ENGINEERED

METHODS OF
DEMOLITION
-S.Aravinth (1961003)
DEMOLITION

• Demolition means destruction, tearing down, breakup, removal of the

whole parts of building.

• Normally demolition is done when the life of building is over or to

construct a new structure by replacing the older one.

• It is carried out when the structure lost its stability or having any
structural damage.
ENGINEERED DEMOLITION

Engineered demolition techniques:-

• Mechanical methods

• Implosion methods

• Deconstruction methods
MECHANICAL METHODS

• Wrecking ball method

• Pusher arm technique

• Thermic lance technique

• Non-explosive demolition

• Concrete sawing method

• Deliberate collapse method

• Pressure jetting
WRECKING BALL TECHNIQUE

•  A Steel ball anti spin device which is suspended by a steel rope and
swung by a drag rope, the weight of the ball is around 500 to 1000 Kg
used with suitable fittings attached to a crane of adequate capacity.

• The building is dismantled by making the steel ball to hit the structure
this method is much faster than manual method.
WRECKING BALL
PUSHER ARM TECHNIQUE

• A Hydraulically powered pusher arm machine is mounted on tracked or

wheeled chassis.

• This method is not recommended for large building but it is good for
small masonry structure, the building is demolished by using the pusher
arm.
PUSHER ARM
THERMIC LANCE TECHNIQUE

• Flame is produced by having supply with pure oxygen with a temperature

of 2500 degree centigrade to melt the reinforcement.

• This technique is generally not preferred as it is a time consuming process

and large structures cannot be demolished at a short sapn of time.
THERMIC LANCE TECHNIQUE
NON-EXPLOSIVE DEMOLITION

• A Number of holes is drilled along the desired line of separation and are
filled with slurry which is a special material.

• When the slurry is filled in the holes water is poured into the drilled
holes.

• After few hours the slurry expands as a result cracking will appear on the
structures which help in easy demolition of structure.
CONCRETE SAWING METHOD

• A concrete saw is used to demolition the structure which

works on high power supply helps in demolition of the
structure in a easy way.

• This method is adopted widely since it can be localized to

demolition a limited area as well as it can be used at
demolition of smaller areas.
CONCRETE SAW
DELIBERATE COLLAPSE METHOD

• The Collapse is usually achieved by either by removing key structural

elements (e.g. with explosive charges) or by wire rope pulling at a high
level of overturn this method is not suitable for pre stressed concrete
structures.
PRESSURE JETTING

• The Jet heads are generally small and so action of jet is mainly to loosen
the aggregate by washing out softer mortar (water with high pressure).

• Among the above mentioned methods this ,method is far more safer than
the other methods,but it should be handled with care.
PRESSURE JETTING
IMPLOSION

• Collapsing the structure inward, gravity makes the structure to collapse.

• If the supporting structure of a building at a certain point is removed the

building may get damaged and the structure can be easily demolished.

• The procedure is followed by analysing the blue print of the building and
the explosives is used on the key components of the building at different
level from bottom to top i.e. from explosion should take place from lower
level internal component then step by step to the top level by sequential
order which result in demolition of building.  
IMPLOSION
DECONSTRUCTION METHOD

• A slow and careful process that is almost the reverse process of

construction.

• Non Structural Method: Dismantling of doors, windows, flooring etc.

• Structural method:Dismantling of beams,columns,walls etc.