Minneapolis "un-green" demolition
The City of MPLS refused to allow the sale of this home -instead they took a home that needed. New roof and minor fixes and slated it for demo .
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Minneapolis "un-green" demolition
The City of MPLS refused to allow the sale of this home -instead they took a home that needed. New roof and minor fixes and slated it for demo .
By: NicoleCurtisDesign
Federal Fire San Diego Truck 17 Demolition Derby Car 2013
John Bates 1984 Oldsmobile Delta 98 demolition derby car on display along with a picture of the federal fire truck 17 last year at the fair grounds the two l...
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Keva planks tower loud demolition - Blender Bullet Physics Engine
Keva planks building collapse realized with blender physics game engine.
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First Commentary! Domination vs Demolition (my thoughts)
My first commentary so please don #39;t be too hard on me!
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AMTHE demolition industry defended its safety record in the wake of yesterday's Novena Ville accident in which a toppled excavator pinned and killed its operator....
Ville excavator accident: Large crane brought in to stabilise toppled machineA large crane has been brought into the worksite where an excavator toppled this morning, killing the machine operator.A large crane has been brought into the worksite where an excavator toppled this morning, killing the machine operator.A large crane has been brought into the worksite where an excavator toppled this morning,...
driver of an excavator that toppled on Thursday morning is believed to be dead.Officers from the Singapore Civil Defence Force are also likely to take a few hours to get to the man, who is stuck in the driver's cabin, as ground at the construction site is unstable.It is understood that the man was doing demolition work on the basement car park near Novena Ville as part of construction work to build...
body of the man caught in an excavator pinned under debris at a worksite along Thomson Road was removed from the site in a police vehicle at about 3.20pm on Thursday, June 6, 2013.The cable from a 160-tonne crane was used to stabilise the excavator so that the casualty could be extricated.The body of the man caught in an excavator pinned under debris at a worksite along Thomson Road was removed from...
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Contractors: Many safeguards for demolition works
The City of Philadelphia was notified of potential unsafe demolition practices happening at the site of Wednesdays building collapse -- nearly a month before the deadly event.
Center City resident Stephen Field contacted the citys Philly311 helpline on May 6 to tell them he was concerned about a lack of safety equipment used by demolition workers and protection for pedestrians walking on the sidewalk below.
In an interview with NBC10.com late Wednesday night, Field, who lives near the collapse scene at 22nd and Market, said he routinely walked by the job site and was afraid the demolition site might be unsafe.
The first thing I noticed was they were working without safety equipment, he said. The was nothing resembling efforts to prevent people walking by from being hit with brick.
Field, who does not work in construction and does not have trade training, shared his email correspondence with Philly311 with NBC10.com. In his initial message, the 49-year-old highlighted his concerns to city officials.
The workers are not wearing any safety equipment (not even hardhats while working to demolish brick facades with crowbars). The sidewalk is not adequately protected, and there appears to be no adequate plan to prevent the collapse of walls or facing materials onto pedestrians and those exiting the subway, Field wrote in a message to the call center.
Licensing &inspection data shows contractor Griffin Campbell Construction was handing demolition at multiple adjacent properties along the 2100 block of Market Street -- 2132 Market Street, 2134 Market Street and 2136 Market Street, site of Wednesday's collapse. All three properties were either owned by or have ties to New York-based STBInvestments.
An unidentified representative replied to Field the next day, May 7, requesting the buildings proper address, type of work being done, who was doing the work and whether a valid permit was being displayed.
Field responded an hour later, providing the address of 2134 Market Street the property next to the sandwich shop and apartment building which collapsed Wednesday.
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Forbes Hall will be demolished soon as the next phase of the Ikenberry Commons project.
CHAMPAIGN Demolition will start soon on Forbes Hall, one of the five remaining dorms in the old "Six Pack" complex, to pave the way for a third new residence hall in the Ikenberry Commons housing redevelopment.
Construction on Residence Hall No. 3 is scheduled to start next spring at the corner of First Street and Gregory Drive, the northwest corner of the commons. The site has been fenced off and demolition will get underway within the next two weeks, officials said Thursday.
The $80 million project was approved in March 2012 and calls for a four-story residence hall with 497 beds, as well as a new stormwater detention system in the west playing fields across First Street.
Initially that work included new artificial turf on the eastern half of the playing fields, but trustees last week increased the project budget by $3.17 million to extend the new turf to the western half as well so the fields can be used year-round. The Division of Campus Recreation agreed to pay for the full installation of the turf, and its contribution will cover contingency funds and professional fees associated with the work, officials said.
The $80 million price tag also includes demolition of Taft-Van Doren Halls at 1213 S. Fourth St., which eventually will be replaced by new residence halls as part of the massive 14-year Ikenberry Commons redevelopment.
Named in honor of former UI President Stanley Ikenberry, the commons will include eight new residence halls to replace the Six Pack (Forbes, Garner, Hopkins, Scott, Snyder and Weston halls) and the Taft-Van Doren halls. Overall capacity will remain about the same, approximately 3,500 students.
The complex is bounded by Gregory Drive, Peabody Drive, Fourth Street and First Street in Champaign. The redevelopment is intended to transform the site into a neighborhood-like setting, relocating parking and adding covered bike storage and landscaping features.
Garner Hall was demolished last summer. The Student Dining and Residential Programs Building and Nugent Hall have been completed, and a six-story residence hall, Bousfield Hall, will open in August at the corner of First and Peabody Drive. It's named for Maudelle Tanner Brown Bousfield, the first African-American woman to graduate from the Urbana campus.
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Demolition of the old Hoagie City Building
Watching the demolition of the old Hoagie City Building, 21st and Market St, Philadelphia. Sunday afternoon, 6/2.
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Downtown Portland's Cornelius Hotel, on the National Register of Historic Places, may be headed for a wrecking ball.
TMT Development, which owns the building at 809 S.W. Alder, said it has applied for a permit to demolish the former hotel after trying for years to come up with a viable rehabilitation plan.
But because the building is a historic landmark, a demolition permit's first stop for approval is before the Portland City Council, a body which gets an up-or-down vote on whether the demolition can proceed and could also help find money to save it.
The building has been listed in the National Register since 1986. The building's first owner, Dr. Charles D. Cornelius, was described in its National Register application as an "Oregon pioneer and renaissance man," whose "varied interests included gold mining and acting."
The building was designed by local architectural firm Bennes, Hendricks and Tobey in the French Renaissance style with an elaborate mansard roof. It opened May 18, 1908, when guests rented rooms for $1.50 a night.
But the hotel's only guests in the last 40 years were of the uninvited variety. It's been damaged by fire, seeping water and the ravages of time. Now it's boarded up to keep out trespassers and marked with signs to warn firefighters the building isn't sound.
TMT says it faces the prospect of city fines or at least $1.5 million in upgrades just to bring the building up to code.
According to city records, Moyer considered demolishing the building in 2009, but opted instead to "warehouse" it -- a procedure in city code that allows the building to be left vacant and secured for a limited time while development opportunities are explored.
That period ended in May, records say, and TMT didn't apply for a second one-year extension. That means it must bring it up to code, demolish it or face fines.
"We've been working with (the city) for the last several years so we can maintain the building until we can get a tenant that's a good user," Sturgeon said, but "a lot of smart developers haven't been able to find a way to make this project pencil."
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TMT Development seeks demolition permit for historical Cornelius Hotel in downtown Portland