faster processor to get it to run smoothly, but fortunately, I've a new tower under construction. (Apologies for the irony... )

[alzaman]

I seen a video of the Millarston (?) Demolitions .. all 3 flats, in stark contrast to the Sighthill event, it was dead looking .. perhaps it was because it was at 5AM ish.

I'd have thought any explodaholics out there woulda stayed at Sighthill, then converged on Millartson later on .. then home for breakfast after the "night shift"

[Reenie Bujman]

I'd have thought any explodaholics out there woulda stayed at Sighthill, then converged on Millartson later on .. then home for breakfast after the "night shift"

That was my intention. In the end, having watched such footage as there was, I don't mind missing it. They put the three towers down with indecent haste - they went down simultaneously when it might have been better to drop them one at a time.

[nic_r]

Shawbridge St next week isn't it

[Reenie Bujman]

Shawbridge St next week isn't it

Yes. Here's the thread >>

[katimac]

The planning and preparation that goes into each demolition must be immense. I wonder how much it all costs and who is involved other than the actual demolition company. I would imagine Scottish Power, Scottish Water and the Electricity Board would have to do work before the flats are brought down.

[Reenie Bujman]

The planning and preparation that goes into each demolition must be immense. I wonder how much it all costs and who is involved other than the actual demolition company. I would imagine Scottish Power, Scottish Water and the Electricity Board would have to do work before the flats are brought down.

The lad from Dataserve who replaced my meters recently said they go in and strip all the meters out so they can redeploy them elsewhere. It takes six months to prepare an implosion and anything that can be recycled will be stripped out. I wonder how much copper piping there is in the plumbing of one of these places? The Police are involved, then there are such as the bus companies who will need to reroute their vehicles on account of closed roads. A complicated job, for sure.