Demolition News

A building consulting firm is recommending the demolition and redevelopment of Yamacraw Village, after it calculated over $51 million of damage. GPB’s Benjamin Payne reports. Moldy walls, broken windows, leaky pipes and possible asbestos contamination are among a myriad of unsafe living conditions spelled out by consultants in a recent assessment of Savannah’s Yamacraw Village […]

A Stamford, Connecticut, building with more than 165,000 square feet under roof and a considerable industrial history may soon be up for bid as a demolition project. Local media reports in Connecticut say the owner of the building where Yale locks once were manufactured has determined the factory cannot be saved because of structural problems […]

Richland Wash. — A recent demolition at the Hanford Site is marking yet another step in completing the cleanup near the now-retired K-reactor. In a recent Facebook post, the Hanford Site says the West-K annex building was used to transfer highly radioactive sludge away from the Columbia River. As you can see, the building is […]

WHEELING — The Shadyside company that unsuccessfully bid for the demolition contract for the former Ohio Valley Medical Center campus is suing both WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital and the City of Wheeling over the decision. Among Raze International’s claims is that the winning bidder, New Jersey-based FR Beinke Wrecking, was ineligible to win the contract […]

Four construction companies submitted bids ranging from $263,600 to $387,000 to the city of Hopkinsville for demolition of the condemned Phoenix Building downtown. Gary Ruebush, the city’s budget officer, opened the sealed bids at 10 a.m. Friday at the Hopkinsville Municipal Center. Mayor James R. Knight Jr., City Attorney Doug Willen, City Councilman Steve Keel […]

Fiesta Mall opened in 1979 and for several decades was a retail mecca drawing shoppers from across the Valley. (Tribune file photo) The demolition of Fiesta Mall is scheduled to begin tomorrow, July 17, bringing a definitive end to an 80-acre site that was once a center of retail gravity for the Southeast Valley. Mesa […]

What remains of the RCA building in Rosslyn looks like something pulled from a post-apocalyptic film. Demolition work for the building (1901 N. Moore Street) has been ongoing since the end of March and the pedestrian bridge to a building next door was removed in the spring. Now, passers-by can see a narrowed shell of […]

NYCHA has announced a $1.5 billion plan to demolish and rebuild the Fulton and Elliott-Chelsea Houses in Chelsea. To complete the project, NYCHA has partnered with Essence Development and Related Companies, who will also work closely with residents and tenant associations to help ensure alignment among all community members. The Fulton Houses are located between […]

“Control” is the goal with controlled demolition. It’s all about using the physics of the explosion and gravity, the understanding of the architecture and terrain and the art of experience to bring down the house — or skyscraper or ballpark or other structures. But control is not always possible. Just because you want a perfect […]

A woman was rescued from a partially collapsed building in Davenport, Iowa, Monday as the city was planning to demolish it. The woman, 52-year-old Lisa Brooks, poked her head out of a fourth-floor window Monday about 24 hours after part of the building crumbled. A family member said she hid under the couch when the […]