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| Sir John Carling Building |
Sunday morning at 7 a.m. will see an implosion spectacle in one of the most scenic parts of Ottawa. The Sir John Carling Building, an unwanted federal landmark dating from 1967, will come crashing down with the detonation of a series of smartly-placed explosive packages. The obsolete office tower overlooks lovely Dow’s Lake. It’s demise is being called the biggest blast in the capital’s history. Such superlatives might tempt political wags but we will leave it alone. Sunday’s demolition will be executed by a U.S. demolition team skilled in such work. Eric “master blaster” Kelly of Advance Explosives Demolition Inc. of Idaho will push a button detonating about 400 kilograms of dynamite in an intricate sequence of small, controlled explosions within the 11-storey structure. Watch for it.
