Demolition News

GOSHEN — A group of 56 people have filed a lawsuit claiming the demolition of the Johnson Controls plant exposed them and their property to dangerous asbestos particles and that tons of contaminated debris were illegally buried on a farm east of the city. The lawsuit filed Wednesday in Elkhart County Circuit Court by attorney […]

Caleb Schwab, 10, was killed while riding the Verruckt water slide in August 2016. Demolition of the Verruckt water slide at Schlitterbahn is a step closer to beginning. A crane arrived at the park to assist in the teardown process. A park official tells KMBC 9 News the crane is there as the park starts […]

The estimated cost to demolish Joe Louis Arena has doubled. The Detroit City Council is in the process of approving the issuance of a bond for up to $12 million that would back an up to $12 million Michigan Strategic Fund loan for the demolition of the former Detroit Red Wings home. Tyrone Clifton, director […]

Demolition began Tuesday on the Rowland Barracks at the Illinois Veterans’ home, the first of multiple buildings crews plan to bring down in the coming year as the state starts to pave the way for the future of this campus. “As long as I’ve been here, a lot longer,” said Illinois Veterans’ Home resident Richard […]

It’s 9 a.m. on Richcreek Road, and two white vans have pulled up alongside a chain-link fence where a duplex is being built. A green semitruck hauling wooden boards and with a red forklift affixed to the rear of its trailer emits a repetitive beeping as it maneuvers to park. If the truck’s beeping acted […]

Leveled in less than 30 seconds, Stanton Station coal-fired power plant, the oldest in Great River Energy’s North Dakota fleet, was erased from the west bank of the Missouri River in Mercer County. “It should’ve never have happened,” Hubert Sailer, of Stanton, said of the demolition with a hint of sadness from behind the wheel […]

A Fort Wayne demolition company settled a federal lawsuit alleging it submitted fraudulent payment claims for work authorized through a government economic stimulus program last year. Martin Enterprises Inc. – which closed in May, according to its website – had a contract to fill excavation sites with clean fill, but instead filled the areas with […]

As many as five demolition crews will be munching and toppling sections of the old Alaskan Way Viaduct next spring, as workers attempt an all-out sprint to level the concrete leviathan within four months. Six days a week, they’ll break the decks and columns using machines with grasping tools shaped like lobster claws, which at […]

WORCESTER – A $15 million grant has been awarded to a local economic development agency to tear down a former state hospital building and prepare the land for possible manufacturing use. The Worcester Business Development Corp. said Wednesday it received the funding from the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency, a quasi-public state agency, and has hired […]

First Baptist Dallas, one of the largest churches in North Texas, has taken out a demolition permit for a 1940s-era office building it owns across the street from the church’s massive downtown Dallas campus An exact use for the 11-story office building has not been determined, a spokeswoman said. But in general, it will be […]