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…)
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…)
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…)
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…)
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…)
Ice House Faces Demolition
Ice House Faces Demolition
Cars drive by the old Ice House on Broadway on May 21. Owner Mark Stevenson bought the property in 1980, but now a proposed CVS would require the demolition of the building.
Water lines run across the ceiling.
Johnathan Stevenson remembers going to the old Ice House on Broadway after his father bought the property in 1980, playing hide and seek in the building and practicing with his metal band after school in the basement. A CVS pharmacy proposed for the site would require demolition of the Ice House, 320 E. Broadway. The Ice House still houses artifacts from its time as an ice business: ice saws, water pumps, giant ice bins and ice notes that customers left outside their homes indicating how much ice they wanted. (more…)
C&D Recycling $7.4 Billion Industry
More than 70 percent of the construction and demolition debris generated in the United States is recycled, according Dr. Timothy Townsend of the University of Florida, speaking at C&D World 2015, the annual meeting of the Construction & Demolition Recycling Association, Aurora, Illinois. Townsends remarks were based on a C&D white paper that his research team was commissioned to develop by the CDRA titled Benefits of C&D Recycling. (more…)
Toledo Raceway Park Demolition
Toledo Raceway Park opened in 1949 as a stock car track, but by the late 1950s had transitioned to horse racing first thoroughbreds, then harness racing. Established and run for years by the Jechura family, the track had changed hands a couple of times since the late 1980s before it was purchased by Penn National Gaming Inc. in 2005. (more…)