Demolition of the decrepit former Gro Mor fertilizer distribution facility in Plant City, Florida was delayed by the discovery of asbestos used in the building materials. The eyesore, located south of the historic downtown district, was purchased by the city for $600,000 using Community Redevelopment Agency funds. City officials hope to attract new business to [...]
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Century-old Hotel To Undergo Partial Demolition
The sprawling property in downtown Cambria, Wisconsin was erected 100 years ago, designed to be a hotel, and today it is a crumbling blight on the neighborhood. The owner wants to tear down most of the building and try to save the two attached buildings at 206 and 208 W. Edgewater Street. Two engineers were [...]
Asbestos Delays Demolition Of Nursing School Dormitory
The old nursing school dormitory in Moline, Iowa has been undergone asbestos abatement four times, but the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says more tests are needed before the building can be demolished. An EPA spokesperson said that, even though the asbestos tiles have been removed, contamination may have spread to the surrounding soil, brick and [...]
Demolition Will Cost Almost Twice As Much As Purchase Price For YWCA Building
The City of Des Moines, Iowa has offered to buy the old downtown YWCA building for just over $1 million, but the cost of demolishing the building with asbestos abatement could cost in excess of $1.85 million. Initial estimates were in the neighborhood of $700,000. City officials would like to own the centrally located property, [...]
Delaware Hotel Asbestos Removal Done, Demolition Underway From July Into August
The Delaware Hotel demolition is well underway following asbestos abatement performed earlier this year. The demolition crew will begin with the banquet facility and restaurant, followed by the main structure of the four-story hotel. Materials from the demolished building will be separated into piles onsite to facilitate recycling. Almost 90% of the building materials will [...]
Courthouse Annex Demolition To Begin In August Following Asbestos Abatement
The Randall County courthouse in Canyon, Texas was built in 1909, and it is undergoing a major restoration. The annex building was added in 1968, and will be torn down in keeping with the plan to return the courthouse to its original historic condition. Before the annex can come down, asbestos had to be removed. [...]
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Demolition Bids Come In Below Estimates For Former Ohio Office Building
A $631,343 Clean Ohio Revitalization Fund grant was awarded to the City of Youngstown for the demolition and remediation work necessary to take down the decaying Youngstown Sheet & Tube office building. Most of the bids on the work surprised officials by coming in for considerably less than the estimated cost of asbestos remediation, cleanup [...]
Students Decorate North Dakota’s Oldest Catholic School Before Demolition
Before the 80-year-old St. John’s Catholic school in Wahpeton, North Dakota was abandoned, students, former students and staff were invited to pick up paint, markers or chalk and "leave their mark" by decorating the walls and floors with personal artwork. Fixing the deteriorating school would be extremely costly. The walls were coming apart and asbestos [...]
McDonald’s To Undergo Asbestos Abatement, Demolition And Rebuilding
Lettuce Feed You Inc. is modernizing its ten McDonald’s restaurants in New York, which are scattered around Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties. At the State Street McDonald’s in Watertown recently, fixtures and more were auctioned off to the public before demolition. Tables, chairs, toilets, freezers, kitchen equipment and even the glass atrium were auctioned [...]
Memorial Coliseum Demolition Continues
The Memorial Coliseum in Corpus Christi, Texas is coming down piece by piece. Asbestos is being removed from the air conditioning system, non-load-bearing walls are being removed, and the roof will come off after that. Everything that can be recycled will be. Steel beams and roofing materials will be recycled, some of the bricks will [...]