- Demolishing a school in Newton, Mass., to make way for a new one meant removing asbestos-permeated block, and Costello Dismantling Co., Inc. came up with a way to use brace exterior walls and use them as containment barriers while the contaminated material was taken out.
- In Fort Hood, Texas, Charter Environmental reused or recycled 99.56 of the material in a stadium that was being removed for construction of a hospital, saving lighting fixtures for a new stadium and using utility poles on the post firing range.
- In South Carolina, Envirocon, Inc., demolished two dams on a river and dredged PCBs from the riverbed, sometimes using cranes to get equipment in place behind the structures.
From the article:
The National Demolition Association (NDA) presented the 2nd annual Environmental Excellence Awards to four companies which have performed demolition projects that demonstrate significant environmental conservation and community improvement, while bringing about a discernible positive impact on the quality of life in the U.S. and Canada.
