Watch the Adamo Group working at the former Packard plant to remove unsafe portions of the upper floor: http://lnkd.in/du8BDkX

 

 

Preliminary work began today on the site of the former Packard plant as a crane and trucks hauled off pieces that presented a safety threat, according to a person overseeing the project.

“We have begun safety measures to remove reinforced concrete off the rooftops of several buildings that are hanging and are dangerous to the community,” said Kari Smith, the site project manager.

Smith estimated this phase, which does not involve tearing down any buildings, will take about two weeks. The work is being done by O’Brien Construction and the Adamo Group, Smith said.

Fernando Palazuelo, who owns the property, envisions restoring some of the 40-acre site and redeveloping it for commercial, industrial and cultural uses. He plans to apply for historic and brownfield tax credits to help pay for the project, which could cost up to $300 million and take decades to complete.

Residential and cultural uses are also possible, he said, including a charter school.

Palazuelo won the property late last year after bidding $405,000 in the Wayne County Treasurer’s foreclosure auction. The sprawling site has been vacant for decades except for urban explorers and others who have stripped much of what was left.

He pledged to hire Detroit workers, including the scrappers who have been dismantling the factory ruins for years. But Palazuelo’s efforts were delayed by a title dispute with the plant’s former owner, Dominic Cristini.

There has been no auto production there in more than 50 years.

The Peru-based developer said his company, Arte Express, will erect new signs at the Packard site and continue preparations for restoring the former Packard Motor Car administration building.

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This is all that remains of the five-story Grand Circus Park building at 139 Bagley in Detroit. Adamo Group began demolition of the former ‘Care’ building less than 2 weeks ago.

Adamo Group began demolition on Tuesday morning of a Detroit building featured in Kid Rock’s ‘Care’ video. The five-story Grand Circus Park building at 139 Bagley used to house the offices of AAA of Michigan from 1926 until it was damaged in a 2005 fire. Complete demolition and debris removal will take approximately three weeks. Watch the video: http://bcove.me/6b3ju23u

Adamo Group has just added two new 8-axle push out trailers to its extensive equipment fleet. The addition of the trailers will help Adamo meet the increased demand of demolition debris removal associated with the current and upcoming blight removal projects.

Adamo Group began demolition on Monday of Metro Airport Hangar 278/280 at Goddard Road, west of Middlebelt in Romulus, Michigan. The 65,000 sq. ft. structure, which was built in the late 1920s and operated as a hangar for approximately four decades, has been vacant for several years and was not restorable. Adamo is dismantling the structure with its 385 Ultra High Demolition excavator to make way for a Hertz Car Rental parking lot. The entire project will take approximately 12 weeks, with a target completion date of October 31.

Adamo Group successfully completed the last piece of work at the American Axle Detroit Manufacturing Complex today with the removal of a 36,000 lb. utility trestle that crossed over an active railroad in Hamtramck. Due to the limited window of opportunity to perform work in the railroad right-of-way, the trestle was picked up in one piece and downsized on the ground away from the tracks. Adamo Group began demolition of the 1.9 million sq. ft. complex in July of 2013, finishing approximately one month ahead of schedule.

Read about Adamo Group’s sinkhole repair work (Detroit) as featured in MITA’s Cross-Section Magazine.

This is one truckload of reclaimed lumber from the Ajax Materials Asphalt Terminal in Detroit. On May 27, Adamo Group began selective removal of 75,000 sq. ft. of warehouse space to make room for additional liquid asphalt storage tanks. 40,000 sq. ft. of the facility was constructed in the 1940s with large Douglas fir timber columns and rafters. Approximately 90% of the salvaged timbers (40,000 lbs.) are suitable for recycling. The reclaimed timbers will be made into dimensional lumber, flooring, and custom architectural pieces. The project was successfully completed on June 17.

It took just 9 days to bring down Highland Hall, a building on Oakland Community College’s Highland Lake Campus in Waterford. This stage of the project marked an important milestone as the 100,000 sq. ft., 3-story building was taken down with Caterpillar 349EL and 329EL excavators that chiseled away at the structure from the top down. Now that this part of the demolition is complete, debris removal will move into full swing. Recyclable materials will be sorted and removed, with the rest of the rubble being hauled off truck by truck. View the time lapse photos below.