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For dismantling d’anciens buildings tokyoïtes, the Japanese firm of construction Kajima corporate Body perfected an astonishing procedure of demolition. In first place, the posts and points carriers of the ground floor are destroyed and replaced by posts télescopiques. After positionnement of these posts of soutènement, the workers proceed to the demolition of the ground floor.

This one carried out, the posts télescopiques, piloted by computers, s’abaissent slowly, jusqu’à to bring progressively l’étage superior at the level of the ground. And so on jusqu’à destruction of the last floor…

According to the firm, this procedure allows mnimiser the nuisances habitually caused by this kind d’opérations: reduction of the releases of dust, treatment of the losses facilitated and saving of time of 20% on the length of the work-site. To l’opposé procedures of demolition to the explosive ones after weakening of the structure carrier, the method Kajima look like a solution soft and measured.

Sources: Gizmodo, Pink Tentacle and Kajima corporate Body