Contractor believes severed wires may have caused implosion to fail.
The demolition company involved in yesterday’s failed explosive demolition at the Pontiac Silverdome in Detroit faced the world’s media today as investigations were ongoing into the cause of the stand-up.
According to Adam Group’s executive vice president Rick Cuppetilli, the kicking charges appear to have detonated as planned, but the eight shaped charges that were responsible for cutting the structural steel did not. As a result, the structure stood firm.
Investigations are ongoing to ascertain whether those charges can be rewired and fired or if the structure will have to come down using mechanical means.
