ABSTRACT

People’s Emporium. The surrounding environment of the blasting area is shown in Figure 1.

1.2 Project structure

Shiyan People’s Emporium was built in 1982. At that time, it was called Liuyan Emporium of Shiyan Commercial Bureau. It was composed of four parts, labeled 1, 2, 3, and 4, as shown in Figure 2. Part 1 was the main business hall, part 2 was the connection body, part 3 was a small business hall (6-storeys), and part 4 was the warehouse. Parts 1 and 2 were only 3-storeys tall. The main business hall was a frame structure, while the connection body and small business hall were also frame structures, except for the stairs, which were brick structures. The 3-storey warehouse had only one row of pillars. Its front and back were load-bearing brick

1 GENERAL SITUATION OF THE PROJECT

This project was located on the Renmin North Road, Shiyan city, near Liuyan Wreath Island. Wushang Group Company decided to demolish and rebuild the Shiyan People’s Department Store.