Newport Street Demolition
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Next Car Game - Indie Game Spotlight [Pre Alpha Gameplay + Tech Demo 2.0]
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FORT WAYNE A local demolition project on the Valbruna Slater Stainless Inc. campus wont expose workers or the community to residual radiation, a company official said Thursday.
The old melt shop building currently being demolished is not among the areas suspected of having radioactive materials present from the historical Joslyn operation, General Manager Tiziano Briozzo wrote in an email to The Journal Gazette.
Concern arose this week after local businessman Jerry Henry confirmed plans to demolish the 55,000-square-foot melt shop at 2400 Taylor St., the former site of the Joslyn Manufacturing and Supply Co.
Joslyn workers in the 1940s melted and machined uranium that was used in the top-secret Manhattan Project during World War II.
Officials with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program have tested the site and targeted it for cleanup. In the meantime, the contamination is under concrete or behind walls, sealed off from the public, an Army Corps official said in 2012.
Valbruna bought the property in 2004, investing millions in buildings and equipment. The companys approach to this project has been to trust but verify, Briozzo said.
As a precaution, and to verify the U.S. Army Corps information, Valbruna commissioned an independent radiological survey of the old melt shop last year, he said in the email. From the survey: The results of the radiation survey indicated that readings are within background; therefore Building 3 has not been impacted by former uranium processing activities.
Briozzo added that one of his main responsibilities is to ensure the safety of his workers and contractors.
His office is also on the site.
Henry approached Valbruna officials about six months ago with a proposition. His crew would demolish the building, which some consider an eyesore, for free. After selling the scrap metal, Henry will share the proceeds with Valbruna.
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Art Deco Society WA President Vyonne Geneve and Vice President Ron Facius outside the Michelides Tobacco building on the corner of Roe Street and Lake Street. Picture: Simon Santi/The West Australian
Heritage experts have criticised a decision by City of Perth planners to demolish a Northbridge landmark, one of the last remaining buildings of its style and type in the city.
The former Michelides Tobacco Factory, on the corner of Roe and Lake streets, is the only factory building in WA remodelled in the inter-war Art Deco style.
Pelworth Pty, owned by Northbridge businessman Graham Hardie, wants to demolish the building and use the land as a construction site and parking lot while the adjoining Varga Lounge nightclub is renovated.
Pelworth plans to redevelop the site in the "near future" but no plans have been lodged.
The City's planning committee this week approved the demolition. Councillor Rob Butler said that because the building was not heritage-listed the committee had to consider the demolition in the context of orderly and proper planning and the wider amenity of the area.
"Given the building's dilapidated and dangerous state, it was considered appropriate for it to be demolished," he said.
The building was considered for interim State Heritage listing last year, but Heritage Minister Albert Jacob decided against it despite advice from the State Heritage Office that the building had historic, social and aesthetic values. Only one of these values needs to be met for the place to be considered for inclusion on the register.
National Trust of Australia WA chief executive Tom Perrigo said the case highlighted the fact that Perth's heritage was still threatened despite recommendations from experts.
Mr Perrigo said the building was also assessed by the Trust and classified as a significant heritage icon.
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Options considered for Port Hills red-zone NICOLE MATHEWSON
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Footage from a CERA drone showing properties in the Cliffton Hill Suburb
Remote-controlled machinery, water-blasters, drones and controlled explosives are being considered for the demolition of red-zoned Port Hills properties.
A statement from the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (Cera) released today revealed a variety of innovative tools were being explored for the complex task of demolishing damaged homes on Christchurch's hills.
Cera chief executive Roger Sutton said the Port Hills work was "very challenging" because of the difficult terrain, access and natural hazards.
Cera was working with the Christchurch City Council, contractors and other experts to find the best way to handle the work.
Potential options included using remote-controlled machinery, large water-blasters and controlled explosives. Cera was also exploring the option of using drones to collect demolition-specific data.
"In considering the method of demolition for a property on the Port Hills, there is a wide range of criteria - about 100 separate considerations - that much be addressed before approval can be given."
Properties that might look like obvious priorities for demolition, such as homes teetering on cliff edges, were among the most dangerous and required the most work to coordinate, Sutton said.
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Construction crews continue the demolition of the Metrodome, shown here with the roof partially dismantled, on Tuesday. (Photo courtesy of Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority)
Outside work on the new Vikings stadium slowed Thursday because of the cold weather but didn't come to a halt, officials said. What work was done was by machine operators inside heated rigs.
Demolition of the Metrodome is expected to be complete in April, and construction of the new stadium is taking place simultaneously.
Meanwhile, closings on key parcels needed for the stadium project that were scheduled for Thursday and Friday have been postponed indefinitely while the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority waits for proceeds from the sale of public bonds for the project, said MSFA chair Michele Kelm-Helgen. The bond sale is expected in coming days.
Sen. Julie Rosen, chairing a meeting of the Legislative Commission on Minnesota Sports Facilities on Thursday afternoon, said Minnesota Management and Budget, the state agency that sells bonds, told her it expects to get the same interest rate on the bonds in the upcoming sale as it would have during the sale as initially scheduled, Jan. 13-14.
The bond sale was postponed by the filing of a lawsuit, but that suit was dismissed Tuesday by the state Supreme Court, allowing the sale to proceed.
Alex Tittle, equity director for the authority, told lawmakers that since August, the use of minority- and women-owned businesses as well as the hours worked by minority and female workers have exceeded goals.
For the stadium project, the authority has adopted city of Minneapolis equity goals of 11 percent women-owned and 9 percent minority-owned businesses and a 32 percent minority and 6 percent female workforce.
Doug Belden can be reached at 651-228-5136. Follow him at twitter.com/dbeldenpipress and facebook.com/PioneerPressPolitics.
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Metrodome demolition continues, slowly, in the brutal cold
A prime piece of riverfront property in downtown Jacksonville soon will be cleared.
Demolition at the long-closed Fishermans Wharf restaurant is expected to be complete next week, according to information from A/K Grinding and Demolition. Wes Waller, operations director for the Goldsboro-based company, said that asbestos was removed from the property at 100 S. Marine Blvd. over two or three days last week.
We feel like no more than a week the building will be down and gone, he said.
While demolition is underway, Waller said area residents should not brave the area for one last glimpse of the restaurant.
If people come by and look at it, they need to stay away from the machine and operators because its a dangerous situation with them, he said, explaining that people have a tendency to get up close. The building was not in a stable condition when we started and now its even less stable.
The property has been owned by Venters Holding Company since March 5, 1973, and has a tax value of $690,310, according to information from Onslow County. The building was valued at $213,310 while the 1.59 acres of land is valued at $477,000.
George Venters told The Daily News that there are not any definite plans for the property.
The business license for the Fishermans Wharf restaurant has not been active since 2004, according to the City of Jacksonville. Its doors have been closed since August of that year.
The restaurant was built in the mid-1970s by Edward and Joseph Bynum, according to the Onslow County Museum.
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Demolition of first bus in Kyiv and Klitschko #39;s intervention
The clashes on Sunday, Jan. 19, in Kyiv began with the demolition of a bus by armed protesters, possibly provocateurs, and a failed intervention by oppositio...
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