A demolition crew member who was killed in a Thursday night worksite accident in Vernon Hills has been identified as 25-year-old Patrick OReilly, who grew up in southwest suburban Palos Park.

OReilly, who was a graduate of Stagg High School and the University of Illinois, his family said, was killed when he was struck by falling concrete when part of a wall collapsed at a demolition site late Thursday at Westfield Hawthorn Mall in the northern suburb.

OReilly had earned a degree from U of I in agricultural and consumer economics in 2010 but, unable to find a job in his field, had been working in demolition, said his uncle, Dr. William OReilly.

His family is devastated by the tragedy, the uncle said.

He loved life, Dr. OReilly said. He liked to make people laugh.

The accident occurred at about 11 p.m. Thursday as a work crew was knocking down an exterior wall of a former Ruby Tuesday restaurant to make way for a new Maggianos Little Italy.

Workers were removing an outer layer of brick when concrete pieces fell from the top of the wall and hit three workers.

Countryside Fire Protection District ambulances arrived in three minutes, and workers had already removed the debris from the victims, Deputy Chief Chuck Smith said.

Paramedics took two of the workers, including OReilly, to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville.

At this point there is no indication that this is other than a tragic accident, Vernon Hills Village Manger Michael Allison said in a press release. Our deepest condolences and prayers go out to the family of the deceased.

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MICHIGAN CITY Demolition of the former Eastport school building is well underway. The site of the building, located on Michigan Boulevard, will be the location of the future Michigan City Police Department.

Mayor Ron Meer estimates the school building will be completely demolished by the end of January or during the first week or two of February.

Funding for this $220,000 demolition project, performed and overseen by Actin/TRI and Amereco Engineering, was approved by the Michigan City Common Council in November. At the mayors request, the agenda item was pushed ahead in the council due to break-ins and crime at the abandoned school.

Construction of the new police department has not yet been scheduled as the city is still looking into various funding options.

He added the city has been methodically moving through the process, which has been in the works for some time.

The first step the city accomplished was acquiring the school building from the MCAS district.

By state law, school districts have to keep abandoned buildings available for charter schools for four years, Meer said.

He credited local legislators Karen Tallian, Jim Arnold, Tom Dermody and Scott Pelath with getting involved to help get special legislation pushed through to transfer the school property to the city.

The project is now in phase two building demolition. The next step is to obtain funding for the new police facility, which will start with an architectural and design process.

However, the funding process will likely move slowly, according to the mayor, due to financial set-backs in the city stemming from county tax issues.

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Demolition crew member Patrick J. O'Reilly died after concrete fell on him and two colleagues Thursday night while they worked outside Westfield Hawthorn shopping center in Vernon Hills, authorities said. O'Reilly and the others were working for Wheeling-based P.S. Demolition Inc. at the mall's southwest entrance, where Maggiano's Little Italy is replacing Ruby Tuesday.

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A man working as part of a demolition crew died hours after he was hit by concrete falling from a facade at Westfield Hawthorn shopping center in Vernon Hills, authorities said.

Lake County Coroner Thomas Rudd said Patrick J. O'Reilly, 25, of Palos Park, died from multiple crush injuries Friday morning at Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville. O'Reilly suffered a crushed pelvis and internal bleeding in the late Thursday mishap, he said.

Vernon Hills police said O'Reilly and two co-workers were showered with concrete outside the former Ruby Tuesday restaurant. Late-night work has been occurring at the mall for extensive renovations.

Rescue personnel from the Countryside Fire Protection District were summoned at 11 p.m. and arrived in roughly three minutes, Deputy Chief Chuck Smith said. Ambulances brought O'Reilly and another worker, who sustained minor injuries, to nearby Condell.

In a statement, Vernon Hills Village Manager Michael Allison conveyed condolences and prayers to O'Reilly's family.

"At this point there is no indication that this is (anything) other than a tragic accident," Allison said.

Police said an initial investigation shows the demolition crew had been removing an outer layer of brick from an exterior wall of the mall when the concrete pieces fell from the roof line. Several sections of concrete struck the three workers at the construction site where Maggiano's Little Italy is replacing Ruby Tuesday at the mall's southwest entrance.

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THE Bacolod City Government has scheduled the demolition of illegal market stalls at the downtown area and the three main public markets in the city on January 2.

Senior Superintendent Edgardo Ordaniel, acting director of Bacolod City Police Office, said Friday that this was agreed during the meeting with Mayor Monico Puentevella and the members of the Task Force Maninlo Kita para sa Kaayohan that sought to address the problem of illegal vendors.

Ordaniel said that before the demolition will proceed, they will conduct a dialogue with the affected vendors at the downtown area and at the Central Market, Burgos North Market and Libertad South Market.

He said the vendors will be given 10 days to vacate the area, and if they failed to do so, the police will enforce the order of the city mayor.

Ordaniel said the program aims to clean the downtown area and the public markets of obstructions.

The illegal vendors also cause traffic congestion and are bad for the image of Bacolod City, he added. (MAP)

Published in the Sun.Star Bacolod newspaper on December 28, 2013.

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Dec 22, 2013 10:00am flint mi Demolition of the Genesee Tower.

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Following the disposal of writ petitions by the Madras High Court, officials from the Local Planning Authority (LPA) with assistance from Corporation and Police on Thursday resumed the drive to demolish the second and third floors of Vigneshwar Cresta building on Avanashi Road. A fire that broke out in the building on April 25 this year claimed four lives and left many injured.

Officials from LPA had served a notice on the building owner in April 2013 for violations and commenced a drive to demolish the structure. However, the demolition drive was suspended in two-days following stay by the Madras High Court based on a writ petition by the building owner.

The Madras High Court on November 19, 2013 had disposed off the writ petitions stating that it would not interfere with regard to the second and third floors which were not in consonance with the approved building plan. However, it directed the respondents i.e., the Member Secretary of LPA to consider a fresh appeal, if any filed by the building owner in respect of ground and first floor, by merit and in accordance with the law.

Consequently, the building owner had filed an appeal before the Member Secretary on December 10 seeking regularization of the building, sources said.

While the prayers of the petitioner regarding the ground and first floor are under consideration, District Collector Archana Patnaik, who is also the Chairperson of the LPA on December 24, 2013 ordered for demolition of the second and third floors. Demolition order was sent to the building owner by post and was also pasted on the doors at the building and as well as at the residence.

Decision to demolish came in the wake of the Fire and Rescue Services Department denying No Objection Certificate for failure to comply with ten conditions, Public Works Department in its stability certificate declaring that the structure was not fit for occupation. Coimbatore Corporation has also turned down the application from the petitioner seeking regularization of the building under the provisions of the Government Order No 234 and 235. The orders were meant only for regularization of buildings constructed before July 1, 2007 (subject to extent of violations and deviations).

Meanwhile, the LPA in its reply stated that approved building plan of December 22, 1999 was for industrial use but the same has now been turned into a commercial building. The height and width of the basement, extent of area constructed on ground and first floor were more than the approved plan, the notice added.

Officials said that the notice issued in April following the fire accident continues to be in force. Accordingly, the demolition drive began on Thursday morning amid tight police security under the supervision of Member Secretary of LPA S. Chandrasekharan. Demolition is expected to be completed in a day or two.

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UN Agency Condemns Israeli Demolition of Arab Homes, Urges Adherence to International Law

New York, Dec 26 2013 - The United Nations agency assisting Palestinian refugees today condemned Israels latest demolitions in the West Bank which have displaced 68 people, including 32 children, in the depths of winter, saying it is violating international law and calling on it to abide by its obligations.

Because of these demolitions, which violate international law, these historically self-sufficient communities have been forced to endure the pitiless seasonal weather in inadequate housing, entirely dependent on international assistance, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said of the demolitions which took place on Christmas Eve in Ein Ayoub near Ramallah and Fasayil Al Wusta near Jericho in the Jordan valley.

We call on Israel to abide by its obligations under international law, most particularly to ensure the humane treatment and protection of the civilian Palestinian population at all times, including through an immediate halt to administrative demolitions, it added, noting that to date at least 1,103 Palestinians have been displaced throughout the West Bank in Area C, and East Jerusalem, exceeding the numbers for 2012.

Area C, where Israel still retains control over security, planning and building, represents over 60 per cent of the West Bank.

The majority of those displaced most recently, 46, are Palestinian refugees, including a five-year-old girl who is paralyzed from the waist down. They are now being sheltered in tents distributed by the Palestinian Red Crescent, with night-time temperatures plunging to around zero Celsius, while some 750 head of sheep and goats are without shelter at this crucial lambing season.

These are Bedouin communities who managed to weather the recent snow storms, UNRWA said. On this day, many people around the world are celebrating family life with their children. But thanks to the administrative demolitions these families have lost their homes and their livelihoods are severely threatened.

The Agency stressed that administrative demolition is not a solution for Palestinians in Area C and are a common trigger of forced displacement, possibly amounting to a forcible transfer and forced eviction under international humanitarian law and human rights law.

It reiterated a statement in September by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay that mass demolitions raise serious concerns about the prohibition on forced eviction under international human rights law, and Israels obligations to respect, protect and fulfill the rights of Palestinians to adequate housing and freedom from arbitrary or unlawful interference with privacy, family and home.

Of the 1,103 Palestinians displaced so far this year, about a third are refugees, and at least 558 are children, including 195 refugees.

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