Demolition of earthquake-struck tower progresses

Leila Steed Editor, Demolition & Recycling International

10 April 2024

Emergency demolition works to take down a 10-storey building damaged by the recent earthquake in Hualien City, Taiwan, have continued in earnest over the past few days, and are now expected to be completed within the next two weeks.

The structure, known as the Uranus building, was left teetering precariously to one side after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck the east coast city on April 3. 

Hualien Construction Department Director, Teng Tzu-yu, said that the emergency operation was being carried out using a top-down deconstruction methodology. 

“The lower the…

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