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Green Deconstruction Recycles a House in Rocky River, Ohio
Green Deconstruction Recycles a House in Rocky River, Ohio Category: Diversion
Posted by green on Apr 22, 2010 | 598 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...

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Manhattan Deconstruction Project
Category: Diversion
Posted by aaguilar on Oct 31, 2005 | 4692 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 ...

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MacFarlane School Deconstruction- Tampa, Florida May 2001
MacFarlane School Deconstruction- Tampa, Florida May 2001 Category: Diversion
Posted by ellie on Sep 18, 2003 | 3585 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...

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Tyer Temple Methodist Church Deconstruction-Tampa, Fl.
Tyer Temple Methodist Church Deconstruction-Tampa, Fl. Category: Diversion
Posted by ellie on Sep 18, 2003 | 3150 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...

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DW Waters Building Deconstruction - Tampa, FL August 2001
DW Waters Building Deconstruction - Tampa, FL August 2001 Category: Diversion
Posted by ellie on Sep 11, 2003 | 2376 Reads

This is a turn of the century building that was gutted and renovated. The demo contractor had worked with the Recycle Task Force before on the McFarlane School so they were much more receptive this time. The initial estimate of recovered salvage was 34,000 lbs...

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Franklin & Polk Deconstruction - Tampa FL
Franklin & Polk Deconstruction - Tampa FL Category: Diversion
Posted by ellie on Sep 05, 2003 | 1815 Reads

This building was an 1894 stick and brick construction building on the corner of two major arteries, Franklin and Polk streets. It was bought by TEKO to be used as a parking lot. The building is adjacent to train tracks that cannot be closed. Kimmens was ...

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