Home Builder Developer - Interior Renovation and Design

PRINCETONThe former University Medical Center on Witherspoon Street is slated to be demolished Friday, weather permitting, Princeton engineer Bob Kiser said.

Kiser and other town officials Monday morning met with representatives of AvalonBay, the developer with plans to turn the hospital site into 280 housing units, to discuss when demolition will take place. The latest estimate given was sometime this week, and Kiser said the town will meet with AvalonBay again Friday morning to confirm the razing.

John Mucha of Yannuzzi Wrecking and Recycling Corp. told residents at a neighborhood meeting earlier this month the demolition process is expected to last between three and six months.

During demolition work, water will be sprayed over the site to keep dust down so its not kicked up by trucks driving around, Mucha said previously, noting this will address about 90 percent of demolition dust.

Storm drains will also be covered with fabric to keep out unwanted particles, and there will be dust monitors at each corner of the property. A weather vane will also be in place to show which way the wind will be blowing, Mucha said.

AvalonBay hired Cerami & Associates to monitor noise levels on the site. Residents can expect sounds including the twisting of steel and the breaking of concrete slabs and the slamming of dump trucks throughout the process, as building materials are either crushed and reused on site or hauled away to a recycling facility.

In addition, the Princeton Health Department is working with the Mercer County Division of Public Health to provide additional noise monitoring. Any noise complaints should be directed to the Engineering Department.

Work is moving along on the property as contractors prepare for demolition. In Kiser's latest update to the public Monday about the project, he said Yannuzzi finished removing carpeting, wiring, lighting fixtures and other building materials that will be reused or disposed.

Asbestos removal from the main hospital building is complete, with the exception of the roof flashings, which Yannuzzi is in the process of removing, the update said.

Work has also begun to remove much of the upper concrete floor deck of the former hospital parking garage that will be replaced with a new concrete deck. It is anticipated to take between 10 and 11 months to complete all of the garage repairs, the update said.

Read more here:
Demolition of former Princeton hospital site to begin Friday, weather permitting

Demolition of the old Princeton Hospital is scheduled to begin Friday when crews begin to raze a one-story building next to the parking garage, the town said Monday.

This weeks work is the first step of a process that could take up to six months, depending on the weather. Developer AvalonBay is having its demolition company clear the site for a 280-unit residential development that will be built there.

"It has been a long time coming and we could not be more thrilled that mobilization for demolition is underway. We look forward to bringing this big eyesore down quickly, safely and with minimal disruption to the community," said AvalonBay vice president Jon Vogel by email Monday.

Town engineer Robert V.Kiser said Monday that the demolition company would use an excavator with a large claw attached at the end "reach up and take portions of the building down in pieces." No explosives will be used.

Officials have said there would be air and noise monitors on the site. Mr. Kiser said the perimeter walls around Franklin Avenue and Witherspoon Street would stay up to minimize the noise from the demolition. Those walls will come down at a later point.

Mr.Kiser said the demolition company has no plans to work this coming Saturday.

Go here to read the rest:
PRINCETON: Hospital demolition scheduled for Friday

TO intensify their campaign against illegal vendors, retired Colonel Yusof Jimlani said that he assigned some personnel from the Drainage Management Unit (DMU) to the demolition unit of the city.

Jimlani, who is both the chairman of the DMU and the city's demolition unit, said Monday that he added DMU personnel in order to add to the labor force of the demolition unit.

"We only have 11 personnel sa demolition na original and we added 19 lately so that makes it 30 and this is still not enough because in one operation we normally have around 60 people," Jimlani said.

As of August 2013 to September 14, Jimlani said that they have already conducted 113 demolition operations with an average of nine operations per month, three operations per week with each operation covering three areas.

Jimlani added that they have recorded a "total of 246 documented first-time violators, eight second-time violators and a total number of 186 claimants."

The confiscated items, according to him, are being donated to the House of Hope, Balay Dangupan, City Social Services and Development Office, Davao City Rehabilitation and Treatment Center for Drug Dependents, Davao City Women Dormitory, Davao City Men Jail and Boystown.

Jimlani also said that another reason for the re-assignment of the DMU personnel to the demolition unit is to allow the City Engineer's Office (CEO) to cope with their collection of wastes.

"Currently, we have 76.10 cubic meters of dirt na hindi nakuha nang city engineer's natin because of the lack of trucks to haul it," he said.

Jimlani said that one truck from the CEO can only handle five cubic meters of waste.

"Since I handle the drainage and demolition tanan na naa sa drainage gina-add nako ang mga personnel sa drainage na dili nako mapa-trabaho. Ginagamit nato sila as civilians para makuha nato ning mga gahi ug ulo nato na mga vendors (We are using them as civilians so that we can get the hard- headed vendors)," he said.

Read more from the original source:
Bigger demolition team

PRINCETON: AvalonBay holds community meeting

DATE POSTED: Thursday, September 4, 2014 5:01 PM EDT

By Philip Sean Curran, Staff Writer

Four dust monitors would be set to half the federal Environmental Protection Agency recommended standard and sound an alarm when levels exceed that threshold. AvalonBays demolition company also plans to use a misting machine to shot out an ionized water mist that would control "quite a bit of the dust," saidJohn Mucha, a project manager with Yannuzzi Wrecking & Recycling Corp. Other steps include training fire hoses on the buildings that are being demolished.

His comments came at a public meeting that AvalonBay had to review the upcoming demolition at the site of its planned residential development. The meeting, lasting for a little more than 90 minutes, drew residents, Mayor Liz Lempert and other public officials to the Witherspoon Hall municipal building. The demolition company plans to use heavy equipment to raze the hospital buildings during a project that could take up to six months to complete.

"I think getting information out about whats happening is critical," Mayor Lempert said afterward. "The staff is here to make sure that AvalonBay does what theyve promised theyre going to do and takes all the precautions that theyve said they would take."

Dust was a concern of residents. Municipal health officer Jeffrey Grosser, who attended the meeting, said the four air monitors are set up that way to cover each wind direction. He said there would be a weather station on site, so that if the wind changes direction, the monitors can be adjusted accordingly.

"I think there might be a misconception of how much truck traffic is leaving this site," said Princeton police Sgt. Thomas Murray during the meeting. "I think the misconception is that youre going to see a lot more truck traffic then youre actually going to see in reality."

Steel will be recycled, while masonry will be crushed on site and reused. Four noise monitors will be installed during the project.

By municipal ordinance, demolition is allowed from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturdays. No demolition is permitted Sundays, municipal engineer Robert V. Kiser said.

View original post here:
PRINCETON: AvalonBay holds community meeting

CORPUS CHRISTI (Kiii News) - Jeremy Bush, a local U.S. Navy veteran, and his family got some great news on Monday. They were surprised at the HEB in Portland with the announcement that they will be recipients of a custom built, mortgage-free home.

The announcement comes nine years to the day that Bush was injured in Afghanistan while conducting a movement from Bagram airfield to a destination located in Kabul. He suffered a traumatic brain injury as well as injuries to his back, neck and hips, and has yet to recover.

Bush also suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder.

The new house was made possible by HEB, Operation Finally Home and the Builders Association of Corpus Christ. The mission of Operation Finally Home is to provide custom-built, mortgage-free homes to American's military heroes who have sacrificed so much to defend our freedom and values.

Originally posted here:
Local Veteran Receiving Mortgage-Free Home from Operation Finally Home

Office carpet cleaning by http://www.ecocleansolutions.ie
Office carpet cleaning by http://www.ecocleansolutions.ie CALL US ON 015039877.

By: Constantin Moraru

Originally posted here:
Office carpet cleaning by http://www.ecocleansolutions.ie - Video

Steam Carpet Cleaning Service Galveston TX 77551 (832)385-8996
We are the best steam carpet cleaning service in Galveston TX 77551. All of our techs are certified and have had background checks, we only hire the best so we expect the best results with...

By: Almighty Services

Continue reading here:
Steam Carpet Cleaning Service Galveston TX 77551 (832)385-8996 - Video

(PRWEB) September 15, 2014

Clean-Slate Janitorial Services (http://www.Clean-Slate.ca), a Greater Toronto Area-based professional cleaning company that specializes in commercial office cleaning, retail maintenance, floor restoration, carpet cleaning, and construction site cleanup, is weighing in on recent Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) statistics claiming that work-related injuries in Ontario are on the decline.

The WSIB has released statistics showing a sharp decline in time lost to work-related injuries. These stats have led to a second straight year in which employer premiums have been frozen. The rate of work-related accidents has dropped by approximately 20,000 incidents since 2008, from roughly 62,000 to about 41,000 in 2013. (Source: Artuso, A., Workplace injuries on the decline across Ontario: WSIB stats, The Toronto Sun, September 6, 2014; http://www.torontosun.com/2014/09/06/work-related-injuries-on-decline-in-ontario-wsib-stats.)

Weve practiced safety in all our time-proven commercial cleaning services in Toronto, says Sam Panousis, owner and operator of Clean-Slate Janitorial Services. We can only assume that other office cleaning companies across Ontario are taking precautions and doing their part to prevent accidents in the office.

Panousis notes that the improvement has really been impressive. Ideally, there would never be any work-related accidents, but office cleaning companies understand the role they play and can only continue finding ways to improve and reduce that number as much as possible.

We at Clean-Slate also acknowledge there are definitely other factors contributing to the reduction in accidents, including increased safety awareness by groups like WSIB and the Ministry of Labour, Panousis concludes. Its a collaborative effort that has to start with high safety standards and increased awareness. Several groups have made strong efforts on both fronts and its trickled down to office cleaning companies following their lead to see these improvements.

Clean-Slate Janitorial Services has been serving commercial customers in the Greater Toronto Area, including downtown Toronto, Vaughan, Mississauga, Brampton, and Markham, for eight years. Services provided by Clean-Slate Janitorial Services include commercial office cleaning, retail management and janitorial services, floor restoration and buffing, carpet cleaning, window and blind cleaning, and construction site cleanup. To learn more about Clean-Slate Janitorial Services and to receive a free quote, visit the companys web site at http://www.Clean-Slate.ca or call 416-509-7454.

More here:
Clean-Slate Janitorial Services, Torontos Leading Commercial and Retail Cleaner, Comments on Declining Work-Related ...

PATIO WITH RETAINING WALL

By: carlos orellana

See the original post:
PATIO WITH RETAINING WALL - Video

A sloping dirt wall towering over a portion of a Lowell retirement community has been deemed a public nuisance by a city code enforcement officer.

But months after the topic was first broached by town officials and years after the developer went out of business, questions still remain. How much will it cost to fix? And will the town foot the bill?

Magnolia Place on Owens Court in Lowell was built in 2001 by Evergreen Development Group of Lowell Inc. The first townhomes went up without a problem. But after a second phase began in 2010 the developer went out of business, according to town officials, and work stopped at the development.

This year, the N.C. Department of Revenue suspended the corporation.

Wall worries

The dirt wall has long has residents worried

Its nerve-wracking, said David Turner, whose home borders the wall. If we get a few more storms like we had the other night, then were really in danger.

Concerned residents approached Lowell officials early this year to see what could be done. Lowell City Manager Al Greene called the situation sticky, considering the problem was on private property.

City Council voted in July to change a rule to allow the city to step in and deem the wall a public nuisance. Since then, the city of Lowell has hired an engineer to assess the danger of the wall.

According to an engineer with Terracon Consultants, the wall could be considered dangerous to the residents closest to it, including Turner. The engineer recommended immediate repairs.

See the article here:
Dirt wall in Lowell community is a nuisance but how will it be fixed?