Patent ID: 6919005

Claim:
A method for weakening a structure composed at least in part of porous material via use of an electro-osmotic system, comprising: measuring selected parameters of said structure and said structure's surrounding environment; comparing said selected parameters to known data; establishing operating parameters of said electro-osmotic system; connecting said electro-osmotic system to at least part of said porous material in said structure in accordance with said established operating parameters; and establishing an efficient osmotic flow of moisture from within at least some of said porous portions of said structure using said established operating parameters to operate said electro-osmotic system, wherein said osmotic flow dehydrates at least part of said porous material in said structure, and wherein said dehydration causes weakening of said structure to facilitate demolition thereof; and terminating said osmotic flow of moisture upon attaining a pre-specified level of degradation of said structure.