What Goes Up Must Come Down

摘要

Holcim U.S. Inc.'s old Laporte, Colo., cement plant razed by Cherry Demolition using explosives and excavators. Atlas Copco hammer plays a major role. Every year, Holcim U.S. Inc. ships more than 15 million tons of cement, making it one of the largest cement manufacturers in the United States. It produces and sells both ready-mix concrete and aggregates to numerous customers, including concrete product manufacturers and concrete dealers. So it seems ironic that a company which begins making cement by crushing rock would turn one of its processing plants into just that - crushed rock. The Holcim plant in Laporte, Colo., was constructed in the 1940s. That plant continued to produce cement until recently, when a newer and more updated complex was built in the region. With the old building site lacking the new technology, including anti-pollution devices, it was abandoned.