Work continues at the vacant St. Thomas Hospital in Akron. This property which is owned by the Summa Hospital System, consists of 12 buildings and we are working in 9 of them. The original hospital was built in 1927, and we will be abating all friable material on site. We anticipate being there for three months. Jeff Ashley, who coincidentally was born at this hospital, is the supervisor on site and we will have a crew around 16.

This has been an exciting race so far with Grant Morgan ensuring that the Team Precision horse stays the course. After a brief hiatus we are now in full containment of all four boilers and have begun the boiler abatement. We still have some ancillary items to abate around the property and once the boilers are finished, we will have to abate the exterior windows of the plant. The race isn’t over yet but so far it’s Precision in the lead. We are working for Spirtas Wrecking.

Services performed:

·        Window abatement

·        Boiler abatement

·        Asbestos pipe abatement

·       Universal Waste Collection

Oberlin College

Project Manager: Jim Bower

Precision crews will be wrapping up at Oberlin College on the Carbon Neutral project that we have been working on this Spring/Summer. Our scope of work has been similar to last year: abatement of mechanical rooms, crawl spaces, tunnels, some dorm rooms, etc. across 8 different buildings.  This has been a continuation of the massive energy renovation of 187 buildings that needs to be completed by 2025. We have been on a tight schedule for completion.

Progressive Field Improvements 2024

Project Manager: Dave Krumlauf

Work has begun on Phase 1 of 2 on selective demolition down on East 9^th Street. This is just the beginning of a large scale project, and Phase two will start at the end of the season. Work will be taking place in all areas of the ballpark. The majority of the work will be required to be completed by the 2024 season opener. Additional opportunities for more work will come out in the future bid packages for work to be completed in Fall 2024. Our current scope incudes: removal of masonry walls, finishes in the Terrace Club, removal of restrooms and concession stand and concrete deck demolition for new escalators and elevator shaft. We are working for Independence Excavating.

Services performed:

• Selective Demolition

USCG Mobile Bay

Project Manager: Jim Bower

Work will begin July 24^th for Great Lakes Group on the United States Coast Guard Mobile Bay. We’ll be removing the Lead Ingots that are used for ballast from the lower hull space, cleaning them to remove all of the lead dust, transporting them off of the ship (thousands of pounds) for Great Lakes Group to coat with an epoxy, then returning them to the hull. We will also be cleaning the hull space for Lead contamination.

Services performed:

• Asbestos Abatement
• Lead Dust Cleaning

CWRU Human Fusion Institute

Project Manager: Dave Krumlauf

Crews will begin working at the end of July at Case Western Reserve University at the Human Fusion Institute. Our scope of work will entail selective demolition and abatement work. We will perform interior demolition of walls and finishes on the 3^rd floor and abate floor tile and mastic. We anticipate four weeks of work, and we are working for AM Higley.

Services performed:

• Selective Interior Demolition
• Asbestos Abatement

Norfolk Southern - East Palestine Train Derailment

Project Manager: Jim Bower

We are back this month at the train derailment in East Palestine for Norfolk Southern performing more asbestos contaminated soil removal.  Everybody is watching this high-profile project (EPA, all the State and federal agencies you can think of). Jerusalem Rojas is site supervisor, and we will be there for a few weeks.

Services performed:

• Asbestos Abatement

Martin Drake Power Plant

Project Manager: Garrett Orlandi

Erie Insurance

Project Manager: Dave Krumlauf

Crews have returned to the Erie Insurance Doorbell Project in Erie, PA. This project originally got underway back in August 2022, and we have returned to complete our scope of work on this Phased project. Previously we worked on selective demolition of interior finishes and removal of exterior plaster soffits on four floors of the building. AM Higley is the construction manager. 

Wickliffe High School

Project Manager: Chris Zielinski

Answering the call for our friends at Hammond Construction, we have begun work on our next school project with them, this time at Wickliffe High School. The work consists of cleaning out all ACM so that the structure can be removed by JimBob’s Demolition company. We started last month onsite with a small team to begin enabling work for a large kickoff June 5^th of the main phase of work. A large portion of work in the school consists of flooring and ceiling abatement. There is also abatement of piping and chalkboard systems too prior to the structure coming down. This project is being run in the field by Josh Ball. He and his crew are ahead of schedule and are really crushing the abatement portion of the project to prepare for demolition. We are expecting to be onsite through August. 

We’reeeeee backkkkk! We have been brought back onsite and awarded the final phase of the Joseph Gallagher School project with our friends over at Greenspace Construction Services! This go around, we are turning our focus to the exterior of the building. We will be removing almost 80% of all the exterior brick & cmu walls (46k sf), the remaining interior walls (7k sf), and removing all rooftop units and interior remaining ductwork. In addition to that work, we are also tasked with removing any non-ACM fireproofing from the interior (90k Sf), as well as remaining flooring. On the exterior site, Precision will be providing crane roads, playground demo, fencing demo, SWPPP protection, and lawn maintenance. We currently have Jimmy Csincsar and Ryan Brown running the work with a crew of 15+, we anticipate completing our work in Mid-August. Keep up the great work, stay safe, and let’s finish out this job strong!

Phase 2 has begun on building D24. Ryan Russell and his crew of ACE workers are showing no mercy to the interior demolition of the building. Additionally, the demolition of 4 exterior concrete stairs is scheduled for the week of 7/10/2023.

Bulkley Building

Project Manager: Dave Krumlauf

In July we will begin work down by Playhouse Square at the Bulkley Building. The building was built in 1921 and is 9 stories tall. Precision will perform abatement on four floors of the building that will be turned into apartments. Our scope covers interior demolition of walls and ceilings and abatement of floor coverings. John G Johnson is the general contractor on the project. We anticipate being onsite for about 8-10 weeks.

Services performed:

• Selective Interior Demolition
• Asbestos Abatement

BAYarts Center

Project Manager: Dave Krumlauf

We will begin working for Regency construction in July at BAYarts. BAYarts Center is in the Huntington Reservation in the Cleveland Metroparks. Our scope of work will be renovation of a small theater area. We plan to be on site for approximately three weeks.  

JCU Student Activity Center

Project Manager: Dave Krumlauf

Precision crews have completed their work at John Carroll University performing interior selective demolition in the student activity center. We had been running double shifts beginning May 22^nd to ensure the work was completed on time. Krill was the general contractor for this project.  

Nimisila Elementary School

Project Manager: Tom FitzGerald

This job is being run by Josh Ball and his crew of 9+. We arrived onsite a little over a month ago and were tasked with pre-demolition abatement of the former elementary school for our friends at Shook Construction. Our scope consisted of the abatement of 45,000 SF of floor tile & mastic, 45,000 SF of ceiling plaster throughout, removal of 2,000 LF of pipe insulation, and the removal of various window systems. We will be concluding our portion next week ahead of schedule and handing it back over for demolition. Thanks for the great work team!

First Tee

Project Manager: Dave Krumlauf

We were working for Turner Construction at First Tee in Newburgh Heights beginning in May and have since commenced on the project. We performed both asbestos abatement and selective demo while we gut the classroom of an old building. We completed the project in the anticipated time frame.  

Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse

Project Manager: Chris Wiseman

Precision was hired by Whiting Turner to perform interior work at the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse. Our scope included renovations of the visiting NBA locker room, visiting hockey locker room, and six Star dressing rooms with a very demanding and tight schedule due to games and concerts. Part of the scope of work included concrete saw cutting and removal of concrete slabs. To eliminate any fumes within the work space, Precision utilized its  fully electric slab saws and battery powered mini excavator to cut and pick the floor slabs. Overall, the services we performed at the Fieldhouse were the following:              

·         Sawcut and remove concrete

·        Excavate and backfill

·        Prep and pour concrete as per owners specifications.

·        Selective demolition of partitions, floorings, and ceilings

·        Selective demolition of re-enforced block wall

·        Installation of ICRA walls to protect areas outside of the construction zone

Hillcrest Hospital

Project Manager: Tom FitzGerald

Is it an emergency!? Nooooo, it’s just our friends at Turner Construction calling in “The Doctors of Demo” to come help them out at the new Cancer Center expansion project at Hillcrest Hospital! We are continuing work on the multifaceted project, this time in the form of sawcutting and concrete surface prep! We have been working on cutting in the new entrance for the ground floor tie-in area. This included sawing a 20’L x 9’H opening through 16” concrete footer walls as well as the removal of the materials too. In addition to this work going on, Turner also asked us to help them out with a concrete flatness issue they had for a 10,000 SF area requiring dialing in before a topping could be installed. For this work, Nick Pich stepped in and assisted with the formation of the remedial plan and executed the work so that Turner could hand it over to the next trade with no issue. We will be wrapping up work soon and waiting until fall to return for the final phase of work creating a 2^nd floor opening. Thanks to all of our “doctors” involved with this one! 

Magnificat High School

Project Manager: Dave Krumlauf

A small crew was at Magnificat High School in Rocky River performing interior demolition of their Arts Wing. This project began on June 5^th and lasted for approximately a month. Regency Construction was the GC on this project.

Work has been completed at RMS Cleveland. It was on the 23^rd floor of Key Tower downtown at 127 Public Square. Once again, we were performing selective interior demolition for an office gut. The GC on this project was Marous Brothers Construction.  

We will complete work this week at Orange High School in Pepper Pike that crews began in June. This was Phase 1 of 2. Phase 1 is the first-floor remodel of the school this year, and phase 2 is the second floor and office area next year. Kevin Lemons and his crew did a great job! AM Higley was the construction manager.

KSU CAED Twin Center

Project Manager: Tom FitzGerald

This job is being run by Ian Bednarski and his crew of demo and asbestos laborers. We were brought in by Stitle Construction because of our prior relationship and past work we have completed with them on campus. Our scope of work consisted of the gutting of a 10,000 SF former kitchen area located on the 2^nd floor of the twin center between Beall and McDowell Halls. Some of the larger scope items involved the removal of large pizza ovens, CMU walls throughout as well as the abatement of a 7,000 SF plaster ceiling. We are slated to be wrapping up work this week and moving across campus to Bowman Hall. Thanks for the great work Ian and team!

KSU Bowman Hall

Project Manager: Tom FitzGerald

Ian and his crew will be going over to knock out this small office renovation for our friends at Stitle this week. We are removing interior walls, ceilings and floors, and ultimately abating the floor mastic. We should be wrapping this up within the week! Thanks to Ian and his team for taking on 2 jobs at once down on campus!