Little City Demolition

Little City Demolition

Equipment will be moved into place Monday to begin the demolition and removal of the 1902 building, a process expected to take six to eight weeks, unless slowed by bad weather. The weakened structural integrity of the asbestos-laden, five-story building prevents it from being redeveloped, as city officials had originally hoped. (more…)

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The art of the Interchange

The art of the Interchange

I-10/I-101 Interchange, Los Angeles, 2012
(Photo Credit: Peter Andrew)

Photographer Peter Andrew has travelled the globe taking aerial pictures of the highway interchanges transporting people all over the world, and the resulting photo essay was recently featured by Politico Magazine. (more…)

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Hunting Retreat for Veterans

Hunting Retreat for Veterans

Photos Credit: Thom Jennings
Volunteers spent Saturday cleaning up a property on Salt Works Road in Medina. The site is being turned into a hunting retreat.

Empire Tractor salesperson and avid outdoorsman, Joe Pionessa connected Zeliff with Michael Grasso of the Batavia Assembly of God Church, and soon the pair began working in concert with Chappys Outdoors to schedule two fall hunting outings on the property. (more…)

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Reusing Materials at Local Demolition Sites

Reusing Materials at Local Demolition Sites

A concrete crusher grinds concrete from the Talon complex demolition site to be re-purposed as fill throughout the site.

At Lincoln Recycling, the steel is separated based on size and composition of the steel alloys and then shipped out to manufacturers and steel mills in Pennsylvania and the Ohio Valley, according to Andrew Lincoln, owner. Lincoln Recycling will also handle this steel, but for this demolition, they will also be responsible for the concrete from the parking garage. (more…)

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10 Amazing Building Demolitions

Progress marches on, and if you’re old or decrepit or not passing code anymore, expect to have a crew of highly trained demolition experts march in and blast you to atoms. There’s something in watching things get destroyed that scratches a primal itch in the human psyche. (more…)

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New Baltimore Water Tower Demolition

New Baltimore Water Tower Demolition

The old New Baltimore water tower is scheduled to be demolished July 6. (File Photo)

A recent evaluation of the tower revealed a handful of deficiencies in the structure and included estimated costs for emergency repairs, painting and dismantling. The cost to paint the tower and make it structurally sound was estimated at more than $225,000. In May, New Baltimore City Council members voted 5-1 to approve a recommendation from the city engineer to award the water storage tank demolition, removal and disposal project to Iseler Demolition Inc. at a cost of $23,440. (more…)

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Safety Stand-Down Day 2015

Safety Stand-Down Day 2015

To further strengthen the industry’s commitment to safety, ISRI created the Circle of Safety Excellence . It was established for companies that are willing to share safety data and best practices for the betterment of their own safety operation and that of the industry. Now, during National Safety Month, we are asking ISRI members and all others in the recycling industry to reaffirm safety as our number one core value by participating in Safety Stand-Down Day on June 24. (more…)

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Shakespeare’s Pizza Restaurant Demolished

Shakespeare’s Pizza Restaurant Demolished

An excavator claw softens up the south side of a Shakespeare’s Pizza wall Wednesday. Emery Sapp and Sons began dismantling the west side of Shakespeare’s Pizza at about 6 a.m.

On Wednesday morning, Lewis watched a demolition crew tear down the building in which she spent much of her childhood alongside her parents, Shakespeares owners Jay and Nancy Lewis. Emery Sapp and Sons is demolishing the iconic Shakespeares building to make room for a building that will include retail on the first floor, office space on the second, and apartment space on the top four floors, Shakespeares general manager Kurt Mirtsching said. (more…)

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Possible Demolition for Historic Benton Palace

Possible Demolition for Historic Benton Palace

BENTON, Ark. – After years of trying, Bentons Mayor might not be able to save one of the town’s most historical buildings. The town needs $200,000 to help renovate the building. This isn’t about tearing down a building, tearing down history, said Mayor Mattingly. (more…)

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Copper-Metal Theft Continues

Thieves seeking the expensive metal are getting away with bundles of wires, pipes and scrap in order to sell the goods for quick cash. KING 5 gathered unused metal from the television station building and put metal recycling businesses to the test. (more…)

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