The Natchez Board of Aldermen has awarded a $745,000 contract to Environmental Abatement Inc. to demolish the Fry Building at North Pearl and Franklin streets, beating out two higher bids and coming in under the city's $1.2 million budget. Work begins Aug. 3, with asbestos abatement taking about 33 days, building demolition roughly 20 days, and parking lot removal and backfill another 10 days, with completion targeted for mid-October. PPM Consultants is overseeing hazardous materials handling under strict environmental regulations.
Jul 14, 2026
Demolition crews began tearing down the Napoleon J. LaVoie Field House at Flint Central High School in Flint, Michigan, on July 13, 2026, using a crane to clear the site for a new campus. The $100 million rebuild is funded by a Charles Stewart Mott Foundation grant announced in May, following a June 17 groundbreaking. Flint Community Schools Superintendent Kevelin Jones says the project includes abatement work. Construction continues through 2028, with the new high school targeted to open that fall.
Jul 14, 2026
Harrison County, Ohio commissioners awarded 12 asbestos abatement and demolition contracts at their July 8 meeting. Aster Oil Field took four combined abatement-and-demolition jobs in Cadiz, Freeport and Rumley Township. Raze International won four abatement-only contracts on East College Street and in Hopedale, while Dig It Man Excavating secured the matching demolition-only work on those same sites; Neals Rolloff & Demolition and Damian Kovarik also bid but were not selected.
Jul 13, 2026
Demolition of Buildings C and D at UH Mānoa's Hale Noelani complex began July 6 and is expected to finish by mid-August, ahead of fall 2026 classes. The UH Mānoa Office of Campus Operations and Facilities and the Office of Project Delivery are overseeing the work, which removes 174 of the complex's roughly 530 beds and includes debris removal and site prep. The remaining three buildings, A, B and E, are still under evaluation for renovation or demolition.
Jul 12, 2026
Demolition permits are now in hand for two two-story residential buildings at 1449 and 1453 N. Sedgwick St. in Chicago, cleared by contractor Carlos Group Inc. The site, owned by 1453 N Sedgwick LLC, will become a five-story, 27-unit building with no car parking and 30 bike spaces. A full building permit is pending.
Jul 10, 2026
Crews have begun stripping steel coverings from the former Lindy Boggs Medical Center in New Orleans' Mid-City, the first step before a two-month asbestos remediation phase and six to eight months of structural demolition. The city and owner Woodward Interests are splitting the $16 million project, with the city covering $11.5 million toward demolition and a four-million-gallon stormwater retention pond. Woodward Interests will secure the site, control dust, and require covered debris trucks. A mixed-use development is planned afterward.
Jul 7, 2026
Crews have begun demolition at 350 Park Avenue in Midtown East, Manhattan, clearing the site for a 1,414-foot, 64-story supertall designed by Foster + Partners for developers Vornado Realty Trust, Rudin, and Ken Griffin. The existing 30-story tower, plus adjacent buildings at 40 East 52nd Street and 39 East 51st Street, are being stripped of windows and facade panels ahead of interior gutting. The $4.5 billion project, approved by City Council in September 2025, will yield 1.8 million square feet of office space anchored by Citadel, with completion targeted for 2032.
Jul 7, 2026
Site prep is underway at the former Regency Square Mall in Arlington, part of Jacksonville, Florida, ahead of parking lot demolition. Urban Partners Construction is handling the work for developer Blackwater Development LLC, which plans to redevelop the site as The Nexus at Regency. The city issued a site-clearing permit April 6 valued at nearly $3.7 million, covering asphalt, sidewalk, curb and utility removal, following March 26 approval of civil engineering and sketch plans for eight outparcels along Atlantic Boulevard and Monument Road.
Jul 6, 2026
The city of New Orleans has secured about $3 million from its short-term rental fund to demolish DeGaulle Manor in Algiers, a 12-building complex that sat unfunded for years. Buildings will come down sequentially from June 2026 through May 2027, with final site clearing and fence repair completing the project by June 1, 2027. The city says it will coordinate with public safety agencies and environmental contractors throughout the phased teardown.
Jun 23, 2026
DOE's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management and contractor UCOR have prepared the 210,000-square-foot Beta-1 facility at Y-12 National Security Complex for teardown starting this summer, following the January completion of the 325,000-square-foot Alpha-2 demolition six months ahead of schedule. Beta-1 deactivation involved 900 samples, 17 million gallons of pumped water, 3,000 feet of drainpipe removal, and over 2,500 truckloads of stabilizing concrete, aided by LiDAR mapping. Demolition is set to conclude in 2028, after which crews will move to Y-12's Old Steam Plant.
May 14, 2026
The Winchester, Illinois school board has awarded Neff-Colvin Inc. of Jacksonville $318,328 to demolish the 1958 grade school gym, closed since January 15 after a bowing structure was deemed unsafe. General Waste of Alton will handle asbestos abatement, with a $35 per-unit charge for any additional contamination found. Abatement could start early since the area is secluded; demolition is set for the week of June 1. Funding comes from previously issued health life safety bonds and will not affect property taxes.
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