SPECIALTY PROJECTS
CONSOL ENERGY HEADQUARTERS BUILDING DEMOLITION | Pittsburgh, PA
Owner KGA Partners LLC
Architect
Cost $350,000
As a result of a prior relationship with KGA Partners, Burchick was contracted to perform Construction Management Services for the demolition of the former Consol Energy/Consolidated Coal headquarters building in the South Hills of Pittsburgh, PA.
The site needed to be demolished and cleared for several upcoming projects to be developed by KGA Partners which included retail development and a new Whole Foods Supermarket to be constructed on this stie.
In the Fall of 2012, Burchick worked with Pittsburgh Demolition to develop a demolition plan and schedule, to safely complete the interior gut and building frame demolition, including the associated site work. Work began in October 2012 with the first phases of decommissioning, and then interior removals of any remaining furnishings.
The building was surveyed ahead of work to confirm that no hazardous materials remained, including asbestos or other harmful fluids or chemicals.
Interior demolition was completed using equipment that could be safely supported on each floor, and the debris was moved to the exterior on a floor-by-floor basis for sorting and disposal.
By November 2012, demolition of the building frame and envelope had started. This work was accomplished working in a west to east sequence by demolishing the four-story structure on a bay-by-bay basis.
By year’s end 2012, most of the structure had been demolished. Material sorting and disposal continued into the first quarter of 2013. In addition, the concrete materials that remained from foundation and slab demolitions were crushed and ground into sizes that would be re-usable as aggregate fill for the future construction slated for the site.
By March of 2013, demolition, disposal, and crushing was complete, which allowed the future site development to begin as planned.