Demolition of former laboratory disposal area brings unique challenges.
The Los Alamos National Laboratories will begin a demolition project Wednesday that will help close its largest active disposal area known as “Area G.”
The project will demolish a 22,500 square foot containment dome that once stored drums of radioactive waste.
Lab officials said the project is also important to the San Ildefonso Pueblo Native Americans, whose sacred land borders the technical area.
Kent car park faces demolition after masonry fell from column, striking a car.
The crumbling Westgate Car Park in Kent Road, Dartford, was closed immediately following the incident on August 19.
Over the last six weeks, Dartford Council has commissioned an independent consultant structural engineer to undertake a full survey of the car park structure.
The report has concluded that the multi-storey 555-space car park is now beyond economical repair and should be demolished.
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Fear is rising that the cost of demolishing the K-25 building could hit $1 billion.
At the end of last year, demolition work began to dismantle the K-25 Building at the East Tennessee Technology Park Heritage Center (ETTP), the first facility ever built to enrich uranium using the gaseous diffusion process and, in its day, the world’s largest building under one roof.
Ten months later, and rumours are rife that demolition costs are spiraling out of control. Indeed, we have heard from one unnamed source that costs could top $1 billion before work is over.
It appears the presence of technetium-99, a devilish radioactive element, may be more widespread than previously thought in processing equipment at the K-25 uranium-enrichment plant. If so, that could complicate plans for taking down the east wing of the massive, U-shaped building and potentially delay the project’s schedule and jack up costs that are already thought to be in the region of $800 million.
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Contract to demolish 30 Ohio homes let at 40% less than previous asking price.
There are some websites and publications that will have you believe that low pricing and bid undercutting is just “one of those things” that we all have to put up with.
Not around here we don’t. We have just one interest when it comes to demolition contract pricing – That the demolition contractor earns a fair day’s wages for a fair day’s work. Which is why this story from Warren, Ohio leapt off the page at us.
Holton Inc. of Lordstown was awarded a $75,000 bid for 30 demolitions, equivalent to $2,500 per house. Mayor Michael O’Brien said five years ago, the lowest bids were $4,300 per house.
To save you doing the maths, that’s a drop of over 40%, and our guess is that most of that price drop has come in the past 12 months.
The city plans to demolish between 250 and 300 homes with a portion of its NSP grant, which requires some of the funding to be used for redevelopment. The city is bidding the demolitions in bundles of 25, but Community Development Director Michael Keys said 30 were chosen for the first round to kick off the program.
And to save you doingt he maths again, that’s $450,000 that’s staying in local authority coffers and not going to demolition companies and their workers.
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Edinburgh schoolchildren compete to demolish three housing blocks.
A safety poster competition has been organised by the city council, with the winner getting to push the demolition button when the flats come down. The three blocks in Gracemount – Gala, Soutra and Fala Courts – are due to be demolished by Coleman & Co on Sunday October 25th.
“It will be good to talk to the schools and getting the children interested in demolition and recycling, whilst at the same time making them aware of how they or their friends can get hurt if they see sites as a playground,” says Coleman’s James Howard.
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$3 billion earmarked for defence spending, with some of the cash destined for the demolition sector.
Defence Professionals reports that multiple contractors have been awarded a $3,000,000,000 contract for environmental requirements that include completion of a conceptual design, construction, implementation, demolition, repair and operation and maintenance of installed systems prior to delivery to the government.
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Investigations into alleged Philippines demolition gang continue.
A lawyer denied yesterday any involvement in the activities of the so-called “demolition gang,” whose members are being accused of swindling their victims of millions of pesos on the pretext of demolishing old structures.
Lawyer Vicente Millora admitted knowing one of the suspects, Alfredo Ramos, but said he has nothing to do with Ramos’ alleged crimes.
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Finmac has appointed Jaakko Lipsanen as head of business development.
Finmac, the Finnish contender for the Brokk remote controlled demolition machine crown, has appointed Jaakko Lipsanen to head up its business development operations.
On a personal note, we’re delighted to see our old friend Jaakko resurface in the industry. With more than 20 years hydraulic hammer experience gained with Rammer – where he was general manager – he’s a man who knows demolition and should prove to be a great addition to the ambitious Finmac team.
Video captures final moments of a chimney felled by a big push from an even bigger excavator.
Our thanks to John Woodward at C&D Consultancy for this exclusive video.
We spent much of yesterday talking to newspaper reporters. Then this happens.
It could have been so good. One of our precious (and, as it transpired, largely inaccurate) stories picked up by Britain’s most widely read newspapers.; the name demolitionnews on the lips of the three million plus readers of The Sun newspaper across the land; the untold riches from increased site traffic and advertising revenues that would surely follow; and the parties with the Page 3 girls.
Sadly, like the implosion of the two chimneys in Kirby Muxloe that started the whole sorry episode, it wasn’t to be. Despite taking endless, considered and well-crafted (you’ll have to take our word for it) quotes on the subject, all The Sun could manage was this.
Our thanks to John Woodward at C&D Consultancy for this exclusive video:
