Thread: Demolition Headlines Mid November 2009

INSIDE THE INDUSTRY MID - NOVEMBER 09

BY HERB DUANE

WE HAVE A GREAT COLUMN FOR YOU THIS MONTH!
LOTS OF INTERESTING AND UPCOMING PROJECTS, ALONG WITH SOME EXCITING NEWS STORIES.

DON’T MISS OUT ON WHAT IS GOING ON IN YOUR INDUSTRY. THE COST IS ONLY AROUND A $1 PER DAY. IN THE COURSE OF A YEAR YOUR SURE TO FIND OUT ABOUT A JOB YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT.

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HERB'S NOTES

The big news this month is that the University of Delaware purchased the Chrysler Plant in Delaware – you have to read all about it.

Advanced Explosive Demolition Inc., An Idaho is on the move showing the other implosion contractor how to get the work. Read about their latest triumph.

This past month, my son Toby attended the demolition awards in Amsterdam, Holland. American’s attending were Bill Moore, Brandenburg Industrial Services, Illinois and Dan Costello, Costello Dismantling, Massachusetts.

Toby will have a report for us in the December column.


JEANNE STATON NAMED WOMAN BUSINESS LEADER OF THE YEAR

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YANKEE STADIUM DEMOLITION BEGINS

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STAMFORD WRECKING SUES CITY OF NEW HAVEN

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FORMER DEMCO EXECUTIVE FORMS NEW COMPANY

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SPECTRUM FOR SALE

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FBI LOOKS AT LORAIN CONTRACTOR

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THREE SENTENCED IN KICKBACK SCHEME

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DEMOLITION LEADS


SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA - Location of the Carlsbad desalination plant by the

ADDISON, VERMONT - The Lake Champlain Bridge is beyond repair, transportation

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - Loyola University will demolish Damen Hall

MONSON, MA - There are 121 residents living in four buildings at the Monson

NEW ORLEANS, LA - Saints owner Tom Benson and state leaders are moving the ball

CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS - Demolition could be in store for vacant Memorial

YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO - The city school board is moving forward with plans

IRON RANGE, MINNESOTA - Several Northland communities have received a total

DALLAS, TEXAS - Once the most recognized church in the Southern Baptist

BLUE ISLAND, ILLINOIS - When the Blue Island Park District Board was kicking

MADISON, CT - The political campaigns are over, but the campaign to turn the former

ST. PETER, MINNESOTA - The city recently obtained a $16.7 million low-interest loan

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA - Santa Clara County Supervisors announced their intent to

HARRISON TOWNSHIP, OHIO - The dilapidated Parkway Inn vacant and padlocked

PRINCETON, KENTUCKY - Demolition appears to be the more and more likely fate

GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN - The state has applied for $290 million in federal

EVANSVILLE, INDIANA - Part of the Executive Inn is likely to come down within a

CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY - The City Council unanimously approved an ordinance that

OZARK, MO - Riverside Inn will serve its last meal Dec. 12, said owner Lisa Engel.

MARSHALLTOWN, IOWA - The Marshalltown School Board dove into a discussion

DEMOLITION NEWS

LAUGHLIN, NEVEADA - Decommissioning of the defunct Mohave Generating Station

TAMPA, FLORIDA - Demolition began this month on the dilapidated Georgetown

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - Plans to build a new Wishard Memorial Hospital

BISMARK, NORTH DAKOTA - The county-owned Emerson Building is one step

DELAWARE CITY, DELAWARE - Planning continues on the possible demolition of

CUDAHY, WISCONSIN - Demolition has begun on the framework for the failed

KEYSER, WEST VIRGINA - Officials from several counties in Maryland and West

OAK RIDGE, TN - The would-be redevelopers of the troubled Oak Ridge Mall have

RED BANK, NEW YORK – Demolition of Red Bank's defunct incinerator smokestack

YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO - City administrators want to pay $39,000 to a college senior

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Soderberg Co. Inc., Caribou, Maine, won an $896,000 federal

ROCK ISLAND, IOWA - More than 50 contractors and subcontractors attended a

BELMONT, NORTH CAROLINA - Cotton manufacturing ceased in the old Imperial

PITTSFIELD, MA - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded The

BUENA VISTA TOWNSHIP, MICHIGAN - Forty-three years after it opened and five

IMPLOSION NEWS

OWENSBORO, KY - The Executive Inn Rivermont is now a pile of rubble