Author Question: What is the purpose of completing the comprehensive engineering survey before demolition operations ... (Read 56 times)

swpotter12 · **on:** Jul 26, 2018

What is the purpose of completing the comprehensive engineering survey before demolition operations can begin on a structure?

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

When using explosives, what are the specific precautions to be taken to prevent accidental discharges by extraneous electrical charges?

What will be an ideal response?

kilada · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 26, 2018

Answer to Question 1

The purpose of the survey is to determine the structural integrity of columns, beams, floors, walls, framing, and roofs.

Answer to Question 2

In holes that have been primed and shunted, detonators should be short-circuited until they are connected into the blasting circuit.
In the event of a lightning storm, blasting operations should be suspended and all personnel should be removed from the blasting area.
Warning signs should be prominently displayed to warn against the use of radio transmitters within 1,000 feet of the blasting site.