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3 Tips How To Work With A Demolition Contractor In Los Angeles

Although every Los Angeles demolition project is different, there are some common ways in how to effectively plan. Here are 3 tips that will make working with a Los Angles demolition contractor more efficient and easy for you, the company you hire, and those who work or live around the demolition site.

Glendale Library

Remodel of a two-story library building with interior and exterior renovations in multiple phases with soft and hard demolition

2777 N Ontario St

Originally owned by Lockheed-Martin, 2777 N. Ontario was renovated beginning in 2008. The UK-based Eikon Group, a post-production company that has worked on “Spider-Man: Homecoming” (2017) and “Blade Runner 2049” (2017), began leasing the building in 2018 with a ten-year agreement.

UCLA – CHS

Concrete cutting, breaking and removal inside UCLA’s Center for the Health Services (CHS) took skill and careful planning to support state-mandated seismic retrofit.

Hercules Campus

Fast Forward carefully removed significant amounts of paving and landscaping up to the edge of the historic buildings.

Laborers’ Local 300

Relatively straightforward demolition project nonetheless had to meet today’s strict environmental standards.

VA Hospital Building 300 Loading Dock

Selective demolition and removal of the loading dock behind Building 300. Demolition was carried out to the edge of the building, taking care not to damage the building itself.

Corporate Pointe Cafe

Renovation of the cafeteria at Corporate Pointe West Hills, which has been certified as LEED Gold by the U.S. Green Building Council for sustainable building design. The project involved both soft and hard demolition.

Cal-Poly Pomona Library

Removing concrete panels while Cal-Poly Pomona University Library continued to be used required some clever engineering.

Deluxe Laboratories

One of the last film processing labs in the country, Deluxe Labs sold this property in 2015 when they shifted their focus to digital video editing. It is now home to ZestFinance, which was on Inc.’s list of 5000 Fastest Growing Companies in America, Fortune’s 30 Best Workplaces in Tech in 2017, and Fortune’s 100 Best Workplaces for Women in 2016.