BELVIDERE — More than five years after a fatal pressure vessel explosion at NDK Crystal along Interstate 90 in Belvidere, the building's gutted 10-story production tower is finally coming down.
Rockford-based Cord Construction Co. began dismantling the tower at 701 Crystal Parkway on Feb. 16. The $950,000 demolition project is expected to be completed by June 15.
"The whole tower is coming down," said Randy Fago, Cord Construction project manager and on-site superintendent. "It's such a tall structure we have to dismantle it in sections with a crane."
Fago said that in addition to the tower, Cord will demolish 8,000 square feet of office and production space.
NDK President Ken Hennessy would not go into detail about the company's decision to get rid of its production plant this year.
"The timing is appropriate to do it now," Hennessy said.
On Dec. 7, 2009, superheated liquid escaped from inside a pressure vessel at the NDK plant, causing an explosion that sent thousands of pounds of debris soaring hundreds of feet from the building. An 8-by-4-foot, 8,600-pound vessel fragment flew 435 feet through two concrete ….
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