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Eric Kelly has performed some remarkable achievements throughout his history, granting Advanced Explosives Demolition Inc. numerous World Records:
  • World Record for the Largest Building Ever Successfully Imploded:
    The Sears Merchandise Warehouse, a 2,720,000 square foot building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Record for The Tallest Structure Ever Successfully Imploded in North America:
    72-story smokestack, an EPA Superfund Site
  • World Record for the Most Buildings Successfully Imploded in a Single Sequence:
    20 structures in Calgary, Canada
  • First and only Successful Implosions in Puerto Rico:
    Chrisantemos I and II
  • First Implosion in St. John, New Brunswick, Canada:
    General Hospital a major structure in a downtown location
  • First Implosion in Montreal, Canada:
    St. Antoine Refrigeration Building
On a chilly fall morning of October 4, 1998, you would have imagined, with residents staking their spots high above the surrounding hills, scaling rooftops for "eagle-eye" views and testing the perimeter barricades to the limits, that there was anticipated coming of a special dignitary to Calgary..... [more]

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According to Director of Buildings of Toronto...

"We greatly benefited from your experience and advice (this was) downtown Toronto's first demolition by implosion. The Municipality had not previously agreed to permit an implosion of any buildings within the built-up core area of the City. The event was a success. This experience will allow us to revise our procedures in an effort to streamline the approval process (for a future implosion project)."

Pamela Ann Coburn
Toronto, Canada
Director of Buildings and Deputy Chief Building Official