Types of demolition
Big boom on inside make building collapse in a controlled environment...Holiday Inn???
Implosion
What does ACM stand for?
Asbestos Containing Materials
Big round thing smacks building
Wrecking ball
Founder and Principal
David Berg
What is Berg's favorite type of demo?
Full raze
Completely demolish a building in the middle of a parking lot
Full raze
Asbestos that, if disturbed, will become airborne
Friable asbestos
Nom nom nom concrete
Concrete pulverizer
CEO
Zachary Gilden
Volumetric Take off
Load count
Remove selective items on the inside of a building
Selective Interior
9x9 floor tiles
Non-friable asbestos
Remote controlled hammering
Brokk
Chief of Business Development and Estimating
Scott Anderson
An engineered methodology to deconstruct safely and efficiently any existing structure
Demolition
Completely demolish a building connected to another building
Partial raze
Disease that can come from unsafe asbestos exposure...commercials from the 2000s?
Mesothelioma
Can move and push material around
Skid Steer
Director of Safety
Christopher Brophy
Moving materials from point A to point B
Trucking and Disposal
Typical crew profile for a full raze with 15 loads per day
1102 (1 excavator, 1 bobcat, 0 supervisors, 2 laborers)
Why was asbestos used so often back then?
Effective, inexpensive, fire-retardant, insulating (lists as least 2)
Machine that takes down a building really fast, high reaching
Hydraulic Excavator
CFO
Howard Shearer
The year in which Berg was established
1998