The Daily Briefing Buckeye Forum Podcast

The Dispatchpublic affairs team talks politics and tackles state and federal government issues in the Buckeye Forum podcast.

While some in Columbus were just waking up this morning, a piece of the citys history was coming down.

Crews began the first public stage of demolition at Franklin County Veterans Memorial today, starting work that should leave the site bare by the end of March.

A 100-ton excavator began tearing into the northern-most end of the building just before 9 a.m.

Crews from S.G. Loewendick & Sons excavation contractors, of Grove City, began even earlier, cutting steel beams with torches to make the machines job easier.

Resembling something like the jaws of a steel dinosaur, the excavators hydraulic shear bit into the wall of the building, easily separating concrete and steel as it began to munch away at the north exhibition hall of Veterans.

The demolition is expected to cost just under $900,000 and be wrapped up by March 31. The county will then turn the site over to the Columbus Downtown Development Corporation, which plans to build a $55 million Ohio Veterans Memorial and Museum in its place.

James Goodenow, director of the countys public facilities management agency, said this morning that the demolition of Veterans is bittersweet.

Goodenow, who used to be general manager there, said the site holds many great memories for Columbus residents.

Continued here:
Demolition begins at Veterans Memorial

THE demolition of Blackburns iconic Waves Water Fun Centre is expected to be confirmed by councillors this week.

The 25-year-old baths, in Nab Lane, will close this spring and Blackburn with Darwen Council is expected to sell the site.

Work on a modern 13.5 million leisure centre, backed by Blackburn College, is already under way in nearby Feilden Street.

MORE TOP STORIES:

A report before the councils executive board, which meets on Thursday, recommends that councillors approve the demolition and give regeneration bosses the go-ahead to tender the demolition contract.

The report reads: The new leisure centre being developed in partnership with Blackburn College is nearing completion. It is anticipated that the current Waves Centre will cease operations in spring 2015 and become vacant.

The costs of holding empty property, its vulnerability, lack of alternative use for the building and the potential for a new development point to a requirement for early demolition.

Waves currently costs 32,000 per month to run, and even after demolition the holding costs of the site are expected to be around 17,000 per month costs which will be met by the councils leisure department.

Councillor Maureen Bateson, executive member for regeneration, said: The opening of the leisure centre in the spring and the demolition of Waves will create a new site for redevelopment and regeneration in the town centre.

Regeneration bosses will look to use the same contractor to demolish The Exchange Offices once home to the councils childrens services department the report added.

Original post:
WAVES GOODBYE: Demolition of iconic Blackburn water park to be confirmed

Pueblo leaders knew as far back as 2011 that Black Hills Energy planned to demolish the old Downtown power plant unless the city wanted to take the property over, utility executives said Tuesday.

Meanwhile, Pueblo City Councils last-minute move to delay the $5 million tear-down will disrupt a demolition contract already in place, the executives said during a presentation at a Pueblo Rotary 43 luncheon at the Pueblo Convention Center.

The utility contracted with one company to do demolition and cleanup work in Wyoming, South Dakota, the old Clark coal-fired plant in Canon City starting this month and the old Downtown Pueblo plant starting in April, they said.

The utilitys presentation Tuesday on the demolition project follows a Dec. 23 vote by City Council to impose a temporary ban on all large-building demolitions, a move clearly directed at the old power plant on Victoria Avenue.

City Council members say they want more time to study possible re-use of the power plant building.

Right after the vote, Black Hills executives said the decision could disrupt its demolition schedule and add $500,000 in costs that would be shared by ratepayers in Black Hills service territory outside of Pueblo, such as Canon City and Rocky Ford.

At the luncheon Tuesday, the utility offered more details supporting its position on why the demolition should go ahead, including its own research into the costs and challenges of redevelopment projects.

Among its findings:

A power plant redevelopment in Denver for an REI sports store cost an estimated $32 million and likely would not have happened without the infusion of $6.2 million in public money from the citys Urban Renewal Authority.

A redevelopment of an old power plant in St. Louis into a climbing wall gym was led by a company that supplies the climbing wall industry. It justified the project in part because of St. Louis large population.

Read this article:
Utility questions demolition delay

Hearthstone: Zoolock vs Control Warrior
Background of myself: I am a Free-to-play Hearthstone player that has acquired all my cards without paying. Hence, there may be decks that are #39;gimmicky #39; or unorthodox to the decks the pros...

By: minamopen

Read the original here:
Hearthstone: Zoolock vs Control Warrior - Video

Custom Home Builders Del Mar CA
Custom Home Builders Del Mar CA Looking for custom home builders Del Mar CA? You have come to the right place to find custom home builders in Colfax. We are ...

By: Kris Neville

Read this article:
Custom Home Builders Del Mar CA - Video

Custom Home Builders Concord CA
Custom Home Builders Concord CA Looking for custom home builders Concord CA? You have come to the right place to find custom home builders in Concord. We are the best custom home builders...

By: Kris Neville

Continue reading here:
Custom Home Builders Concord CA - Video

Dalia #39;s Cleaning Services | Move Out Cleaning Specialists in San Francisco
Dalia #39;s Cleaning Services provides top quality deep residenttaol cleaning in San Francisco. We do deep steam carpet cleaning, thorough move out cleaning, window cleaning and regularly scheduled...

By: MicroBuenoAdvertising

View post:
Dalia's Cleaning Services | Move Out Cleaning Specialists in San Francisco - Video

Carpet Cleaning Ferryden Park | A to Z carpet general cleaning services
A to Z carpet general cleaning services - Carpet Cleaning Ferryden Park | End of Lease Cleaning Seaton | Window Cleaning Mawson Lakes.

By: dLook

Read more:
Carpet Cleaning Ferryden Park | A to Z carpet & general cleaning services - Video

Carpet Cleaning Plymouth
Deep Extraction Carpet Cleaning in Plymouth, Devon.

By: Plymouth Cleaners

More:
Carpet Cleaning Plymouth - Video

Hood Cleaning Company In Jacksonville
http://jacksonvillehoodcleaning.com/ (904) 551-1539 , Hood Cleaning Company In Jacksonville , Licensed Hood Cleaning Company In Jacksonville , #1 Hood Cleaning Company In Jacksonville ,...

By: Design Atlantic City

Read more:
Hood Cleaning Company In Jacksonville - Video