Post-demolition, crews hurry to clear City Hall rubble

In a matter of eight seconds, City Hall was reduced to a pile of rubble Sunday morning.

"Everyone on the demolition team that I spoke to said it went absolutelytextbook, aside from a few pebbles and a few broken windows," said City Engineer Alan Shubert, the project manager for the ballpark.

The demolition of City Hall clears the way for construction to begin on the Triple-A baseball stadium, but first, crews will need to remove the mound of rubble.

Monday, tractors with big claws were seen scooping up the debris that will then be taken to the Clint landfill.

One construction vehicle even has a small wrecking ball on it.

Shubert estimates it will take about 1,000 truckloads to clear the site before ballpark construction can begin.

Shubert said the goal is to have everything cleared in the next two to three weeks.

"The urgency really is to get started on the ballpark project. We'd like to have all of that out of there within the next two weeks. I'll doubt if well make it but they'll do their level best," said Shubert.

But work on what will be the retaining wall on Missouri Street has already begun.

"We are asking them to remove around the back of the pile where we are starting on the retaining wall so we can start construction even if they're not done hauling,"said Shubert.

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Post-demolition, crews hurry to clear City Hall rubble