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Changing Austin’s Landscape From Old To New By R.G. Pickard, 4/9/2009 When the Concordia University campus, which was built in 1926 near present day downtown Austin, needed room to expand, real estate in the area had become tremendously expensive. The original 23-acre campus was estimated to be worth $80 million on the real estate market in 2006, so the decision was made ...More
Demolishing The RCA Dome By Tom Hale - 03/09/2009
Demolition crews have been busy dismantling remaining sections of the RCA Dome in downtown Indianapolis, clearing the way for continued expansion of the Indiana Convention Center. The demolition work marks the final step in the removal of the Indy landmark — a process that has involved ripping out seats and turf and other interior components; deflating the dome's 8-acre Teflon-coated fabr...
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Chicago Pneumatic New Hydraulic Power Packs 03/04/2009
Chicago Pneumatic Construction Tools’s new line of hydraulic power packs for powering hydraulic handheld tools are built with foldable handles and large wheels for simple maneuverability, allowing hydraulic tools to be used in confined spaces and remote areas such as found in demolition, building renovation, utility work, and road and bridge maintenance applications.
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Demolition Duty By Amber Reed, Performance Marketing, West Des Moines, IA - 03/02/2009
Gone are the days of using only a wrecking ball and crane for demolition work. Today, demolition crews employ more controlled methods of demolition, such as dismantling a structure in a manner that allows crews to control where the debris falls and leaving portions of the structure intact for renovation.
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Island Composts Aggressively By Tara Hansen, Technical Writer, Two Rivers Marketing, Des Moines, IA - 03/02/2009
When it comes to recycling wood waste on Mackinac Island, MI, the city's public works director admits that he's trying to accomplish a very normal feat in a very abnormal place. Mackinac Island, nestled in the straits of Mackinac where the Upper and Lower Peninsulas of Michigan meet, is a national historic landmark and is special in the fact that motor vehicles, excluding emergency vehicles, ha...
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Demolishing Livonia Mall By Aram Kalousdian, Editor - 03/02/2009
Approximately 70 percent, or 550,000 square feet of Livonia Mall in Livonia, MI, is being demolished. The property will be redeveloped. Adamo Demolition Company, of Detroit, MI, is the demolition contractor for the project. The Sears and Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft stores will remain. Environmental remediation began in January, and demolition work is scheduled to be completed by June.
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Delphi Facility Comes Down By Aram Kalousdian, Editor - 03/02/2009
Environmental work in preparation for demolition of the one-story Delphi Technological Center in Flint, MI, began in January and demolition began in February. The project is expected to be completed in June. The facility includes an office building, a larger technical center building and some other smaller buildings.
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Construction Digest Tom Hale, Editor, Construction Digest December 22, 2008 Bringing Down The RCA Dome
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Restoring The Bricks in Roswell An apartment building dating from almost 170 years ago is restored and expanded to create new residential space in an historic Atlanta suburb.
Restoring The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum The restoration of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York City involved rebuilding the museum's Pier 86 into a state-of-the-art docking facility.
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