Methods for demolition of building E5625. Contractor report, September 1987-November 1988

Technical Report · Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:6750238

Carpenter, T J; Hill, T E; Buchi, K M

The U.S. Army Chemical Research, Development and Engineering Center (CRDEC) plans to dismantle and demolish the Pilot Plant (Building E5625). Now obsolete, this building was used to conduct chemical warfare (CW) agent studies. The objective of this program was to study and develop the best methods to safely demolish Building E5625. Aspects of the demolition considered included: environmental and personnel safety, applicable demolition techniques, debris disposal, and time and cost considerations. Five developed concepts were composed of combinations of the following major tasks: plan generation, site preparation, enclosing Building E5625 within a metal building, building demolition (selective or gantry crane/wrecking ball), hot gas decontamination of the entire building, decontamination of the building debris (chemical decontamination or incineration), and site closure.

• Research Organization: Battelle Columbus Labs., OH (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6750238
• Report Number(s): AD-A-220568/0/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
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29 ENERGY PLANNING
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MILITARY FACILITIES
DECONTAMINATION
PILOT PLANTS
CHEMICAL WARFARE
COST ESTIMATION
DEMOLITION
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HEALTH HAZARDS
HOT GAS CLEANUP
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PROGRESS REPORT
SAFETY
SITE SURVEYS
CLEANING
DOCUMENT TYPES
FUNCTIONAL MODELS
HAZARDS
MATERIALS
PURIFICATION
WARFARE
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