Project Timeline
The ELCOGAS thermoelectric plant, which produced electrical energy with integrated gasification combined cycle technology, ceased its activity in 2016. MAXAM was in charge of the complex demolition of the two concrete towers that was carried out with the detonation of 275 kilograms of explosives in just 3,285 milliseconds.
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Key figures
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- WHERE ?
- Puertollano, Spain
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- CUSTOMER
- RECIFEMETAL and ELCOGAS
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- Safety perimeter
- 1.2 kilometers
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- Boreholes
- 892
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- EXPLOSIVE USED
- 275 kilograms of RIODIN dynamite
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- DETONATORS
- +more than 1000 RIOTRONIC DT electronic detonators
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- TOTAL SEQUENCE
- 3,285 milliseconds
After the demolition, both towers fell in the planned direction and the seismographs reflected much lower vibration results.