Building Demolition Mishap Downtown @ Hornby

[Liquid_o2]

Originally Posted by Noir

Seemed like an attempt to blame spread IMO.

I'm not trying to spread blame. I noted twice in my post that the demolition wasn't done properly. However the City of Vancouver is one of the only major cities in North America where a policy is not in place for the entire street to be shutdown to pedestrian and auto traffic when there is a relatively small building setback along a major street in at downtown core. There should be proper policies and regulations in place, so if an accident does occur, such as this, nobody is in danger.

[fliptuner]

Originally Posted by Noir

Failure to shut down the street as a precaution is the lesser mistake than the demolishers failing to contain their demolition.

Might be the lesser of the mistakes but still a fail on their part. They chose to lighten the traffic load over clearing a potentially dangerous area.

As Liquid_o2 stated, no denying the demo crew could've managed the site better and went in with a better plan but the city should've allowed them more space. Look how close the building is to the street.

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lol @ the bgm