Demolition

Demolition is an activity of disassembling and removing parts of a building until its fully collapsed. It also keeps the continuous construction going while saving the natural wealth of Indonesia. The demolition processes are: • Tendering stage, a survey of the demolition planned building • The pre-demolition stage, including the site preparation, decommissioning, and soft screening • Demolition stage, the structural elements are demolished, this structural demolition has three types which are Progressive Demolition, Deliberate Collapse Mechanism, and Deconstruction. Methods that could be used in this process are: o Demolition of the building by Top-Down – Manual Method, o Demolition of Cantilevered Structures and Balconies, o Demolition of Floor Slabs, o Demolition of a building by Top-Down - By Machines, o Demolition of building by Wrecking Ball and o Demolition of a building by implosion • Post-demolition stage, prepare for new building construction in the area. The waste that is produced from the demolition process is not a little thing, it may fill all of the building demolition sites. The management of waste includes collection, removal, disposal, and including recycling the waste. In other countries, most of the waste is sent to the waste treatment for recycling and proceed to go into the recycling stage. The processed waste will then either be used for secondary use or will be returned and be used for production. In conclusion, demolition has a good impact to maintain the infrastructure development and the wildlife conservation of Indonesia only if the waste products from the activity are being taken care of. Written by: Rio Dandy A. and Maria Agnes L. Reference: Shweta, O. R. & Pravin, V. K. (2014). Demolition of Buildings - An Overview. International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD). 1(6): 1-8. ISSN: 2348 - 4470. 1. 8. http://www.ijaerd.com/papers/finished_papers/ijaerd%2014-0268.pdf #icescbinusarticle #civilengineering #binusuniversity #demolition #sustainabledevelopmentgoals