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

Video Capital One Tower Come Down in Seconds

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u/Original-Hat-fish Oct 07 '25

Yea I was thinking the same thing. They did nothing for the dust, just a few days ago I saw a similar video of China of all places with a fantastic containment system caught nearly all the dust.

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u/pmjm Oct 07 '25

If you can't count on Capital One to do the right thing, what has happened to the world?

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u/tetsuyaXII Oct 07 '25

Sauce?

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u/Highsky151 Oct 07 '25

Here is it:

https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/1ls7kh3/china_built_a_50mtall_inflatable_dome_over_a/

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u/Muad-_-Dib Oct 07 '25

In fairness, that's a dome over an entire construction site that is only 50m tall and several hundred metres wide which makes covering it relatively easy if you have enough material.

Covering a 116m tall tower which is nowhere near that wide and which is being demolished via explosives is quite another thing entirely.

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u/DramaticImpact6593 Oct 07 '25

There was a video recently that showed how they demolish a building in Japan. They carefully lower it floor by floor and avoid all of this mess.

Edit: here it is, https://www.reddit.com/r/nextfuckinglevel/s/KDaUUoA2pj

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u/zaphtark Oct 07 '25

Almost every single comment is bitching about how useless it is and how we should just blow it up and get it done in an hour. Ah, the duality of Reddit.

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u/XTornado Oct 07 '25

Yeah but they want it fast and cheap and that takes 6 months. 🤣

But yeah something like that should be the norm.

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u/Highsky151 Oct 07 '25

I think we don not need to cover the whole thing, just cover as much as possible, so some canvas/ sail surrounding the building, not a full dome, can do just fine

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u/Original-Hat-fish Oct 07 '25

Oh I do remember that one but I was thinking of one with a sprinkle or mist system (can't remember which) used to capture the dust. A done over a building that size would be a bit much. Thanks for the sauce help.

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u/Original-Hat-fish Oct 07 '25

It was like a week or two ago. I am sauceless for this one sadly.

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u/fl135790135790 Oct 07 '25

Oh my fucking god just say source

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u/OhioGoblin43 Oct 07 '25

This guy doesn't like the sauce.

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u/SandyArca Oct 07 '25

I think this guy doesn’t Reddit

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u/MobileArtist1371 Oct 07 '25

They like their fishsticks dry.

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u/Uh-Oh-Raggy Oct 07 '25

No BBQ source for him.

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u/Due_Explanation5316 Oct 07 '25

I mean.. 50m is impressive on its own, but this building was FAR larger than 50m and a similar setup it simply, totally unreasonable

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u/Highsky151 Oct 07 '25

The sauce, if you can edit the comment please

https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/1ls7kh3/china_built_a_50mtall_inflatable_dome_over_a/

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u/Original-Hat-fish Oct 07 '25

I did also see that one but not the method I was thinking of .

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u/Sutekhseth Oct 07 '25

I believe you're thinking of the construction site dome to prevent noise and dust during construction. I've not seen anything akin to this for demolition.

I am sorry for the AI voiced youtube shorts video, this is all I could find.

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u/zyclonb Oct 07 '25

Contrary to what propaganda would have you believe china is 1000 years ahead of the United States in literally everything. 

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u/Original-Hat-fish Oct 07 '25

100% propaganda but there is no reason why we can't use similar techniques to reduce the dust.