Tue October 17, 2017
Cincinnati Tears Down More 'Nuisance' Benches
CINCINNATI (AP) Cincinnati has torn down some concrete benches frequently used by the homeless near its pro football stadium but is pausing demolition of other benches on that street so that city council members can first discuss it....
Emily Buenzle - Tue October 10, 2017
Old Bay Bridge Demolition Commences
Demolition of the last Marine Foundations of San Francisco's Old Bay Bridge will continue Oct. 14, 15 and 16, as the third and final phase of the project nears completion. Caltrans said it will demolish Piers E11, E12 and E13 of the 1936 concrete East Span with a series of controlled, underwater implosions, which will last less than 10 seconds....
Lori Tobias - Tue October 10, 2017
Demolition Under Way on Iconic Phoenix Trotting Park
Demolition work on a stadium that has been part of the Phoenix, Ariz., landscape for more than 50 years is nearly complete. Major demolition of the concrete structure began on Sept. 27 and it will take a few months to remove the 20,000 tons of rubble....
Wed October 04, 2017
U.S. Agency Allows Demolition of Lead-Contaminated Public Housing
EAST CHICAGO, Ind. (AP) The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has approved the demolition of a lead-contaminated public housing complex in northwestern Indiana. The announcement paves the way for the East Chicago Housing Authority to raze the West Calumet Housing Complex....
Emily Buenzle - Mon October 02, 2017
Officials Watch as Crews Use Explosion to Demolish WWII-era Bridge
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and other New York City and state officials watched early Oct. 1, as the Kosciuszko Bridge, which has connected Brooklyn and Queens since 1939, was demolished via an implosion, Curbed reported....
Andrea Watts - CEG Correspondent - Tue September 26, 2017
Hanford Site Receives Official Shutdown Order, Begins Demo
In the west area of the Hanford Site's Central Plateau, demolition is under way on a building that played a significant role in the United States' weapons program history. From its production start in 1949 until its official shutdown in 1996, the Plutonium Finishing Plant (PFP) was responsible for producing two-thirds of Cold War-era's plutonium....
Associated Press - Wed September 06, 2017
Demolition of Blighted Hospital in Richmond, Ind., Could Start in Jan.
Richmond officials said work to clean up and demolish the eastern Indiana city's abandoned former hospital complex could start in early January. City Council members have given preliminary approval to proposed ordinances that would allow the city to accept state loans toward work on the former Reid Hospital property....
Wed August 09, 2017
City in Northeast Iowa Struggles to Demolish Blighted Buildings
WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) Officials of a city in northeast Iowa say they don't have enough money to tear down all the blighted buildings their community has acquired. Waterloo City Council authorized $300,000 in bond money for demolition efforts starting July 1, The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reported....
Kylee Tsuru - Wed July 12, 2017
Demolition of Prohibition-Era Wall Reveals Centuries-Old Wine Collection
Museum workers in New Jersey broke through a Prohibition-era wall and a locked wooden cage to discover over 50 bottles and 42 demijohns of rare Madeira wine dating back as early as 1769. Liberty Hall Museum at Kean University in Union, New Jersey, says the discovery yields the oldest known collection of Madeira in the United States....
Mon May 01, 2017
AMEC Construction Cleans Up Old General Motors Plant
AMEC Construction, headquartered in Norwalk, Conn., is a dynamic, fast growing firm. From its beginnings in the recycling business, it has grown into a major player in the New York City Metropolitan area and Connecticut, with divisions that include excavation, C&D recycling centers, containers and roll-off services, demolition, on site recycling and aggregate production....
