Video from the inside of the Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This week the demolition will get started, although most of the activity will be taken place on the inside of the former stadium.
Last week Envirocon started demolition on the former Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility in Tooele, Utah The property last year was transferred to the control of the nearby Tooele Army Depot and given the new designation as that depot’s South Area. The first two modular buildings were set to kick off the demolition. The first […]
Torburn Partners has been given the go ahead to demolish the building at 1441 Shure Drive in Arlington Heights, Illinois. Torburn Partners purchased the campus. As part of the sale, Nokia entered into a 12-year lease for the building at 1455 Shure Drive. Nokia is undergoing a $15 million renovation for the 214,000 SF building […]
Titanium Demolition and Remediation Group has been awarded a nearly $1.6 million contract to finally begin the long-planned demolition of two buildings at the W. Averell Harriman State Office Campus in Albany New York. The office of state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli announced Titanium will demolish the former Formerly Department of Civil Services Buildings 1 and […]
A concrete warehouse known as the Fay Street Warehouse in Utica, NY is coming down. On Sunday Feb. 9, between 7 and 8:30 a.m. one lucky individual might get to push the button, setting off a controlled implosion. The city and the state are trying to set up a lottery where residents can pay for […]
We have been getting some of email questions in regards to the demolition of the Metrodome in Minneapolis, MN. So we figured we would post the most frequent asked questions and answers. Q – When will the Metrodome demolition start? A – The air that is holding up the roof will be turned off on […]
The smokestack at the former Gilbert Paper Co. mill in Menasha, Wisconsin which stood since 1887 was dropped on Sunday, January 5th. The former mill was run by four generations of Gilberts — from its founder William Gilbert, to his sons, grandsons and at least one great-grandson. Statewide Razing is the demolition contractor.
Patrick O’Reilly, 25, was killed when he was struck by falling concrete when part of a wall collapsed at a demolition site Dec. 26 at Westfield Hawthorn Mall in Vernon Hills, Illinois. The accident occurred about 11 p.m. as a work crew was knocking down an exterior wall of a former Ruby Tuesday restaurant to […]
A Gretna, Louisiana property owner, Kevin Marrone, is suing Jefferson Parish and Durr Heavy Construction LLC for alleged code violations. Marrone claims that Durr Construction, under the direction of Jefferson Parish, demolished a common wall located at 1637 Alexander Court in Gretna on Nov. 1, 2012. The plaintiff alleges the defendants failed to remove a […]
Demolition of the K-25 Building in west Oak Ridge, Tennessee is just about complete. Workers are expected to remove the last remaining section starting at about 11 a.m. Thursday, December 19th. K-25 was built during World War II to enrich uranium for the world’s first atomic bombs as part of the top-secret Manhattan Project. After […]