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April 15, 2019

Our Falling / Rising Towers – Recycling Dept.

Is it possible that some of the concrete being drilled apart on the falling Landmark …

… ends up in the rising Vancouver House?

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  1. No … not that it is impossible, just that it won’t.

    No capability I know of nearby to remake/recycle concrete … even as aggregate, it isn’t especially pointy or useful on anything requiring high-stress.

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  2. Once the debris falls to the bottom, it will be moved to what Macpherson calls the staging area. It’s in what used to be the tower’s six-storey west podium, which has been removed along with about 10.6 m (35 feet) of underground parking.

    An excavator and processor in the staging area will separate the steel rebar from concrete, which will be ground up to use as a base material at construction sites and for road fill.

    https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/robsons-empire-landmark-hotel-being-slowly-erased-from-city-skyline

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