Crews will decide on their final plan of attack closer to implosion day. Not exactly flat as a prairie. Implosion saves time. That would spell two years of noise, dust and inconvenience for neighbors of the Dome. Also, implosion, as a general rule, is not much more expensive than the wrecking ball.
More work needs to be done before the big day.
More than 5,000 holes for explosives have been drilled into the Dome's roof and columns, with about 500 more to go. Loizeaux's daughter will load the compression ring with explosives beginning today. Loizeaux has been thinking about the Dome from the moment he knew CDI would be involved in the project. He thinks about the Dome on planes. At home in Maryland.