Demolition News

  Mayor Jim Kenney on Thursday unveiled steps that his administration and City Council plan to take to better protect some of Philadelphia’s oldest and most interesting buildings, nearly two years after convening a task force to study historic preservation. Surrounded by Councilman Mark Squilla, preservation leaders, and task force members, Kenney explained wide-ranging regulatory […]

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – The family of a construction worker who was killed in a Miami Beach building collapse has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the companies that oversaw the demolition. The family is seeking damages from several companies and individuals, including Winmar Construction Inc. and AlliedBean Demolition, the subcontractor that carried out the botched […]

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The lengthy process of turning Kansas City International Airport’s Terminal A into a giant pile of rubble started Monday as officials gathered to celebrate the groundbreaking of the new single terminal project. And that process will include Dianna Richardson and her Independence, Missouri-based company, Richardson Hauling. The company, which normally does […]

Arlington’s Crystal City neighborhood is echoing with the sounds of demolition today as work gets underway on Amazon’s new, temporary offices. Loud, heavy demolition is underway at 1800 S. Bell Street and 1770 Crystal Drive, two of three buildings near the Crystal City Metro station that Amazon plans to lease from JBG Smith. The aging office buildings […]

  This excavator overturned Monday morning after the foundation of the building it was demolishing caved in on Main Street in Madawaska.   MADAWASKA, Maine — The foundation of a building under demolition on Main Street caved in Monday, causing an excavator to tip over onto its side. Madawaska police Chief Ross Dubois said he […]

AFTER THE IMPLOSION — The black cloud that formed after the old basic oxygen plant in Weirton was imploded Saturday quickly enveloped Weir Avenue, leaving a thick coating of particulates on streets, homes and vehicles, and even infiltrated homes after the force of the blast shattered windows. — Contributed WEIRTON — The West Virginia Department […]

CHERRY HILL – So long, Subaru. Subaru of America, which last year consolidated its South Jersey operations at a Camden headquarters, is preparing to raze its former base in Cherry Hill. Subaru of America says it will recycle building materials from its former Cherry Hill headquarters. The concrete-and-glass structure, which is between Route 70 and […]

Henrietta, N.Y. (WHAM) – Three people are suffering serious medical symptoms related to a chemical exposure in Henrietta on Monday morning. Firefighters from the Henrietta Fire District are at the former Amesbury Truth building on Jefferson Road near North Winton Road. While workers were doing demolition work on site, they were exposed to a dangerous […]

MILWAUKEE — Anthony Azarian of Azarian Wrecking was killed in a demolition accident in Milwaukee Monday afternoon when he and the skid steer he was operating fell down a seven-story elevator shaft. The tragedy was an eerie reminder of the 2000 construction fatality that occurred when Azarian’s uncle, also an Anthony, died at the bottom […]

The Lyndhurst Hotel has stood for 121 years in downtown Daytona Beach. But years of decay have left the structure in such bad shape that the city has condemned the property located near the northwest corner of Beach Street and Mary McLeod Bethune Boulevard. In the early 1900s, the Lyndhurst Hotel was quite the posh […]