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:: Friday, January 09, 2004 ::

Contractor on collapsed Trop garage files demo permit By BRIDGET MURPHY
ATLANTIC CITY - The general contractor for the Tropicana parking garage that partly collapsed in October, killing four construction workers and injuring 20 more, applied for a permit Wednesday to demolish at least part of the structure.

City engineer Jerry Kilby said Thursday that he had not yet reviewed the demolition application for the garage, but believed the plans include taking down the five floors that pancaked down along with other parts of the garage directly affected by the collapse.

Demolition plan filed for Tropicana garage By JOHN CURRAN, AP
The document gives a general outline for the work, beginning with debris removal.
The hanging slabs may be tied to undamaged sections of the 2,400-space parking garage for stabilization, using steel cables or high-strength netting.

Once the slabs are secured, they will be cut into smaller sections. 'Concrete slabs would be saw-cut into manageable sections and then lifted by crane to a staging area,' the document said.
In places where concrete cutting is impossible, the slabs will be broken up by workmen using hydraulic hammers, impact hammers and small wrecking balls, allowing small pieces to fall to the bottom, where they will be removed continuously.

The removal of the slabs will help OSHA investigators attempting to pinpoint the cause, Roskoski said. The agency has until April 30 to report on the collapse.

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