Grain silo demolition
Grain silo demolition. We saw this going on as we drove by decided to film it for everyone.. Sorry about the know it all in background . That would be me talking to my wife like she is 5. Its...
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Demolition on the first dilapidated home in Pontiac targeted by the Detroit Blight Authority began Wednesday.
How many of the city's roughly 550 blighted homes the nonprofit will target remains unknown, said Bill Pulte, founder and chairman of the nonprofit. However, at least two more on Thorpe Street, site of the first dilapidated home, are expected to be demolished.
Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson said he hopes demolition of those homes will take place in a matter of months, not years.
A neighbor of the home at 70 Thorpe St. said it had been overcome with rats and other vermin. He said he had lived there for about four years.
About $3.2 million in federal Community Redevelopment Block Grant and $1 million from the Neighborhood Stabilization Fund will initially fund the effort, but Patterson said it would likely take more than that $4.2 million to eliminate Pontiac's blight. Pulte has been raising money from companies and charities.
The Detroit Blight Authority had been focusing on structural blight removal until Detroit officials said requested that Pulte stop his efforts in Detroit so the city could start taking on the blight removal efforts itself.
Patterson said he has known Pulte for 10-15 years and immediately called him once he heard that the nonprofit would be focusing its efforts elsewhere.
In June, the U.S. Department of Treasury granted Michigan approval of $100 million in federal funds for blight removal in Detroit, Pontiac, Flint, Saginaw and Grand Rapids. Those funds were repurposed from the Hardest Hit Fund, part of the federal Troubled Asset Relief Program. Of the $100 million, Pontiac received $3.7 million.
Related story: Writer Kirk Pinho lives near the demolition project, in what he calls "The House of All the Firsts."
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Demolition begins in Pontiac blight project
Comer Homes hopes the removal of the hated '3M building' will be complete by the spring
Demolition of the towns most notorious eyesore will start this month and is expected to be completed by next spring.
The regeneration of Bracknell town centre took another massive step forward after plans to replace Winchester House with a 19-storey block of flats, a gym and shops were approved by Bracknell Forest Councils planning committee last Thursday.
The old 3M building has been empty since the technology company moved out in 2003 and had attracted anti-social behaviour.
The derelict tower will be demolished and replaced with a block of modern apartments.
Councillor Colin Dudley, chair of the boroughs planning committee, said: Were very excited at the prospect of getting rid of that eyesore at last. This is going to start to give the people of Bracknell their pride back in the town centre.
If Winchester House goes its going to be the catalyst of new tenants coming to the town centre.
Whenever we talk about the regeneration people look to Winchester House as an indicator of how its going, its like a bad penny that keeps turning up.
Huge step towards Bracknell regeneration as Winchester House and bus station plans are approved
Robert Sheppard, principal engineer at Comer Homes which owns the block, said: We have already appointed a demolition contractor and the keys were handed over on Friday we expect internal soft strip demolition works to commence in May.
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It was unclear why the brownstone dislodged.
Ruby Branch, who owns the house at 3028, said she had noticed nothing unusual about her property's facade.
"There wasn't no problem until they started doing this," Branch said.
Mulderig said ordinary wear and tear combined with the demolition crew's activities likely contributed to the incident.
Property records indicate the house was built in 1915.
"It was probably weak, and when we went and cut the wall loose, it became even more weak," he said.
The city will repair the brownstone facades of the neighboring rowhouses at no cost to their owners, Mulderig said.
"We're certainly going to make the neighbors on both sides whole," he said.
From the street, the house at 3026 had appeared stable, if clearly abandoned.
But it had stood vacant for decades, neighbors said.
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Demolition of Bruce Field first step to new multipurpose field
By Keith McCord
April 30th, 2014 @ 6:49pm
KEARNS Bruce Field was once the focal point of family activities
But, with no public funding, the weeds grew as fast as the graffiti. Instead of drawing people for sporting events, it became a place that attracted crime.
On Wednesday, heavy equipment was brought in to begin the demolition of the dilapidated park at 4290 W. 4865 South in hope of bringing new life to the area.
The 4-acre parcel was the home to baseball leagues dating back to the 1950s.
This is a park where children of all ages first swung a bat at a ball and first caught their first pop fly, and you can hear the echoes of that today in the ghosts of the past, said Patrick Leary, Salt Lake County township executive.
The field dates back to World War II, when soldiers at Camp Kearns used to play on the land. In 1965, the property was donated to the Kearns Pony League.
Things have changed over the years. As the popularity of baseball leagues has dwindled, the park has fallen into disrepair and become a magnet for neighborhood crime.
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'Rosie the Riveter' factory demolition: Willow Run, the iconic factory used by legions of 'Rosie the Riveter' female workers during WWII, is set for demolition. Is it too late to save this piece of women's history?
The wrecking ball is poised to demolish the iconic Willow Run plant in Michigan, which produced not only bombers for World War II, but also inspired the iconic symbol of female empowerment and American wartime unity, "Rosie the Riveter." Its a good time for parents to remind kids that Rosie the Riveter is not only a Halloween costume.
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Long before there was a Lean In philosophy from Facebook's chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg (who has a net worth of more than $1 billion, according to Forbes) or the queendom of Oprah (who has a net worth of $2.9 billion, according to Forbes), there were everyday women sweating in factories to support Americas war effort while their men were an ocean away, waiting for the munitions and planes they labored to produce.
Before even discussing the fact that the factory where women played a crucial role in the war effort is about to be demolished, I feel the need to back up and explain the significance of what were really talking about here.
As kids typically learn around the 8th grade, after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941, much of the male workforce went off to war as America became engaged in World War II.
That meant precious few able-bodied men were left at home to man the factories and produce munitions and aircraft to supply the war effort.
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5 Decks That Dominated Formats
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JM Martin Construction in Mabank, Texas, has been building, installing, and remodeling docks for 10 years. When a customer came to JM Martin Construction about refurbishing an 8 year old wooden dock, selecting AridDek Aluminum Decking for the walking surface was an easy choice because of its low-maintenance and durability.
Even after years of meticulous routine maintenance to a standard wooden dock by the owner, the decking surface still could not endure the aquatic surroundings.
Even with routine maintenance the wood on the dock did not withstand the marine environment, said Derek Holland of JM Martin Construction. Replacing the rotted wood on the dock with AridDek was a simple solution. The dock owner loves AridDek because of its low-maintenance qualities and durability.
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Boston, MA (PRWEB) April 30, 2014
The National Bridge Preservation Partnership Conference (NBPPC) recently hosted their annual meetings in Orlando, Florida. Hundreds of engineers from state DOTs and private consulting firms and suppliers attended the conference to share new technologies and materials relevant to bridge maintenance and preservation, and to discuss and improve current best practices for bridge preservation. Infrasense president Dr. Kenneth Maser presented a technical paper entitled "Bridge Deck Preservation using High Speed Subsurface Scanning", which outlines some high speed nondestructive technologies that can help agencies in their bridge deck preservation efforts.
The presentation focused on the importance of accurate condition information in the bridge deck maintenance process, and how some agencies are using high speed techniques such as Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) and Infrared Thermography (IR) to obtain this information efficiently. Dr. Maser's presentation described these technologies and how they are implemented for network-level bridge deck evaluations, using Infrasense projects in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Montana, and Michigan to illustrate how some states are already using these technologies to help "keep the good decks good".
Infrasense has performed project-level and network-level GPR and IR bridge deck surveys. The results yield a quantity of deteriorated area that is used for accurate and cost-efficient rehabilitation planning. For network-level surveys, Infrasense maximizes its efficiency by surveying a large number of decks with its vehicle-based system (up to 30 decks per day). After completing the data collection, a multi-phase analysis is carried out. First, a quick and simple preliminary (Level 1) bridge deck analysis identifies decks in good condition and requiring no further attention. Those found to have more significant deterioration levels are mapped in detail (Level 2), providing data to accurately plan, program, and budget maintenance and rehabilitation. Over the past year, Infrasense has carried out bridge deck scanning projects in Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, and Wisconsin, covering over 200 structures.
Infrasense also uses GPR to provide continuous, accurate pavement thickness data to its clients. The determination of pavement layer thickness is currently the most common highway application of GPR technology because it requires no lane closures and provides a timely and cost-effective means of collecting continuous thickness data. This data may be used for network-level pavement management, project-level rehabilitation design, or quality assurance of newly constructed pavements. GPR pavement thickness testing is an ideal complement to Falling Weight Deflectometer (FWD) testing, especially when as-built records are inaccurate, outdated, or unavailable, and coring at every FWD location is not feasible. Infrasense surveys have covered over 10,000 lane miles of pavement, with projects sizes ranging from a few city blocks in Providence, Rhode Island, to 3,500 miles in Oklahoma for the state Department of Transportation. Most recently, Infrasense completed a GPR pavement thickness evaluation of over 1500 lane-miles of county roads throughout North Dakota. Data collection for this project was carried out in under two weeks.
Since 1987, Infrasense, Inc. has applied the most current technologies to the most difficult challenges in subsurface scanning. Infrasenses engineers are able to nondestructively extract critical information from a diverse range of structures. The firm has conducted research to advance the field of subsurface detection, while also providing valuable information to clients across the country. Learn more about Infrasense, Inc. and its services at http://www.infrasense.com.
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Spurs fans all across San Antonio are gearing up for the big game Wednesday night, but for one fan on the city's south side, everyday is a black and silver celebration.
Mary Gutierrez is the proud owner of "Hair Shack." Located right off Pleasanton Road on the city's south side, the San Antonio barbershop has a flair for the silver and black.
It all started with one wall, and grew from there.
"My customers started bringing me stuff like all these big posters, and a couple of the jerseys, hats, as they came in the added to the collection," said Gutierrez.
Her shop is now decked out in Spurs memorabilia, and she even names her popular hair cuts right after some of her favorite players...
"We do have the fades like the Tony Parker like a zero one"
