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Share a deconstruction with the community. If you have documented a deconstruction in your neighborhood or if you have opened a building materials reuse store or salvage store, share the experience!
R. Baker & Son All Industrial Services Completes Technical Selective Demolition Project in NYC
Category: Contracts
Posted by rbakerandson on Jun 22, 2010 | 157 Reads
R. Baker & Son All Industrial Services, a specialized dismantling, rigging and demolition contractor, completed a very technical selective demolition project for Con Edison in Brooklyn, New York. Con Edison purchased the property for a future substation in...
Category: Contracts
Posted by rbakerandson on Jun 22, 2010 | 157 Reads
R. Baker & Son All Industrial Services, a specialized dismantling, rigging and demolition contractor, completed a very technical selective demolition project for Con Edison in Brooklyn, New York. Con Edison purchased the property for a future substation in...
Green Deconstruction Recycles a House in Rocky River, Ohio
Category: Diversion
Posted by green on Apr 22, 2010 | 565 Reads
GREEN DECONSTRUCTION SERVICES, a Cleveland, Ohio based company specializing in sustainablity, deconstruction and landfill diversion, recently completed a whole house project in Rocky River, Ohio where nearly 100% of the home was diverted from a landfill. Th...
Category: Diversion
Posted by green on Apr 22, 2010 | 565 Reads
GREEN DECONSTRUCTION SERVICES, a Cleveland, Ohio based company specializing in sustainablity, deconstruction and landfill diversion, recently completed a whole house project in Rocky River, Ohio where nearly 100% of the home was diverted from a landfill. Th...
Green Deconstruction Project in Shaker Heights, Ohio.
Category: Contracts
Posted by green on Dec 07, 2008 | 3014 Reads
Green Deconstruction Services, an Ohio company that specializes in orderly and selective demolition of existing structures, has recently completed a whole house project in Shaker Heights, Ohio.This 3000 square foot, three story structure, built in the early 19...
Category: Contracts
Posted by green on Dec 07, 2008 | 3014 Reads
Green Deconstruction Services, an Ohio company that specializes in orderly and selective demolition of existing structures, has recently completed a whole house project in Shaker Heights, Ohio.This 3000 square foot, three story structure, built in the early 19...
Hospital Deconstruction
Category: Contracts
Posted by rbakerandson on Nov 24, 2008 | 2714 Reads
R. Baker & Son All Industrial Services, a specialized contractor providing total plant dismantlement, demolition and decommissioning services, recently completed an eight (8) phase, highly technical, demolition and environmental remediation project at King...
Category: Contracts
Posted by rbakerandson on Nov 24, 2008 | 2714 Reads
R. Baker & Son All Industrial Services, a specialized contractor providing total plant dismantlement, demolition and decommissioning services, recently completed an eight (8) phase, highly technical, demolition and environmental remediation project at King...
R. Baker & Son All Industrial Services Completes Large Industrial Demolition Project in New Jersey
Category: Contracts
Posted by rbakerandson on Nov 24, 2008 | 1302 Reads
R. Baker & Son All Industrial Services, a specialized contractor providing total plant dismantlement, building demolition, rigging and decommissioning services, completed the demolition of a large chemical manufacturing facility in New Jersey (NJ).The faci...
Category: Contracts
Posted by rbakerandson on Nov 24, 2008 | 1302 Reads
R. Baker & Son All Industrial Services, a specialized contractor providing total plant dismantlement, building demolition, rigging and decommissioning services, completed the demolition of a large chemical manufacturing facility in New Jersey (NJ).The faci...
Store Layout Considerations
Category: Stores
Posted by renewsalvage on Mar 25, 2007 | 2637 Reads
A retail store selling modern used building materials is really in the business of moving many items as little as possible. Items should be easy to view and attractively labeled/priced, but at the end of the day good layout makes for happy sales staff and cus...
Category: Stores
Posted by renewsalvage on Mar 25, 2007 | 2637 Reads
A retail store selling modern used building materials is really in the business of moving many items as little as possible. Items should be easy to view and attractively labeled/priced, but at the end of the day good layout makes for happy sales staff and cus...
Manhattan Deconstruction Project
Category: Diversion
Posted by aaguilar on Oct 31, 2005 | 4668 Reads
Deconstruction - Construction in Reverse By Diane Greer The interior of the former J.P. Morgan building at 15 Broad Street is being demolished, not with sledge hammers and brute force but utilizing a new technique called deconstruction. Instead of ...
Category: Diversion
Posted by aaguilar on Oct 31, 2005 | 4668 Reads
Deconstruction - Construction in Reverse By Diane Greer The interior of the former J.P. Morgan building at 15 Broad Street is being demolished, not with sledge hammers and brute force but utilizing a new technique called deconstruction. Instead of ...
Challenges of Opening an Architectural Salvage Store
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Category: Stores
Posted by ellie on Nov 12, 2003 | 7586 Reads
It seemed like the right thing to do. The thought had been in the back of our minds for some time and now here was a warehouse for lease just outside of town in an area of antique stores, reuse stores and across the street from a company that makes ‘et...
Category: Stores
Posted by ellie on Nov 12, 2003 | 7586 Reads
It seemed like the right thing to do. The thought had been in the back of our minds for some time and now here was a warehouse for lease just outside of town in an area of antique stores, reuse stores and across the street from a company that makes ‘et...
MacFarlane School Deconstruction- Tampa, Florida May 2001
Category: Diversion
Posted by ellie on Sep 18, 2003 | 3577 Reads
The MacFarlane Park School (originally West Tampa Elementary) was built in 1926. Because of structural problems that could not be repaired, it was scheduled for demolition. The cost of renovation would be 5 times the cost of building a new building. The a...
Category: Diversion
Posted by ellie on Sep 18, 2003 | 3577 Reads
The MacFarlane Park School (originally West Tampa Elementary) was built in 1926. Because of structural problems that could not be repaired, it was scheduled for demolition. The cost of renovation would be 5 times the cost of building a new building. The a...
Tyer Temple Methodist Church Deconstruction-Tampa, Fl.
Category: Diversion
Posted by ellie on Sep 18, 2003 | 3143 Reads
Constructed in 1900, the Tyer Temple United Methodist Church served the historic Tampa Heights neighborhood. Tampa Heights, located just north of downtown Tampa, was home to the wealthier merchants who had businesses downtown or in nearby Ybor City. Later rena...
Category: Diversion
Posted by ellie on Sep 18, 2003 | 3143 Reads
Constructed in 1900, the Tyer Temple United Methodist Church served the historic Tampa Heights neighborhood. Tampa Heights, located just north of downtown Tampa, was home to the wealthier merchants who had businesses downtown or in nearby Ybor City. Later rena...
