Cue the wrecking balls. The owners of four historic landmarks in Charlotte have applied to demolish the buildings, most of which are at least a century old. Local preservationists tell the Charlotte Ledger Business Newsletter it’s the highest number of historic buildings facing demolition at once they’ve ever seen. The Ledger’s Tony Mecia joins me […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The proposed demolition of the Damen Silos has cleared a significant hurdle, gaining a key authorization Monday from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Chicago’s Department of Buildings, in consultation with the Department of Public Health, still needs to weigh in on the demolition permit application, but the Corps’ approval was necessary due to the […]
General Motors Co. and Dan Gilbert’s Bedrock LLC are planning to tear down two of the automaker’s five Renaissance Center towers
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]