Monster Tower | World Record Building Demolition | BlowDown | Free Documentary
World Record Tower Demolition: An engineering marvel gone horribly wrong deals CDI their strangest challenge yet: demolish a brand new hurricane-proof tower. It’s a shot at a world record - the tallest concrete reinforced building ever to be imploded. Thirty-one storeys high, Ocean Tower’s three massively-reinforced cores boast 30 inches of concrete and rebar. But this robust construction came with a twisted cost - this heavy super structure is sinking into South Padre Island’s soils. The team’s never encountered anything like this: a building on a faulty foundation, perilously close to brand-new residential developments and ecologically fragile dunes. To drop it, they’ll have to push demolition engineering to its limits. It could be a world record - or a world-class disaster.
__________________________________________________________
Subscribe Free Documentary Channel for free: bit.ly/2YJ4XzQ
Facebook: bit.ly/2QfRxbG
Twitter: bit.ly/2QlwRiI
__________________________________________________________
#FreeDocumentary #Documentary #BlowDown
__________________________________________________________
Free Documentary is dedicated to bring high-class documentaries to you on youtube for free. With the latest camera equipment used by well-known filmmakers working for famous production studios. You will see fascinating shots from the deep seas and up in the air, capturing great stories and pictures from everything our beautiful and interesting planet has to offer.
Enjoy stories about nature, wildlife, culture, people, history and more to come.
🌍🌍🌍 www.patreon.com/freedocumentary 🌍🌍🌍Do you like what we do? Become a patron today and join the Free Documentary family to get exclusive early access to our documentaries, behind the scenes material or even a chance to work with us on future projects! Just head over to our Patreon page and become a member.
ok
V
I pop opposite 87 9999988798w
@@tvmdaldrencruz6893 🙁
Ok then but I’m a kid
40:30 The Main Explosion - for those who don’t want to watch the whole doco
You're a hero
only person who commented this. cheers mate. get this to top comment ppl
Thank you sir
Thanks!
Thanks a lot
The best part are the sound effects they put in at about 14:30 for the machine chewing up the parking garage
Ahaha really. I have heard it after replay this moment
LMAO true
I noticed that too, It's like some guy is of screen eating chips in the microphone or something.
@@CH1CK3NNU66375 ikr? Kinda weird, but hilarious XD
6:25 - "look how hard that is" **smashes it into pieces**
In materials, brittle and hard are brothers.
I thought it was funny but super strong stuff is only strong in massive packed amounts once you ruin that structure it just falls apart
@@cholesterol6703 Yes...
Yes yes. Hard and brittle often go hand in hand. Think glass and ceramics
CDI does absolutely amazing demolition work. What an expert family and crew. I have seen other take-downs and I continue to be amazed by their skill and knowledge. Thanks for sharing the inside story.
These are actually really well made. Utilizing animations and trying to explain whats happening / what could happen / dangers, etc. Could make a networked tv show out of these.
They did, it was cancelled and never seen again after 9/11
It’s amazing how many highly specialised and intelligent people are involved.
and yet all these "intelligent" people, didn't just use a thermic lance to melt some holes through the concrete and rebar instead of drilling and blasting.. gee, it's almost like they don't know anything about anything
@@Turbo_Tastic guess I found the salty boi. Must be great to know everything, boi. Are you fifteen, boi?
@@1337fraggzb00N no but I knew since age of 15 about thermic lances, but hey, I don't blow up things for a living, I build things and have a background in everything along with a tested IQ over over 180, so there you go. Thermic lance, look it up geniuses.. that's a freebee.. for any more consulting it is $750 an hour minimum, which still would have saved these guys a lot of money
@@Turbo_Tastic you forgot to mention that you can fly and cured cancer. A little less bragging would make your story more plausible, boi. You failed and now you are just a silly boi who tells silly stories.
@@Turbo_Tastic r/iamverysmart. as you say, youre not a demolition expert or have ever had anything to do with demolition. but you still seem to think you know better than people who have been doing it for decades. yeah right, like im going to listen to anything you have to say. bruh. they are looking to weaken the building not cut perfectly square holes. what part of using a thermal lance would be easier and cheaper to do than the usual c4. so much for your 180 IQ. they wanted to see how the rebar was placed. they werent looking to cut the rebar.
if not for that sinking foundation this building would have been there for life
we're all here for life
The Dutch are pretty good at this and would have pointed out the majority of the the work would need to have been done below ground. But was putting a tower there even possible? Look at what CDI and the crew had twist their brains around just to take it down without damaging the Mansions. BTW those people buying property right next to it? Why in thee F!
@@thomascasey8171 I live by here. There are other tall towers there. It’s crazy to think I watched this implosion as a kid and didn’t bat at eye on the engineering feat it was and the complexity of the implosion. Super cool.
It’s built on sand that’s shifting so it would have fallen at some point! Maybe all in tact but it would have fallen. I remember this! What a mess!
The descriptive bit showing how the building fell makes this the best demolition video I've ever seen. The whole video was very informative and well made, even the commentary was good. well done FD you did justice to the amazing skills of the demo. company.
Thats funny because the best one I've ever seen was in the early 2000's. The commentary wasn't professional to the actual gig but the job was A1. Firefighters report explosions from the basement before the big show..
DAMN!!! whoever built the tower, they did it really strong and make it indestructible except the stupid foundation :D
exactly
As they say... "A house built on sand...."
yup its just the stupid foundation
@@jasonmcfall5578 if they would have built it on rock it would surely stand
What a waste.
Building seven only had a small fire and dropped right into it's own footprint.
Kevin Douglas yup, the ole Tower 7 theories, it’s really fucking weird bro.
PULL !!
Well done by all, especially the folks working off of harnesses on the upper levels to keep them from getting blown off the edge!😬 To have the foresight to strategically place cameras inside to view the actual drop was worth every second!😉 Thankfully everything stayed pretty close to the intended drop zone. Great documentary!😁👍👍
I actually lived near these guys they are awesome at what they do
I have followed CDI for years and I am constantly amazed at the accuracy they are able to bring down whatever structure the demo. Congrats to the entire team. 🇺🇸
Im currently working sude by side with TDI. We will be imploding a building sunday morning in uptown dallas tx. Look uo the video tomorrow evening. Cant wait for it to come down
@@NolimitTEXAS so tee jaye has a question. ^
Agreed, I loved the whole background and planning aspect of it as well.
This Demolition Company knows their stuff. Very professional and safe.
your joking right? you didnt notice they werent using dust abatement to limit the dust.. they blasted wayyy over kill a test one.... used inferior control for shrapnel.. didnt notify the neighbors a week before the blast..... i bet theres dust and debre in back yards and damage.... un professional the excavator tearing the lower half down all that dust all day long.. you need people spraying and trucks spraying water... looks like they want to do it under budget for mass profits.. also the moron who built this next to million dollar homes how did those miliares alow that.... id protest its a blight on our eyes also on sand lol comeeeeeeeeee onnnnnn a developer that didnt care made a profit yes he made a profit still how investors and risk oh we built it then play dumb when they didnt know it was on sand still profit from the left overs
@@jackoneill8585 And all your knowledge comes from where, exactly? Have you ever blasted? I mean you, personally? This company did it, and did it right. You're allowed your opinion but what you've based it on is anyone's guess. Because you've watched a video, don't claim to know jack shit about demo. Thank you.
@@jackoneill8585 CDI has been doing explosive demolitions for 60 years. Why they did not use water, probably to protect the same dunes they where trying to avoid dropping the tower on. Spraying everything with water would end up flushing all the concrete dust into the sand, possibly also damaging the dunes directly.
@@jackoneill8585 exactly " to do it under budget for mass profits" i wondered that they didn`t remove windows and the bitumen material on the garage roofs. i bet this material is now detectable in a large surrounding "natural" area which was the ame to protect from concrete instead of bitumenoil and glas particles. tztz. they are good in demolishing something, but this way wasn`t thought further.... but they won`t care, its not their living surrounding...
its really quite clever how they come up with such creative solutions to problems. must take years to get such an intimate understanding of structural engineering.
Awesome ! Now I need to watch the documentary about how they built that building
These guys are commendable, like the surgeons of their profession. The margin of error is so less. Absolutely no room for ignorance or miscalculation.
They had a friend help them... My understanding is that They had some "Gravity" there on the day.
Biden could do it...................Hunter would help!
we all know who the real record holder is.
No, we don’t. But you want to tell us
exactly what I was thinking, this may be 3rd place but one and two belong to the twin towers. Just remember the tiny hat club did it and just like lucky larry made sure he and his family wasnt at work that day the rest used an app to tell people not to go in that day, but they own our government and media so we will never hear the truth. I mean they literally got caught filming it and dancing in celebration yet nothing came of it.
@@arribaficationwineho32 the twin towers
@@johnstamos54288 oops! I totally missed that.
1,362 feet
It’s amazing watching a crew that is so skilled in high rise demolition. I’d be too afraid to do this because any small wrong move would cause substantial damage. My heart was racing when the building went down. Great video!
same lol! i think they aren’t too bothered by it because they are professionals. most of these men and women have some kind of engineering / math degree. there was that one guy who said he pisses himself looking off the edge xD
The Structural Engineer did an awesome job (so strong, can hardly be blown up), the Geotechnical Engineer failed at his job and undersized the deep foundations. What a shame to have to blow up such a heavy duty tower, and waist all that effort of the construction crew who constructed this.
It’s how it is in the trade. I recently watched the demo of a building my old man built as an apprentice electrician, and rebuilt a new one as an electrician myself.
I agree. Such a waste of a finely designed and constructed building, when the substrate and foundation was not thought out well, for whatever reason. I surely don't know the whole story, but we are told, and have been taught, for thousands of years, not to build on weak and shifting sands.
That's what insurance is for.
wouldnt the world trade centers be the largest controlled demolition ever though?
@@johnstamos54288 Not funny.
No cameras were harmed during this implosion.
Greenid Guy wrong, there’s one on the roof
This was absolutely incredible! First, the sheer strength of that building and then, the amazing job done by CDI in bringing it down.
As the old saying goes: " It doesn't matter how good your building is if the foundation is bad"
The foundation was fine. Sapphire Condominiums was also going up and competing for the tallest building. They added more floors after the fact which was not initially planned in order to be "the tallest building" on SPI. The extra weight compromised the foundation.
@@LabPadre It is not the first time, nor will it be the last, that ego drove a building project beyond its planned structural limits. I believe it would be more correct to say that the foundation was fine for the building as originally planned. But if it was not built as originally planned, we will never truly know if the foundations would have adequately supported the original building.
Coming back to re-watch this after the Florida condo disaster.
@ 17:17 "We're going to need a couple of brooms and a couple of shovels to clean up this stairwell." Cleanup on aisle 3.
The footage of the demolition was really awesome!
All they needed were some dummies with smiley faces to ice the cake.
I'm pretty sure they know how many people are really interested in how this is done....and what's few hundred dollars worth of cameras when they're making a big chunk of money here.
WOW ! Reminds me of three controlled demolitions I witnessed in NYC in 2001.
Truth! How can anyone fall for the airplane story?
These guys know what is what. Brilliant engineering job...World's best!
Unbelievable that they can do this so accurately. What a great job.
they did a great job but i can't help thinking what a colossal loss that must have been. whether insured or not the money lost must have been tremendous let alone the builder/architect's reputations.
It wasnt the engineers. The building was built tough! The sand under the foundation is where the issues came in! They worked on the structure! It was who really engineered the plot of land they set it on! That’s where the errors came on!
@@gracieg7601 :your clarification is most appreciated and helpful to me. it is amazing that experienced, well trained skillful people with honest intentions at the onset could allow such blunders. they compare very badly to the builders of venice.
They deserved it👏😂🙉
@@gracieg7601 Yeah. The people who designed the load-bearing structure probably got IMPROVED reputation if anything. *"Do you UNDERSTAND how HARD it was to destroy your building?!"* "Yup, that WAS the idea."
CDI is the best at what they do. Bring a structure down. Good work!
An absolute amazing job done my so many comes together. Outstanding work!
Damn $70,000,000 mistake. Getting fired would be getting off easy.
One hundred units were presold at at two million dollars each. Someone(s) got into a hell of a lot of trouble over this.
Who knows go look him up see if he still alive you might not be you never know people kill for less than that not saying that anybody is going to do it or would do it or do do it just saying that is a lot of money you are right and your statement is exactly correct but I'm sure it was Insurance anyways somehow someway and you never know maybe they tried to bail because they didn't have enough to finish the project and that was their easy way out by making the ground sink or saying the ground sinks or whatever it may be
you know even the demo team found an easy way to lean it back in a correct direction. I think its a business loss.. not a building error.
There have been worse. Like billion dollar mistakes...
@@biscuitninja Search for "Opal Tower" in Sydney.
I was a commercial blaster for 8 years and have never seen anything as technical and impressive as this shot.
I watched this building be built and watched it come down. I installed surveillance equipment in it and had to sign waivers to enter the building once it was condemned.
This Quarantine life Sucks bruh 🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️ why am I watching this 🤔😫
Because physics are beautiful, at least. ^_^
Because you want to see towa go boom boom oog
@@bancymunene9288 what's Supppp Kenyaaaaaaaaa !
I don’t know I’m so boreeeeeed T^T
Coz dis beeyatch gonna go down harder dan yo mamma
This tower was built like a fortress, understandably so since it is in the path of hurricanes. Amazing logistics to bring it down.
Cue the "wow, falls just like as if jet fuel was used at the top" comments
Right? Looks like the controlled demolition of the twin towers
Yeah they should have used a hammer 😎
It's a fantastic job done👌👍✊👏👏
One wonders how many of those expensive houses they're protecting are going to end up being blown away or flooded by hurricanes...
Tsunami
Hurricanes are normal here. I’m sure they are designed for it.
How strong should we build this tower? Architect: "yes"
... must be asian.... we have rebar contract with china... put 10x more...
Challenge accepted lmao
Earth: Hold my sand.
14:52 Anyone else notices the munching sound effects? LMAO
Some guy chewing celery.
Ye me
Lmfao the editor had fun with this one
Superb team, wonderful result and I wonder if the guys on the drills ended up with good hard work. Great documentry, thanks for sharing and very well done CDI. Absolute masters!
Excellent job
I can't believe how much work that goes into this great video thanks for sharing
should have just gave some gliders to some Mexicans with bottles of tequila ... or some one with a turbine and an air plane ... lmao
The most amazing part of the whole thing is that they used METRIC instead of imperial
Imperial is an obsolete and imprecise remnant of times long gone. Anyone who still uses it is seriously backasswards.
"Park facilities to the North" - Two medium sized sheds lmao
Excellent documentary film! One of the best I've ever seen!
How did they do so well designing a super strong main structure but screw up the foundation? Something doesn't sound right. The city should have never let this project start. Somebody must have been paid off.
I was on a job near Philly back in 92 and the building was sinking before it was completed, They spent months pumping grout under it to save the building
I believe the erection of this building needs to be documented, name the architect, city leaders, and talk to those that opposed it.
I love how they know their business and very good at it 👍👌👌
Oh thank God I've been looking for this video all over.
"You can probably sell these for 300 dollars a piece" shows dude whacking em with a sledgehammer.
thats the *exact* thing i thought of
How else do you un tension a metel pipe holding 250k lbs
Mate these things aren't iPhones. I work with similar style props and you HAVE to use hammers or sledge hammers when fastening or unfastening. If anything, I thought they were being a bit too gentle with them.
He is open them up, just the way they are built for.
That was just maddening to watch. Unscrewi it jackass. Hit the nut and unscrew it. What kind of moron Beats the f*** out of it? HIT THE NUT!!
Those scenes from the top of the tower just give me the heebeejeebees!!
Drop tower on steroids.. I would pay to ride sitting like that just you know... Without the 100% chance of death at the end.
I would love to have base jumped off the top.🐙
Akin to the view from the twin towers, I imagine.
This is a good quality documentary.
So they design a super strong well made building, thats sinking and cracking under its own weight? Great engineering!
Amazing technique.🤠
The bane of remodeling and demolition is not knowing how something was constructed in the first place! I'm guessing that they had the building plans, but that never tells you exactly what you need to know! Only when you tear into a project do you get THAT information! These guys and gals did an AMAZING job on a record breaking building! The amount of stamina, determination and strength is mind blowing! This is a RARE look into what it takes to be a construction worker! Or should I say a deconstruction worker! My hard hat is off to them!
You shittin me? WTTower 1, 2 and Bldg 47 are all three bigger demolitions than this liteweight exercise!!!
Best demolition video ever! What did it cost? Who designed such an expensive disaster as this leaning tower?
CONGRATULATIONS FOR A JOB WELL DONE, Y'ALL ARE AWESOME... THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR VIDEO WITH US...
Well I mean, at least the engineers know their building was as sturdy as intended ^^"
It's one thing to construct such a building. It's another thing to take it down ....... safely. Incredible.
Much respect for all who do this type of work.
The timelapse of the excavator cutting away at the roof looks like a caterpillar eating a leaf
Looks like my dog eating my bed :D
I love love love that all of the units are given in proper metric units that everyone can understand.
only those who use metric units
@@jamesgibson5876 Definitely but anyone not starting to get comfortable with metric in 2021 is just trying to deny progress for political or ideological reasons. Metric is better in every objective way but may not be what someone grew up with, Thats not a good reason to modernise. I know they aren’t freedom units but in every real objective way they are better. Anyone who argues with that is delusional and wrong. Its that simple.
@@andylane7142 who is argue ? yeah it's easy... just divide by 10 ... but .. there is no challenge to that ... rotts the brain .. people need challenges .. it makes them stronger ..
@@jamesgibson5876 Agreed, I’d say the challenge should be to incorporate a better more logical system into a possibly ignorant mind. I grew up with imperial in the UK in the 80’s and although switching was challenging, its ultimately what we all need to do and basically have. Its only the most ignorant people in the most ignorant country that are the hold outs. ;)
@@andylane7142 well just admitting you are from the puke a .. is reason for giving you a bit of credit ... and I don't blame you one bit for going some place better ... just that blimey. accent alone drives me crazy ... cherry ho ?
Should have put the camera footage cases in a Toyota Hi-Lux on the roof.....if you don't get this watch top gear.
Joe Deats. Agreed completely brother best Top Gear ever......... That Toyota should be proudly displayed in their corporate headquarters. That thing just wouldn't die.
isis has all the Toyotas though
That Toyota is ultimately unkillable
Free Documentary- you guys produce better films to watch than blockbuster movies... thank you
I love watching this stuff.
They did a Amazing work, very skilled dudes...
I wonder: 1) What was CDI's fee for this job, 2) How much time passed between CDI's day-1 and "shot day," 3) How much time after "shot day" before the lot was ready for new construction, and 4) Is a new building on the property now?
My bold guess anywhere between 5-10 millions $
What's more important that people don't realize, is not the demolition itself, it's that I watched every second of the video and enjoyed it.
Finally someone build properly in the hurricane zone.
Aren’t blueprints for the structure available? These should detail the construction of the supports.
You think they didn’t try that? Already
@@dylanblack8714 You think they would mention that? A huge construction project with no blueprints on record? Sounds like somebody needs to find themselves out of a job. Additionally, I never eliminate human stupidity. Just because these guys are ‘smart’ enough to handle high explosives doesn’t discount the bossman eventually having to say “You didn’t check to see if there were blueprints????”
TV gonna TV.
11:13. 21:36. What the hell do you think he is holding. Your question was beyond ridiculous.@@Zerpersande
Great job! A little off target but no damage to adjacent properties. Alot of brain power and expertise plus alot of sweat to pull this off. My hat's off to those who worked the columns on the upper floors in that wind. Would have been nice to have a drone on the roof and pull away as the building fell recording video from above. Could clearly see the intact upper core in the ground video though. Excellent execution!
I love watching these videos. I know that I already said that but I still love them. It also explains why some demolitions don’t work. Not enough background work.
Fantastic cinematography!!!!
These men are the best there is!
"Jessie McKlease rushes up to warn them" Jessie: Casually walks
Good job, boys !
Again guys that was brilliant 10 out of 10 👍👍
I can picture Jackie Chan Standing on top, then running down the building as it came down, and landing on two feet.
I do allmyown stun.
Awesome job to CDI an all there employee’s thank-you all
I love these docos! Learning something new every minute!!!
If you really want to know how to knock down a building, these are the people to do that.
I guess they have never heard the saying “never saddle a dead horse”. On a cable clamp, the saddle(cast piece) goes on the tensioned or loaded side and the u-bolt goes on the bitter end.
amazing footage, thank you!
Amazing how an evacuation - worthy storm "caught them off guard" manufactured DRAMA!
good to see so many people on the same page.
This is so cool. Nice job.
love the videos captured as it was being brought down. best drop video that ive seen
What did this demo cost??? This should be shown in all engineering schools.
Damn nice job. Hey, kids...I think this is where your math classes come in in real life...
I was an NBC News Cameraman on 9/11 ..Fled 10 minutes before the 1st tower came down. Dived under a car to avoid being crushed by falling debris. Saw molten metal liquid running out. I have no doubt that those buildings were "pulled "...Worst day of my life. 18 yrs. later...nothing will happen.
How come NBC says you never worked there?
@@fhuber7507 How did you become a lier?
6:26 Guy: look how hard that is. Also guy: barely taps concrete piece against wall and it breaks😭
Hard high strength concrete is also very brittle and easy to crack without rebar in it.
You clearly don’t know what you are talking about.
Don't trust fortnite kids to understand real world situations
Congratulations! You guys and gals are the bomb👍well done!!!
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sad! That place was beautiful at the top with that view!
Thanks for posting this very interesting documentary. Not sure how long does this sandbar will last , though.
Great job people 😎💯👍🔐