winds. vaughan hillyard is on the ground in surfside. what do we know about this demolition and how this whole mission is bracing for this upcoming storm? reporter: yeah, the decision to bring down the rest of this 12-story unsturdy building was made just yesterday, which speeds up this process, this demolition process. they brought in an outside firm, a contractor, controlled demolition incorporated which has experience taking down these sorts of buildings. they took down the old trump plaza in atlantic city earlier this year. this is a very sped up process. they intend to have the building down by at least tomorrow morning. that s before tropical storm elsa makes landfall. we could see winds from 20 to 60 miles per hour depending which path the storm takes. we do not know the exact hour they are planning to demolish the building. they are saying the contractor is waiting, working through this
bring down the rest of the condo prior to this, but as of yesterday we were told that that would take weeks, best case scenario. officials say what has changed is that they are working with a new group of contractors, cdi controlled demolition incorporated, who according to the mayor of miami-dade have the ability to bring down what remains of this condominium within 36 hours once structural engineers give them the green light. we are told the building will be brought down with some sort of charge, not a wrecking ball, to hopefully keep the debris in a bit of a contained area. listen to more of what we heard. it will entail minimal work stoppage from the search and rescue. they would have to stop a little bit before and a little bit after just to make sure that there were no fires, but probably the most minimal interruption in terms of the course of action they re pursuing. there will be a tarp there is a strategy in regards to the
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