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WORCESTER – Patrons on the third floor of the Worcester Public Library had a clear view Monday afternoon as a wrecker crane, like some prehistoric beast, bit into the facade of Notre Dame des Canadiens Church. “I feel bad for the people who built it,” said Glen Wilkin, 58, of Worcester, as the 89-year-old former […]
KNOX — A man was killed and two people were injured when a barn collapsed Thursday morning on Route 137 in Knox. William Viles, 55, of Belfast, died at the scene. The structure, at 1060 Belfast Road, was being demolished when the roof fell in, Waldo County Sheriff Jeffrey Trafton said. Another worker, Brandon Dodge, […]
In 2012, the city began a new demolition program to bring down the 960 blighted residential properties scattered throughout its limits. With a lack of funds to do so as the city found itself under emergency management and state oversight of its budget, the administration turned to federal funding to launch the program. By the […]
“The demolition process at a nuclear power plant is a very controlled and managed process that take many years to complete,” he said in an email. The silos were the tallest structures in Lake County when the plant began operation along the Zion lakefront in June 1973. Due to operational troubles that included rising costs, […]
The BMO Harris Bradley Center is now in the hands of the Milwaukee Bucks and demolition — starting with the interior — will start in the weeks ahead. The transfer of control of the now-closed arena took place Sept. 1 and was a key part of the agreement creating Fiserv Forum, their new $524 million […]
More demolition and redevelopment is planned for the former American Axle & Manufacturing plant on Buffalo’s East Side, as the current owner of the sprawling site wants to take down another small structure that’s in its way. Jon Williams’ Ontario Specialty Contracting is seeking Preservation Board approval to tear down a former one-story warehouse addition […]
EAST PEORIA — Anyone interested in watching the dramatic demolition from two years ago of a 175-foot, 100-year-old grain silo should tune into the History Channel this weekend. Anyone interested in seeing the end result of the demolition, a massive pile of concrete and steel, should visit the site at 402 Center St. in East […]
MODESTO — A homeless woman sleeping in a cardboard box was struck and killed by heavy machinery operated by a road crew clearing a homeless camp, police said Wednesday. Shannon Marie Bigley, 33, was killed Aug. 1 in a grassy field alongside a highway where a homeless camp was built, the Modesto Bee reported. The […]
CLEVELAND, Ohio — The former chief of the city of Cleveland’s demolition bureau was charged Friday with soliciting and taking thousands of dollars in bribes from contractors in exchange for a leg up in obtaining city jobs, federal prosecutors say. Rufus Taylor, 60, is charged with bribery in a federally funded program, and extortion. The […]
Port San Antonio Request for Proposal (RFP) seeking responses from qualified firms/teams to complete the demolition of 22 existing buildings at Port San Antonio. The Scope of Work includes responding firms/teams to provide all labor, materials, equipment, vehicles and all necessary appurtenances and incidental work to complete – demolition for Buildings 53, 54, 55, 57, […]