NASDI Projects - Building Demolition

NASDI was contracted by the New York City Parks & Recreation Department for the 98,500 square feet of foundation and site excavation work, which will lead way to the construction of a state-of-the-art indoor athletic facility. The foundation will require approx 4,500 cubic yards of structural concrete. NASDI is responsible for the installation and tie-in of all site utilities from the street to the building and will be constructing an asphalt parking lot, including the storm water drainage structures, piping, concrete sidewalks, curbs and retaining walls around the site. NASDI is also responsible for all landscaping and planting and for constructing a half-acre storm water retention pond.

NASDI was contracted by a Massachusetts-based general contractor to perform the structural demolition at the former Westinghouse Facility in Springfield, Massachusetts. The scope of the work involves structural building take-down, asbestos abatement and hazardous materials removal. This one million square foot facility was a major manufacturer of appliances in the 20th century and home to one of the first radio stations in the United States.

City Square is a $563 million multi-phased private/public commercial real estate project and the largest development project in Massachusetts outside of the Boston area. The investment in private capital will create more than 2.2 million square feet of commercial, medical, retail, entertainment, and residential space. NASDI was contracted by a Massachusetts-based general contracting firm to demolish over two million square feet of the former retail shopping mall. NASDI’s scope of work includes the destruction and take-down of the mall and parking garage, crushing, asbestos abatement, hazardous waste removal, universal waste removal, PCB abatement, sheet piling, and building separation.

The Harvard University Fogg Museum, built in 1927, is the university's oldest museum. The museum, designed by Coolidge, Shipley, Bulfinch, and Abbott Architects, was built around a central courtyard influenced by a 16th century Italian church. NASDI was selected for this project due in large part to its outstanding health and safety program and overall safety record. NASDI's scope-of-work is as follows: removal of all hazardous materials, selective demolition of the original Fogg Museum structure, and complete structural demolition of the 1991 additions.

*On this project, NASDI was proud to be shortlisted for the Contract of the Year Award at the 2010 World D&RI Demolition Awards. NASDI was also awarded the 2011 NDA Environmental Stewardship Award for this project.

The Massachusetts Mental Health Center opened its doors in 1912 and was one of the oldest public teaching hospitals in the United States, training several generations of leaders in American psychiatry. NASDI was hired by a Boston-based general contractor to perform the structural demolition of over 400,000 square feet of the former state mental hospital. NASDI’s scope of work included structural building demolition affiliated with asbestos and PCB-containing building materials, as well as universal waste removal. NASDI performed the crushing and site back-fill, along with the soil remediation associated with the tanks. NASDI was also hired to be the Construction Manager of the asbestos, hazardous waste, universal waste and PCB abatement, as well as the underground storage tank removal.

NASDI was contracted by a developer to assist in the budgeting and design of this complete structural take-down and environmental remediation project. NASDI’s scope of working included asbestos abatement, hazardous waste remediation, and the complete deconstruction of this former drug manufacturing plant in Rockville Centre, New York. Working with the New York Department of Environmental Protection, NASDI removed the hazardous soil classified as “non-hazardous,” based on rigorous sampling and a known release occurrence prior to the RCRA standard. This value engineering saved the owner over one million dollars and helped to streamline the project.

NASDI’s contract at historic Fenway Park entailed the removal of the jumbo-tron sign in center field, as well as the removal of three commercial signs, including all structural supports and members. NASDI was also contracted to demolish the interior concourse, which was comprised of ramps, concessions stands, bathrooms and offices. Three simultaneous crews worked on this project – one performing the interior, selective demolition, the second removing the jumbo-tron sign with the use of a 250-ton crane and the third removing three commercial signs utilizing a 150-ton crane.

NASDI was contracted to complete the structural demolition and asbestos abatement of a commercial building in a high traffic area of Downtown Quincy, Massachusetts. NASDI had the building on the ground and loaded out in less than five days. This building was constructed in 1919, had a footprint of 3,800 square feet and was the former home of multiple retail spaces. At the time of demolition, the building was owned by Quincy Mutual Fire Insurance, who plans on making the old building footprint into a landscaped area until a new structure can be erected.

The New York City Economic Development Corporation selected NASDI to begin the redevelopment of Hunters Point South Waterfront Park. This six acre site, abutting the East River, offers views of the Manhattan skyline. NASDI’s scope of work included asbestos abatement, hazardous materials removal, structural demolition, and construction debris removal of the existing structures and tennis courts. After razing and removing the structures, NASDI performed site work to prepare the grounds for the next phase of development.

NASDI was hired directly by a developer to perform the demolition of this former four-story brick/steel/concrete constructed monastery. NASDI’s scope included structural building demolition, asbestos abatement, hazardous materials removal, bulk removal, and disposal. All work was performed in accordance with a Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection approved work plan for the abatement of 40,000 square feet of asbestos-containing brick façade prior to complete structural demolition.

Only 20 feet wide on Broadway, but 160 feet long on John Street, stands the historic Corbin Building. It rises only eight stories above street level, but when designed in 1888, it towered over its neighbors. Its architect, Francis Kimball, was a pioneer in the design of skyscrapers, as the Corbin Building is recognized as one of the country’s earliest and oldest skyscrapers. NASDI’s scope-of-work on this high profile landmark, owned by New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority, was to provide all labor, material, and equipment to carefully perform selective demolition on floors one through eight, the roof, basement, and sub-basement.

After 80 years, the Cenacle Sisters Building sitting on a 45 acre campus in Ronkonkoma is being redeveloped. NASDI’s scope of work on the four-story retreat building included asbestos abatement, regulated materials removal, and full structural building demolition. NASDI also demolished the associated barn and cleared, grubbed, and stripped topsoil on approximately two acres. Mulching and stockpiling vegetation, installation of 6,000 linear feet of fence and hay bales, and the installation of the construction entrance, was also included in the scope of work.

NASDI was contracted directly by Borden Remington, the regional leader in the commodity chemical manufacturing of aqueous ammonia and sodium hypochlorite, to demolish nine timber- framed buildings with wood decking and brick exterior in the battleship cove area of Fall River, MA. All demolished buildings are being taken down to slab. All timber from the deconstructed buildings is being salvaged, including various chemical tanks. One of the buildings being deconstructed is over 140,000 square feet and five stories tall. Two of the onsite buildings are being preserved, thus forcing NASDI to be extremely cautious with respect to demolition activities.

In 1989 the Framingham Automotive Assembly Plant was closed. The site is now the location of the ADESA-Framingham, Automobile Auction House. The plant opened in 1947 employing as many as fifteen-hundred workers. The plant manufactured multiple brands: Buick, Oldsmobile, Pontiac and Chevrolet. Some of the models coming out of the plant were Buick Skylark, Oldsmobile Cutlass, Pontiac Le Mans, Chevrolet Chevelle and Pontiac GTO. NASDI’s scope of work included removal of all asbestos containing materials, structural demolition and salvage-operations on 600,000 square feet of the existing facility.

Polaroid discontinued its operations on its 110 acre, 18 building site in Waltham, MA after decades of production. NASDI was selected to help prepare the site for the next phase of its useful life. NASDI’s scope of work included: utility termination, phased asbestos abatement, deconstruction and salvage operations on more than one million square feet. Among other buildings, the campus comprised of a power plant, corporate offices, chemical processing plants, research and development laboratories and a water filtration plant.