Special Feature
Demolition
Below are articles from the latest Demolition Special Feature, published throughout October 2023 by Daily Commercial News.
Feature Articles - Demolition
![In search of a sequel: Saskatchewan theatre demolished to bring movies back to town](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/10/Weyburn-Theatre-1-mainweb-300x169.jpg)
In search of a sequel: Saskatchewan theatre demolished to bring movies back to town
Ryan Janke, a councillor for the city of Weyburn, Sask., recalls the magic night...
Projects
![Demolish or rebuild? What to do when the earth quakes](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/10/PC-BC-earthquakes-mainweb-300x169.jpg)
Demolish or rebuild? What to do when the earth quakes
Earthquakes are always in the back of people鈥檚 minds in British Columbia鈥檚 Lower...
Projects
![Former Port Alice pulp mill topples with a kick](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/10/Port-Alice-demolition-JPG-No.-1MainWEB-demo-300x169.png)
Former Port Alice pulp mill topples with a kick
The Port Alice pulp mill boiler tower went down with a 鈥渒ick鈥 as its $90 million...
Projects
![Vancouver Park Board votes to repair Jericho Pier, rejects demolition recommendation](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/10/PC-jerhico-pierMainWEB-demo-300x169.png)
Vancouver Park Board votes to repair Jericho Pier, rejects demolition recommendation
The Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation voted recently to repair the 80-year...
Infrastructure
![Winnipeg struggles to clean up debris from demolished properties](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/10/PC-WinnipegDemoMainWEB-demo-300x169.png)
Winnipeg struggles to clean up debris from demolished properties
Winnipeg is having a record-breaking year, but it鈥檚 not the kind most residents...
Projects
![Former Toronto abattoir relegated to the history books](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/10/FRONT-DO-DEMO-Abattoir-3724MainWEB-demo-300x169.png)
Former Toronto abattoir relegated to the history books
A remnant of Toronto鈥檚 industrial past has been relegated to the history books a...
Infrastructure
![Decommission, deconstruction, then demolition, in that order](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/10/JB-OCT-DEMOMainWEB-demo-300x169.png)
Decommission, deconstruction, then demolition, in that order
Watching a building being demolished by well-placed implosive devices is a publi...
Projects
![Silo demolition done in record time thanks to special excavator](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/10/MAIN-SM_ConcreteSiloDemo-Priestly2MainWEB-demo-300x169.png)
Silo demolition done in record time thanks to special excavator
German engineering is demolishing the competition. This past summer, Priestly D...
Projects
![U.K.鈥檚 Marks & Spencer debate pits demolitions against retrofits](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/10/M_S-flagship-store-no-credit-mainweb_FeatureBanner-01-300x169.png)
U.K.鈥檚 Marks & Spencer debate pits demolitions against retrofits
The order of processes for the removal of an existing structure with the objecti...
Infrastructure
![Deconstruction leadership must come from municipalities](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2023/10/JB-DEMO-R_Hjortshoj-ResourceRowsMainWEB-demo-300x169.png)
Deconstruction leadership must come from municipalities
The swinging of a wrecking ball demolishing an old building once signalled the r...
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