Demolition News

Video from US contractor demonstrates concern for glass, not worker.
California clearly cares for its residents. The state has some of the most stringent emissions regulations in the world. It has banned smoking in public, and you can ask for “fat free sugar” to accompany your decaf coffee.
Which is [...]

Marlon County proposals to waive C&D waste disposal fees flies in face of environment.
Demolition contractors on either side of the Atlantic share an unseen bond; they are working in a rough, tough business where the risks and resulting camaraderie are on a par with those experienced in military service.
The US and the [...]

New York City officials defend timeline for landmark stadium contract.
As the old Yankee Stadium continues to be demolished, city and Bronx officials announced Wednesday that the surrounding neighborhood will soon receive enough replacement park land.
The upper deck of the “House That Ruth Built” is being torn down piece by piece. Officials said today that the [...]

Contractor identified as FBI informant who took down former deputy mayor.
A city council candidate is asking Newark City Hall to review the demolition contract for Douglass-Harrison Homes after contractor Nicholas Mazzocchi was identified as the FBI informant in corruption indictment of former Newark Deputy Mayor Ronald Salahuddin.
In a letter sent Tuesday to the City Council [...]

Should these beautiful train stations REALLY have fallen to the wrecking ball?
As someone who derives his living from the demolition industry, I am generally of the belief that this industry makes progress possible, clearing the landscape of the old to make way for the new.
However, as this excellent post from The Infrastructurist points out, there [...]

Eight men indicted over extortion linked to World Trade Center debris removal.
An eight-count indictment was unsealed on March 9, 2010 in Brooklyn federal court on charges of kickbacks and extortion related to demolition work at the World Trade Center Construction site in New York. Eight defendants were charged, including ” Theodore Persico, Jr., Michael Persico, [...]

A&R Demolition starts work on demolition of Corpus Christi stadium.
Local residents have hung green ribbons on the fence surrounding the site, but the demolition company hired by the city of Corpus Christi has started work ont he demolition of a stadium that once played home to an Elvis Presley concert.
The contractor secured [...]

Kraft Foods announce winner of contest who will press button at Texas Stadium.
An 11-year-old Dallas-area boy will trigger the implosion of Texas Stadium.
Casey Rogers, a sixth-grader from Terrell, got the honor by winning a Kraft Foods essay contest for kids who have made a difference in their communities. The implosion is scheduled for April 11. [...]

Simulation from Fabio Bruno Construcoes shows how prison implosion will proceed.
On Saturday this week, an eight building prison complex in Rio, Brazil will be imploded. The contract will be carried out by our friends at Fabio Bruno Construcoes and a simulation of the implosion has already been created by another friend of Demolition [...]

Latest death associated with enforced demolition in China is another stain on industry.
This industry of ours has a lot with which to contend. For all the skill that goes into the safe deconstruction of any building, our business is seen as destructive, noisy, dusty and somehow uncontrolled. This is an image [...]