Demolition News

  Richland, WA High risk demolition of a radioactively contaminated plant at Hanford could restart in a week, nearly two years after a stop-work order was issued. It will be the first work on the most contaminated portions remaining of the Plutonium Finishing Plant since particles of plutonium became airborne in December 2017, contaminating workers […]

  We’re learning more about what’s behind the delays for the construction of the new professional soccer stadium and learning more about Mayor John Cooper’s plan to get some answers about what it will cost taxpayers.   NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) – News4 is learning more about what’s behind the delays for construction of the new […]

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – The city demolished two cranes at the Hard Rock Hotel construction site on Sunday (Oct. 20). They came crashing down on Rampart and Canal streets around just after 2:30 p.m. The demolition was delayed throughout the day. The city first gave a heads up about the demolition around 11:30 a.m., however […]

At Hard Rock New Orleans, this is the plan for the ‘only way’ to remove damaged cranes City and state leaders hope the use of explosives by demolition experts will safely bring down two teetering cranes at the site of the partially collapsed Hard Rock Hotel in New Orleans. [UPDATE: The controlled demolition has been […]

Copied from Green Building Advisor       When a building is too dilapidated to renovate, do you demolish it or take it apart for salvage?   A section of roof lies on the second floor as a decon worker uses a specialized levering tool to separate the sheathing boards from the roof framing. Note the […]

NEW ORLEANS —One of the top demolition experts in the U.S. is coming to New Orleans to help explore what to do next with the partially collapsed Hard Rock Hotel. Mark Loizeaux, of Controlled Demolition Incorporated, confirmed with WDSU that he has been asked to consult on shoring up the two cranes that have become […]

Company moved production to Florida; community, school system worry about impact   FORT EDWARD — General Electric Co. is set to begin taking down the 400,000 square feet of buildings that used to comprise the firm’s electrical capacitor factory, which closed in 2016. The teardown will start during the week of Oct. 21 and is […]

EAST ALTON — A small, private St. Louis company has purchased the coal-fired Wood River power plant here, which closed in 2016, and is working to clean up the site and repurpose it — a possible blueprint for many coal plant turnarounds to come. Commercial Liability Partners purchased the site last month, and has not […]

BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) – Authorities say a New Jersey man working at a demolition site in Pennsylvania was killed in a workplace accident. The Lehigh County Coroner’s Office says 38-year-old Luke Marzano was working on the Martin Tower property site in Bethlehem when the accident occurred Thursday morning. Crews there have been cleaning up the […]

A former Detroit official got a break for corruption involving the city’s home demolition program: He got a year in prison for bid rigging and bribery, when prosecutors argued for 30 months. Aradondo Haskins, 48, a former Field Operations Manager for the Detroit Building Authority, was sentenced to 12 months in prison Monday for rigging bids and […]