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Demolition crews are laying the groundwork to crunch the Alaskan Way Viaduct into little three-inch chunks, starting no later than Friday. The bulk of the project will be finished by June 1, so that 85-decibel pounding and rubble piles are gone before tourist crowds arrive. The far south decks, alongside diagonal Railroad Avenue South, might […]
(the picture above this article shows a demolition hole with a dead dog in it) Contaminated dirt was potentially used to fill demolition sites across Detroit and is the focus of a widening federal criminal probe of the city’s demolition program, multiple sources familiar with the investigation told the Free Press. The Special Inspector General […]
WOMELSDORF, Pa. — Demolition of the towering smokestack of a 92-year-old boot factory in Womeldorf began Tuesday morning. The towering 92-year-old structure was crumbling for years, but fallen bricks last month sparked concerns it might topple, officials say. On Jan. 23 a maintenance worker at the complex found bricks that had fallen off the top […]
Muskogee OK — Traffic on Independence Avenue between Main Street and Cherokee Street was blocked Wednesday during demolition of a 200-foot communications tower south of Independence. A giant crane held the structure while crews worked. CATHY SPAULDING/Muskogee Phoenix
Seattle’s Alaskan Way Viaduct to be demolished in stages (CLICK TO ENLARGE)
CAIRO — Two 1940s-era public housing complexes are slated to be torn down this spring, but the ongoing partial federal shutdown will delay the selection of a general contractor to oversee the multimillion-dollar project in Cairo. The deadline for general contractors to submit sealed bids to the Alexander County Housing Authority has been extended from […]
The modernist Union Carbide building at 270 Park Avenue, due to be replaced by a new 70-story skyscraper, is now one step closer to coming down: 6sqft reports that demolition permits for the Midtown skyscraper have officially been filed with the Department of Buildings, signaling the start of the lengthy process to demolish the old […]
CLEVELAND, Ohio — A worker died Wednesday after part of a building collapsed on him, police said. Cleveland police spokeswoman Sgt. Jennifer Ciaccia said the incident happened about 5 p.m. at a vacant industrial building at 2742 Grand Avenue in the city’s Buckeye-Woodhill neighborhood. A private demolition company was working at the building when the […]
WILMINGTON, Del. Jan 12 (CBS) — A 64-year-old man from Florida died after a cable snapped and struck him on a demolition site in Wilmington Friday. Police were called to the old GM Plant at 801 Boxwood Road shortly after 4 p.m. The initial investigation found Atlantic Coast Dismantling, a Boston based company, was contracted […]
An announcement on when the Tappan Zee Bridge will be knocked down is expected any day. Grand View-on-Hudson Mayor Larry Lynn spoke with contractors about the plan to use explosives to take down the old span State contractors spoke with the mayors of Hudson River towns this week about their plan to use explosives to […]