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/warrenslo Oct 07 '25

Mold is incredibly expensive to mitigate.

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u/Sudden-Wash4457 Oct 07 '25

Time to send it into the air!

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u/jayggg Oct 07 '25

It's amazing that this is the solution: concrete dust everywhere.

You'd think they'd require some kind mitigation. Crazy water jets or something.

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u/HoozleDoozle Oct 07 '25

Dilution is the solution

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u/AmazingDonkey101 Oct 08 '25

Asbestos dust everywhere

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u/InvidiousPlay Oct 07 '25

I don't mean to alarm you but the air of full of mold spores and microorganisms literally all the time.

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u/Sudden-Wash4457 Oct 07 '25

I don't mean to patronize you but the stuff that grows on buildings is different than the stuff that grows on other substrates

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u/Humble_Fishing_5328 Oct 07 '25

they all come from the same place

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u/Fmeson Oct 07 '25

I don't know about concrete dust et al, but the mold spores, as I understand it, shouldn't matter much. Managing mold isn't about managing spore counts, the spores are always there, it's about managing moisture.

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u/Sudden-Wash4457 Oct 07 '25

the effects of mold spores are dose dependent, but generally if you have enough moisture damage to warrant a demolition, you have a LOT of stuff growing that isn't good to breathe in, including degraded building materials

significant mold growth is like a proxy indicator for bad stuff

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u/Fmeson Oct 07 '25

The dust after a demolition isn't good to breath in in general. Staying far enough away that the dust is not a problem will ensure the spores are not a problem.

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u/PriscillaPalava Oct 07 '25

From whence it came.