[FONT=Verdana]Wrecking Corporation of America, which has provided demolition services to major industrial, commercial, and government clients in the Washington DC, Virginia, and Maryland metropolitan areas for more than 30 years, has begun demolition of a 12-story steel-frame, 140,000 square-foot building in Richmond, Virginia. The general contractor for the project is the Richmond-based W.M. Jordan Company.[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana]"There are some tricky aspects to the Eighth Street project," said Terry Anderson, Wrecking Corp executive VP. "We have to dismantle and salvage historic building components from the structure, including millwork, marble and wrought iron from the interior. On the exterior, the twelfth- and third-floor terracotta cornices and ornate stone elements will be salvaged, cataloged, crated and stored to be used later in the new building being constructed on this site. All the demolition of the upper seven floors is being done by hand, one level at a time. In addition, the project has extremely low vibration limits to ensure the safety of a historic church dating back to 1836, which is separated from the building by only a six-foot-wide alley."[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana]The Eighth Street building, which was acquired by the Commonwealth in 1966 to house state offices, was built in the early 1900s. The demolition will make way for the construction of a new office building on the site. Demolition is expected to be complete by the end of the year. [/FONT]