30-storey, 1515 will be third-tallest US implosion when it goes down on 14 February.
With less than a week to go until the company drops the 1515 condo tower in West Palm Beach, the Palm Beach Post has produced a colourful and insightful feature on the family behind Advanced Explosive Demolition:
The Kelly family travels the country like a posse on a mission to destroy, unhitching their trucks and trailers long enough to blow up buildings and then saddling up and moving on.
Though their matching cowboy hats and shirts caught West Palm Beach’s construction services director by surprise, he knows the Kellys are among the country’s most sought-after demolition experts, fully capable of safely pulling off the Valentine’s Day implosion of the 1515 Tower on the South Flagler Drive waterfront.
It’s a challenge, Eric Kelly concedes, and one that has neighbors on edge. The 30-story, hurricane-damaged condo will be the third-tallest building imploded in the United States when it goes down Feb. 14, according to Kelly.
Read more here.
