.... This paper examines a case study of a multistorey residential project in India, highlighting construction-phase failures that led to two high-rise buildings in the project being declared structurally unsafe and subsequently ordered for demolition. Significant findings from analysis of non-destructive testing...

...’, is located in a densely populated urban environment and surrounded by residential properties. There is a plethora of known and unknown obstructions beneath the site, including heavy steel grillages. Typically, such sites are redeveloped by total demolition and lengthy enabling works with significant...

...Tim Lohmann, BEng, CEng, FICE, FIStructE This paper describes the ‘top-down’ demolition process and then explores the engineering challenges associated with this and how they are commonly addressed. The top-down process as commonly used in UK demolition practice is to support a relatively small...

... for demolition included maximising land value, lack of architectural significance and poor building condition. The analysis showed that the theoretical tools were useful for their intended purpose of analysing a portfolio of assets but that they could be improved by providing higher weightings for heritage...

...Dan Eschenasy, PE, FSEI The New York City (NYC) construction boom of 2004–2008 was accompanied by a series of accidents occurring, in particular, during lot-line demolition and excavation operations. The forensic investigations performed by the NYC Department of Buildings revealed that most...