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Hyderabad: Two multi-storied buildings in a leading IT park in Hyderabad were demolished on Saturday.
Buildings 7 and 8 in Raheja Mindspace IT Park in Madhapur were demolished to construct new buildings in their place.
The latest technology was used to raze G+4 buildings early in the morning.
Edifice and Jet Demolition carried out the controlled demolitions.
Video clips of controlled demolitions were widely circulated on social media. The demolitions raised a huge storm of dust.
It took all precautions to protect other multi-storied structures in the IT Park from any damage.
The IT Park is located at the heart of Hyderabad Information Technology and Engineering Consultancy (Hitec) City, the IT hub. The park houses several IT giants and a five-star hotel.
According to Mindspace, this is part of the entity’s larger strategy to undertake infrastructure and workspace upgrades.
“This paves the way for a new-age building that shall offer expansion and consolidation spaces within the Business Park. The new asset is expected to be completed by the third quarter of 2027,” it said in a press release.
Mindspace Business Parks REIT leveraged “implosion technology” in the strategic demolition of two aging buildings located at Mindspace Madhapur”.
The structures with a legacy of around 18 years were successfully dismantled in just 6-8 seconds.
This makes way for a futuristic sustainable asset spread across approximately 1.6 million square feet, the company said in a statement.
The new asset is expected to be completed by the third quarter of financial 2027.
Mindspace REIT had engaged the expertise of skilled professionals from Edifice Engineering who were awarded the contract of implosion.
Edifice Engineering further partnered with Jet Demolition, a South African based Engineering and Technology Partner.
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