Demolition News

SF Rent-Controlled Housing Is Up for Demolition. Here’s Why Officials Said Yes

A 117-year-old Nob Hill property is slated to turn into 33 condominiums. It’s rare, legal, and has an unusual twist. The property slated for a tear-down spans from 842-860 California Street. The plan calls for a new eight-story building with 33 condominiums, most of them one or two-bedroom homes. That’s the kind of development Nob […]

Huntsville will save money on old City Hall demolition

A piece of Huntsville city government history is set to be demolished, as the Huntsville City Council approved a contract for the demolition of the former City Hall building. The City of Huntsville hired Britt Demolition and Recycling, Inc., for the demolition of the former City Hall located at 308 Fountain Circle. The contract for […]

Mississippi Bridge Collapse Kills Three Workers Preparing for Demolition

Three workers were killed and four others injured when a bridge being prepared for demolition partially collapsed Oct. 16 in southern Mississippi. The bridge carrying State Route 149 over the Strong River in Simpson County, located southeast of Jackson, Miss., had been closed to traffic for about a month as part of a bridge replacement […]

H.W. Pirkey lignite power plant demolition underway in Hallsville TX

HALLSVILLE, Texas (KETK) – The Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO) said that work continued on Thursday to demolish the H.W. Pirkey Power Plant in Hallsville According to SWEPCO’s parent company, American Electric Power, the retiring and dismantling of the lignite plant’s stacks and boiler in Hallsville is part of their plan to transition to net-zero […]

Soaring 187 feet above San Francisco’s eastern waterfront near Pier 90, the vividly hued mural “Bayview Rise” is set for demolition

It’s not because the enormous, illuminated artwork has haters; the piece, which went up in 2014, was always meant to be temporary. The Port of San Francisco owns the grain elevator and silo on which the mural was painted — along with the rest of the defunct industrial complex — and is working to redevelop […]

Hazmat & Government News

RenCen plan would demolish 2 Detroit towers — but it hinges on public money

General Motors Co. and Dan Gilbert’s Bedrock LLC are planning to tear down two of the automaker’s five Renaissance Center towers

ASSP Revises Construction and Demolition Planning Standard

The American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP) has updated a key national voluntary consensus standard for construction and demolition sites, which are among the most hazardous work environments. The revised standard is helping to elevate World Standards Week, an event held Nov. 12-14 by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) to promote best practices in […]

$52 million marked for Ohio brownfield remediation, building demolition projects

The state is committing millions of dollars to help Montgomery, Greene and other counties demolish vacant, dilapidated structures. More than $52 million will go to support brownfield remediation and building demolition statewide. Out of that $52 million, the Ohio Brownfield Remediation grants announced more than $29 million to clean up and redevelop 36 hazardous brownfield […]

Demolition Permit Filed For Former Nantucket Electric Company Building On Waterfront

The utility company National Grid is seeking to demolish the former Nantucket Electric Company building located on New Whale Street along the downtown waterfront. A demolition permit application was filed earlier this month for the old brick building that served as the processing plant for the coal gasification conducted at the site over roughly two […]

Demolition Permits Issued for New Housing at 51 9th Street, Oakland

A new affordable senior housing project is making progress at 51 9th Street in Oakland. New demolition permits have been issued for the project site to cleared off. The scope of work includes the development of a new seven-story 100% affordable senior housing complex offering 97 units. The seven-story will span an area of 79,893 […]

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