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The biggest blast in Ottawa’s history was over in seconds on Sunday, reducing the 11-storey John Carling Building to 40,000 tonnes of rubble by 420 kilograms of explosives.
Hundreds of people gathered 300 metres away from the federal office tower at 930 Carling Ave. that overlooked Dow’s Lake to catch a glimpse of the $4.8 million demolition.
Nearby residents were told to stay inside their homes before sirens wailed several times to warn that the implosion was imminent.
As spectators anxiously waited, children sang happy birthday to the son of a demolition employee before they did a countdown and yelled, “Smoke in the hole!” That signalled the explosives were about to ignite.
“If you can’t preserve, it you might as well blow it up,” said Lisa Kelly, the owner and president of Advanced Explosives Demolition Inc.
The force of several explosions at 7 a.m. shook the ground before the building began to collapse, firing a large amount of dust into the air.
The overwhelming amount of dust sent some people running away from the property to their cars, while others covered their faces with their clothing.
Marc Verticchio, site supervisor for the main contractor, the AIM Environmental Group, said most of the asbestos was removed from the building before the demolition. The roughly 0.05 per cent that was left behind posed no danger to the public, he said.
The Sir John Carling building was demolished in a controlled implosion on Sunday, July 13, 2014.
The Experimental Farm property suddenly looked like a ghost town compared to the flurry of activity just moments earlier when onlookers were crammed into the public viewing areas.
There wasn’t much room, but eight-year-old Zenio Arnone and his mother Tina Arnone managed to find a spot near the front. They sat on a blanket and cuddled under an umbrella to watch the explosion that Zenio described as looking like a scene out of a movie.
When the explosions rang out and the building began to collapse, Tina Arnone yelled out in excitement.
“That was so cool. It was good. Unbelievable,” she said after the explosion. “I didn’t think it would go that fast. That was neat.”
Stephen Webb, the man behind a Facebook page called Friends of the Sir John Building, watched the implosion with his family. Since he worked in the building for two years, he wanted to see it come down.
How did he feel when he saw the building crumble?
“A little bit of joy,” Webb said with a chuckle.
That’s because the implosion freed the souls of many public servants that were locked in a vault in the basement, Webb joked.
Twitter was busy with exclamations from startled residents who heard and felt the blast across the city.
@OttawaCitizen Thank god you tweeted this. I literally thought a bomb just went off. #kaboom— Feisty (@Fffeisty) July 13, 2014
@OttawaCitizen definitely heard the bang from Place’d Orleans waiting for the bus!
— Jeremy Cox (@Jer_Cox) July 13, 2014
Nothing gets this town out of bed faster than the prospect of watching a government building being blown up. pic.twitter.com/OQtdLOCJz8
— Scott Gilmore (@Scott_Gilmore) July 13, 2014
Elaine Cole, who worked in the basement of the Sir John Carling Building, said she wasn’t too thrilled about the implosion. She said she made many memories since she started there 23 years ago.
“It’s going to be sad,” Cole said. “I was pregnant with my first when I started here.”
Spectator Gerry Goly also has a long history with the building dating back to 1967 when he watched it go up on the grounds of the Experimental Farm where he often picnicked as a child with his family.
The building also brings back painful memories for Goly about his brother-in-law Philippe Lanoix who worked there as an accountant. At the age of 42, Lanoix had just finished giving a presentation when he collapsed.
“He went to sit down, fell on the floor and died right there,” Goly said.
When the dust settled on Sunday, Kelly discovered they managed to save a one-storey former cafeteria building known as the “West Annex,” which is a heritage site the government wanted to protect.
The only damage to the cafeteria was one broken window.
“The rest of it looks to be in absolutely perfect condition,” she said.
Most of the Sir John Carling Building was reduced to rubble, although part of a staircase remained intact. Verticchio said the staircase is the strongest part of a building and often remains standing after demolition.
Kelly said excavators will go to the site to crush the remaining concrete before the rubble is cleared away.
Verticchio said the biggest challenge was the strength of the building, but it managed to crumble.
“It was a perfect blast,” Verticchio said. “Absolutely no issues.”
While some were disturbed by the blasts, some mesmerized by the event, others — like Nicolas Baird — decided to create something new from the destruction.
“I was the only person in the crowd facing in the other direction when the building exploded,” he said of his action movie-treatment of the implosion. (Watch the video below.)
— with files from Ian MacLeod
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Hundreds of people gathered 300 metres away from the federal office tower at 930 Carling Ave. that overlooked Dow’s Lake to catch a glimpse of the $4.8 million demolition.
Nearby residents were told to stay inside their homes before sirens wailed several times to warn that the implosion was imminent.
As spectators anxiously waited, children sang happy birthday to the son of a demolition employee before they did a countdown and yelled, “Smoke in the hole!” That signalled the explosives were about to ignite.
“If you can’t preserve, it you might as well blow it up,” said Lisa Kelly, the owner and president of Advanced Explosives Demolition Inc.
The force of several explosions at 7 a.m. shook the ground before the building began to collapse, firing a large amount of dust into the air.
The overwhelming amount of dust sent some people running away from the property to their cars, while others covered their faces with their clothing.
Marc Verticchio, site supervisor for the main contractor, the AIM Environmental Group, said most of the asbestos was removed from the building before the demolition. The roughly 0.05 per cent that was left behind posed no danger to the public, he said.
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People look on as the Sir John Carling building demolished in Ottawa on Sunday, July 13, 2014. The former headquarters of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada at 930 Carling, completed in 1967, is being demolished at a cost of $4.8 million.
Justin Tang / CP 
Security was tight around the 1,000 metre perimeter of the Sir John Carling Building (middle), which was demolished successfully, in Ottawa on Sunday morning, July 13, 2014.
David Kawai / Ottawa Citizen
The Sir John Carling Building in Ottawa was demolished early Sunday morning, July 13, 2014.
David Kawai / Ottawa Citizen
Members of the public gathered early Sunday morning to watch as the Sir John Carling Building in Ottawa was demolished, July 13, 2014.
David Kawai / Ottawa Citizen
Members of the public gathered early Sunday morning to watch as the Sir John Carling Building in Ottawa was demolished, July 13, 2014.
David Kawai / Ottawa Citizen
People react as the Sir John Carling building demolished in Ottawa on Sunday, July 13, 2014. The former headquarters of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada at 930 Carling, completed in 1967, is being demolished at a cost of $4.8 million.
Justin Tang / CP
Members of the public gathered at a vantage point near Carling Road early Sunday morning to watch as the Sir John Carling Building in Ottawa was demolished, July 13, 2014.
David Kawai / Ottawa Citizen
Members of the public gathered early Sunday morning to watch as the Sir John Carling Building in Ottawa was demolished, July 13, 2014.
David Kawai / Ottawa Citizen
Citizen reporter Meghan Hurley snaps photos on her phone in the dust following the demolition the Sir John Carling Building in Ottawa early Sunday morning, July 13, 2014.
David Kawai / Ottawa Citizen
The Sir John Carling Building in Ottawa was demolished early Sunday morning, July 13, 2014.
David Kawai / Ottawa Citizen
The Sir John Carling Building in Ottawa was demolished early Sunday morning, July 13, 2014.
David Kawai / Ottawa Citizen
The Sir John Carling Building in Ottawa was demolished early Sunday morning, July 13, 2014.
David Kawai / Ottawa Citizen
The Sir John Carling building implodes as it is demolished in Ottawa on Sunday, July 13, 2014. The former headquarters of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada at 930 Carling, completed in 1967, is being demolished at a cost of $4.8 million.
Justin Tang / CP
The Sir John Carling Building in Ottawa was demolished early Sunday morning, July 13, 2014.
David Kawai / Ottawa Citizen
The Sir John Carling Building in Ottawa was demolished early Sunday morning, July 13, 2014.
David Kawai / Ottawa Citizen
The Sir John Carling Building in Ottawa was demolished early Sunday morning, July 13, 2014.
David Kawai / Ottawa Citizen
The Sir John Carling Building in Ottawa was demolished early Sunday morning, July 13, 2014.
David Kawai / Ottawa Citizen
The Sir John Carling Building in Ottawa was demolished early Sunday morning, July 13, 2014.
The Sir John Carling Building in Ottawa was demolished early Sunday morning, July 13, 2014.
David Kawai / Ottawa Citizen
The Sir John Carling Building in Ottawa was demolished early Sunday morning, July 13, 2014.
David Kawai / Ottawa Citizen
The Sir John Carling Building in Ottawa was demolished early Sunday morning, July 13, 2014.
David Kawai / Ottawa Citizen
The Sir John Carling Building in Ottawa was demolished early Sunday morning, July 13, 2014.
David Kawai / Ottawa Citizen
The Sir John Carling Building in Ottawa was demolished early Sunday morning, July 13, 2014.
David Kawai / Ottawa Citizen
The Sir John Carling Building in Ottawa was demolished early Sunday morning, July 13, 2014.
David Kawai / Ottawa Citizen
The Sir John Carling Building in Ottawa was demolished early Sunday morning, July 13, 2014.
David Kawai / Ottawa Citizen
The Sir John Carling Building in Ottawa was demolished early Sunday morning, July 13, 2014.
David Kawai / Ottawa Citizen
The Sir John Carling Building is obscured by dust after it was demolished early Sunday morning, July 13, 2014.
David Kawai / Ottawa Citizen
The Sir John Carling Building is obscured by dust after it was demolished early Sunday morning, July 13, 2014.
David Kawai / Ottawa Citizen
The Sir John Carling Building is obscured by dust after it was demolished early Sunday morning, July 13, 2014.
David Kawai / Ottawa Citizen
Members of the media and others in the VIP viewing box for the demolition of the Sir John Carling Building saw a wall of dust approach quickly after the building went down on Sunday morning, July 13, 2014.
David Kawai / Ottawa Citizen
Members of the public who gathered early Sunday morning to watch the demolition of the Sir John Carling Building soon after found themselves in a cloud of dust, July 13, 2014.
David Kawai / Ottawa Citizen
Members of the public who gathered early Sunday morning to watch the demolition of the Sir John Carling Building soon after found themselves in a cloud of dust, July 13, 2014.
A woman films on her iPad as the Sir John Carling building is demolished in Ottawa on Sunday, July 13, 2014. The former headquarters of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada at 930 Carling, completed in 1967, is being demolished at a cost of $4.8 million.
Justin Tang / CP
An Ottawa Police officer blocks Carling Avenue as smoke fills the air following the demolition of the Sir John Carling building in Ottawa on Sunday, July 13, 2014. The former headquarters of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada at 930 Carling, completed in 1967, is being demolished at a cost of $4.8 million.
Justin Tang / CP
Smoke fills the air along Carling Avenue following the demolition of the Sir John Carling building in Ottawa on Sunday, July 13, 2014. The former headquarters of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada at 930 Carling, completed in 1967, is being demolished at a cost of $4.8 million.
Justin Tang / CP
People look on at Carling Avenue after the demolition of the Sir John Carling building in Ottawa on Sunday, July 13, 2014. The former headquarters of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada at 930 Carling, completed in 1967, is being demolished at a cost of $4.8 million.
Justin Tang / CP
The Sir John Carling building was demolished in a controlled implosion on Sunday, July 13, 2014.
The Experimental Farm property suddenly looked like a ghost town compared to the flurry of activity just moments earlier when onlookers were crammed into the public viewing areas.
There wasn’t much room, but eight-year-old Zenio Arnone and his mother Tina Arnone managed to find a spot near the front. They sat on a blanket and cuddled under an umbrella to watch the explosion that Zenio described as looking like a scene out of a movie.
When the explosions rang out and the building began to collapse, Tina Arnone yelled out in excitement.
“That was so cool. It was good. Unbelievable,” she said after the explosion. “I didn’t think it would go that fast. That was neat.”
Stephen Webb, the man behind a Facebook page called Friends of the Sir John Building, watched the implosion with his family. Since he worked in the building for two years, he wanted to see it come down.
How did he feel when he saw the building crumble?
“A little bit of joy,” Webb said with a chuckle.
That’s because the implosion freed the souls of many public servants that were locked in a vault in the basement, Webb joked.
Twitter was busy with exclamations from startled residents who heard and felt the blast across the city.
@OttawaCitizen Thank god you tweeted this. I literally thought a bomb just went off. #kaboom— Feisty (@Fffeisty) July 13, 2014
@OttawaCitizen definitely heard the bang from Place’d Orleans waiting for the bus!
— Jeremy Cox (@Jer_Cox) July 13, 2014
Nothing gets this town out of bed faster than the prospect of watching a government building being blown up. pic.twitter.com/OQtdLOCJz8
— Scott Gilmore (@Scott_Gilmore) July 13, 2014
Elaine Cole, who worked in the basement of the Sir John Carling Building, said she wasn’t too thrilled about the implosion. She said she made many memories since she started there 23 years ago.
“It’s going to be sad,” Cole said. “I was pregnant with my first when I started here.”
Spectator Gerry Goly also has a long history with the building dating back to 1967 when he watched it go up on the grounds of the Experimental Farm where he often picnicked as a child with his family.
The building also brings back painful memories for Goly about his brother-in-law Philippe Lanoix who worked there as an accountant. At the age of 42, Lanoix had just finished giving a presentation when he collapsed.
“He went to sit down, fell on the floor and died right there,” Goly said.
When the dust settled on Sunday, Kelly discovered they managed to save a one-storey former cafeteria building known as the “West Annex,” which is a heritage site the government wanted to protect.
The only damage to the cafeteria was one broken window.
“The rest of it looks to be in absolutely perfect condition,” she said.
Most of the Sir John Carling Building was reduced to rubble, although part of a staircase remained intact. Verticchio said the staircase is the strongest part of a building and often remains standing after demolition.
Kelly said excavators will go to the site to crush the remaining concrete before the rubble is cleared away.
Verticchio said the biggest challenge was the strength of the building, but it managed to crumble.
“It was a perfect blast,” Verticchio said. “Absolutely no issues.”
While some were disturbed by the blasts, some mesmerized by the event, others — like Nicolas Baird — decided to create something new from the destruction.
“I was the only person in the crowd facing in the other direction when the building exploded,” he said of his action movie-treatment of the implosion. (Watch the video below.)
— with files from Ian MacLeod
Related
- A history of the Sir John Carling Building
- Sir John Carling descendant saddened by demolition of namesake building
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