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Demolition (also known as razing, cartage, and wrecking) is the science and engineering in safely and efficiently tearing down buildings and other artificial structures. Demolition contrasts with deconstruction, which involves taking a building apart while carefully preserving valuable elements for reuse purposes.
Demolition waste is waste debris from destruction of buildings, roads, bridges, or other structures. [1] Debris varies in composition, but the major components, by weight, in the US include concrete, wood products, asphalt shingles, brick and clay tile, steel, and drywall. [2] There is the potential to recycle many elements of demolition waste. [1]
Voluntary building demolition is the decision by either the landowner or a higher government body to demolish a structure for any number of reasons, ranging from severe structural damage to the redevelopment of the land the building sits upon. Involuntary (or unplanned) building demolitions, such as the collapse of a building during a severe ...
The ongoing demolition of a Tokyo skyscraper makes it look like the 460-foot-tall building is shrinking. Taisei Corp., the construction company taking down the Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka, is using ...
Raglan Castle was an example of a punitive demolition - the Marquis of Worcester had held out long after every other castle except Pendennis. As punishment his castle was ransacked and, in contrast to the preservation of that at Oxford, his library was deliberately burnt. [279]
The county government purchased the downtown Ramada in 2023 for $4.5 million and immediately scheduled it for demolition due to the $100 million price tag to restore it, the Macon Telegraph reported.
An attempt to save two buildings set to be demolished as part of Rabbit Hole Distillery’s expansion in NuLu failed Thursday.. A group of concerned locals filed a petition in July arguing that ...
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