Special Inspections & Design
In 2016 the Duke Energy Power Plant, located about five miles north of Terre Haute, IN, was shut down and began a four-year demolition phase. The plant opened in 1953 and produced 220 million megawatt hours of electricity over its 63 years of operat

Duke Energy Demolition

Phased demolition of 200+ feet tall power plant.

Client: Collaborative Analytics & Planning, LLC

Location: Terre Haute, IN

In 2016 the Duke Energy Power Plant, located about five miles north of Terre Haute, IN, was shut down and began a four-year demolition phase. The plant opened in 1953 and produced 220 million megawatt hours of electricity over its 63 years of operat

In 2016 the Duke Energy Power Plant, located about five miles north of Terre Haute, IN, was shut down and began a four-year demolition phase. The plant opened in 1953 and produced 220 million megawatt hours of electricity over its 63 years of operation, supplying power to hospitals, schools, industries, and homes. Deemed too expensive to upgrade with new pollution controls to meet current environmental regulations for air pollution, it was decided that the steel framed power plant would be demolished. Special Inspections & Design provided specialty structural engineering services to develop a safe, phased demolition plan that would allow different portions of the structure to be removed at a time. The exterior columns in the gallery area of Boiler House 6 high rise were supported by roof framing of the low-rise adjacent Turbine House. SID performed an in-depth structural stability analysis to determine if the propped cantilever framing of the gallery area could successfully support itself as a true cantilever upon the removal of the Turbine House supports. Based on this analysis, the low-rise structure was able to be demolished first while preserving the high-rise structure for future demolition. SID is currently involved in the complete deconstruction of this entire facility.