DSOB Reconstruction Update 7/19/2023 | Updates & Photos | Kansas Department of Administration

View from the remote camera today. You can see most of the 12th floor is now removed, awaiting a few beams and column pieces.

Demolition of the 12th floor walls.

Demolition at 12th floor core area. At the bottom of the picture, you can see steel beams cut and ready for removal from the building when the crane is scheduled for that work.

Two robotic demo machines are working to remove parapet edge block, stone, and concrete. The diversion system suspended by the crane deposits material to the floor below. This system is employed to contain debris at more sensitive locations.

At far right side of the picture you can see part of the old boiler flue.

This is a view of the working level of the demolition process. The demo machines are breaking concrete floors.

Crews are removing bolts from plate steel anchored down in the vault structure. After being in place for 70 years, the bolts needed lots of persuasion to release their bond. Steel is now removed and ready for CMU block in this area.

One inch slotted bolts take special tools to remove. We made our own tools to accomplish this task.

The old vault door was removed. This door was heavy!

Basement plaster ceilings are removed in preparation of CMU block activity. The brown ductwork with the white seam tape is asbestos material that needs abated. This is ductwork from the original construction in 1954.

There are lots of opinions about color and material selections. Everyone is working well to find the best combination for the project.