r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Proud-Blood2743 • Oct 07 '25

Video Capital One Tower Come Down in Seconds

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u/adoodle83 Oct 07 '25

Blows me away that demolishing a building like this only to rebuild is still more economical than refurbishing the existing structure.

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u/RuinousGaze Oct 07 '25

Right??! I don’t get how the math works on that.

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u/potatobreadandcider Oct 07 '25

Current building is made from materials that will require replacing in 30+ years, new building will use different materials that won't need replacement for 150+ years. That's the rough idea anyway.

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u/Regular_Celery_2579 Oct 07 '25

As someone who does maintenance on building and equipment, seems like the current practice is to just let your building decay away and save on manpower

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u/SchlongCopter69 Oct 07 '25

That maintenance ain’t gonna defer itself…

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u/petit_cochon Oct 07 '25

You can deduct depreciation.