Demolition contractor in Manhattan
In Manhattan the work is almost entirely inside, and the building decides how it runs.
Manhattan building stock
Manhattan is interior work. Pre-war co-ops on the Upper East and Upper West Sides, loft buildings in SoHo, Tribeca and the Flatiron, post-war and new-build condo towers, and a very large stock of office and retail space that turns over between tenants. Whole structures do come down here, but they are the exception and they are development-scale.
What that means for a job in Manhattan
The alteration agreement is the job spec
Hours, which lift you get and for how long, what protection goes down in the lobby and corridor, and what the building needs on file before access is granted. We read it and plan to it. A two-hour daily lift window changes crew size and sequence more than the scope does.
There is usually nowhere to put a container
Kerbside space is scarce and often needs a permit. Debris is staged inside and moved in booked windows rather than accumulating, because there is nowhere for it to accumulate.
Pre-war stock is asbestos stock
Ceiling voids, floor tile and pipe lagging in older Manhattan buildings routinely turn up positive. The assessment goes in first, because in a building with a booked lift window a delay is not just a delay, it is a lost slot.
What we do most of in Manhattan
Everything we offer is available here. These are the jobs the local building stock actually generates.
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Coverage across Manhattan
We work across the pre-war co-op blocks of the Upper East and Upper West Sides, the loft buildings of SoHo, Tribeca and the Flatiron, and the office and retail stock from Midtown down to the Financial District.
Work here files with the New York City Department of Buildings, and the pre-1987 asbestos rule applies.
Demolition in Manhattan: your questions
Our building only allows work between nine and four.
That is normal here and we plan to it. It changes the programme rather than the method, and we would rather build the schedule around the real window than promise a date that ignores it.
How does debris leave a tower?
By service lift in booked slots, or by chute where the building has one. That route is the first thing we establish, because everything else is scheduled around it.
Do you handle the board and the managing agent?
We work to the alteration agreement and keep the agent and the super informed. Getting the alteration approved in the first place is your architect or expediter’s work, not ours.
Beyond Manhattan
Working in Manhattan?
Call and describe the job. Most of the time we can scope it on the phone and confirm on site.
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