The demolition of El Paso's City Hall to clear the way for theTriple-Abaseball stadium is just a few weeks away.

Tuesday,city engineers presented council with a plan for how the blast will go.

City engineer Alan Shubert says Tuesday is really the last day you can access City Hall as a governmentbuilding because fromnow on it will more of a construction zone.

Shubert presented a first look at what will be considered theExclusion Zone.It includes a500-footradius aroundCity Hall. Thatarea will be blocked off a few hours before demolition.

Even though there are some homes and apartments in the area, Shubert said there won't be any mandatory evacuations. For those who live in the area, the city is asking that you close your windows and doors and don't run yourair conditioningon April14.

"People are welcome to stay home if they want to. We just want them to stayinside. Wedon't want them exposed to that dust cloud," said Shubert.

CityHallis almost empty as employees back up boxes and vacate their offices.

One clever employee sprawled, "Tomorrow, I will not be here" on an office white board.

WhileInterstate 10and the railroad will shut down temporarily, Shubert said they don't want to close the roads earlier than they have to and will open back up as soon as all of the dust can be cleared.

According to Shubert, wind maybe a factor because of the dust but it will not prohibit the demolition. "There is no maximum wind speed. We can take this building down in any of our wind events without having an issue," said Shubert.

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PITTSFIELD -- As it has since the 1970s, Pittsfield's dilapidated housing demolition program is gearing up again with the return of warmer weather -- targeting the worst of the worst vacant properties.

The lengthy, expensive demolition process for a half-dozen properties is now at the bidding stage for removal or nearing it, according to Robert Cornwell, community development specialist with the city.

"I feel pretty confident that within the calendar year we will be able to demolish those properties, maybe more," Cornwell said.

One quickly obvious fact concerning the city's long-running effort to deal with vacant properties is that, given unlimited funding, many more vacant lots might be the result.

Cornwell and City Planner CJ Hoss said a number of officials from the Community Development Department, Health Department, Fire Department, Building Inspection Department and the city solicitor's office meet periodically to discuss properties with violations, especially those vacant or abandoned. They ultimately recommend a list of the worst properties to the mayor for funding approval.

On the list currently, Cornwell said, are 57 dwellings with state Sanitary Code or Building Code violations that apparently have been vacant for some time. This is a "watch list," Hoss said, meaning that at some point, given funding for demolition, the city would move to raze the building if the violations continue.

Cornwell said the city is seeking a

He said the average for a dwelling demolition is about $30,000, including a technical assessment identifying hazardous materials like asbestos and creation of specifications for bidders and for removal of debris to a certified disposal site.

The city this fiscal year, through June 30, has $100,000 in Health Department funds and another $58,000 in Community Development Block Grant funding for demolitions, with the prospect of new funding in the next city budget that could be used this calendar year, Cornwell said.

The city has primarily used some of its federal CDBG funding since the 1970s for demolition of dilapidated properties to combat neighborhood blight, he said.

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Caroline Gosselin, director of the Miner Heritage Farm in Granby, said it was obvious there is tremendous support on preserving the house, adding it was time for the community to come together with a concrete plan. Photo: Frank Nixon

The Knowlton Golf Clubs request for a demolition permit for the Paul Holland Knowlton house was refused in a unanimous vote taken by the Town of Brome Lakes three member Demolition Committee on Monday night. Some 75 people attended the meeting held at Knowltons Centre Lac-Brome. There was a 45 minute question period, followed by a reading of the resolution and then the committee vote was taken. A petition of some 500 signatures had been submitted to town hall, along with numerous letters and e-mails. Feedback from the community has been overwhelming, said town clerk Edwin John Sullivan, adding that there was only one letter in support of the demolition. The golf club submitted its application to town hall last month, on Feb. 13. This is the second demolition request made by the golf club. The reaction from the community has been very positive, said Judith Duncanson, one of organizers behind the petition. Duncanson added: The next step is to make it happen. The status of the historic property has been left in a state of suspension for over two years, with the towns council being blamed by many in the community for dragging its feet. The golf club made its first application to demolish the building in Nov. 2010. The stated reason for demolition request was for landscaping and parking. The town turned down the request on Dec. 6, 2010, after public opposition to demolishing the house was made loud and clear via many letters to town hall. There was also a petition opposing the demolition signed by 106 residents. The petition was submitted to town hall on Dec. 1, 2010.

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YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (KMPH) -

Demolition crews on Tuesday recycled 99 cabins and removed asbestos-contaminated material from an avalanche-damaged area in Yosemite National Park's Curry Village.

The demolition takes place nearly four years after rocks from a nearby cliff fell onto 17 cabins in the village.

In October 2008 park officials fenced off the rock fall area to protect Yosemite visitors and employees, labeling it a "major risk to public health and safety."

Yosemite Park officials along with the California Office of Historic Preservation agreed to demolish and remove 99 cabins close to the rock fall area.

Testing revealed asbestos in the floor tiles of all 99 Curry Village cabins. The floor tiles were removed by Fresno-based Brunna Enterprises prior to the demolition.

Nearly 99 percent of the concrete, wood and metal used in the cabins was recycled, Yosemite National Park officials said.

In place of the demolished cabins, the Park will plant native vegetation to return the site to its natural state, said Yosemite Park spokesman Scott Gediman.

Under the Yosemite National Park improvement plan, the Park will build 53 hard-sided cabins in the Curry village Boy's Town Area, Yosemite Officials said.

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A demolition plan which will see buildings at the old Marriotts School site in Stevenage has been agreed

By Nick Gill Monday, March 25, 2013 7:01 AM

RESIDENTS surrounding an old school site can expect to see demolition vehicles passing through their neighbourhood after plans were finalised.

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Following preliminary works, building contractor Balfour Beatty can begin knocking down the old Marriotts School buildings off Telford Avenue, Stevenage, after a demolition plan was agreed by Hertfordshire County Council (HCC) last week.

The plans, which include tackling asbestos within the buildings, will see demolition vehicles travel to the site via Newton Road off Chells Way, with access restricted between 10am and 4pm.

An agreement has also been reached which will see demolition vehicles held in a lay-by near the Sainsburys Coreys Mill supermarket if there is not sufficient space on the site when they arrive in Stevenage.

The demolition work and subsequent construction of a synthetic all-weather pitch and a 119-space car park is expected to be completed by early August.

Students moved to Marriotts Lonsdale School, which backs onto the old site and is accessed via Brittain Way, in January with the facilities expected to be ready for the start of term in September.

Chells county councillor Robin Parker queried a number of points prior to the demolition plan being approved.

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Pete Sikov said he's still working with Everett building and planning officials to tear down what remains of the 1894-vintage McCrossen Building at Hewitt and Oakes avenues.

The city will work with Sikov to initiate the demolition, but also is starting its own parallel preparations, in case he fails to follow through, city spokeswoman Kate Reardon said. Whatever happens, demolition crews aren't likely to descend on the site for at least a few more weeks.

"The deadline was missed, but we all understood that there was some complexity to the process," Reardon said.

Before being gutted Nov. 8, the McCrossen Building housed 13 apartments and at least three businesses.

Fire investigators never determined the exact cause, but found nothing suspicious. Michael D. Beard, 61, died of smoke inhalation. About 40 people were displaced.

In December, a city hearing examiner ordered the sidewalk in front of the business cleared and imposed a March 15 deadline to demolish the building.

A covered walkway soon materialized, but the other requirement proved a trickier task. That's largely because the ruined building shares a load-bearing wall with the building next door at 1812 Hewitt Ave.

By Friday, city inspectors had signed off on a temporary wall to keep the adjacent building intact during demolition, Reardon said. A permanent wall must be built afterward.

Before the demolition can move ahead, the building owner or the city must complete a state environmental checklist. That step will determine whether more study is necessary before seeking a demolition permit.

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As an excavator claw tore into the vacant Kansas City house, walls collapsed and dust billowed up and out over the spectators standing across the street.

But this wasnt the same dust that swirls around a baseball infield.

Dust from demolishing homes that range from 50 to 100 years old contains paint made with lead and mercury, as well as other particulates that can trigger respiratory problems.

Kansas Citys demolition practices are being called into question now that the city has started two projects that will tear down over several years more than 1,000 pre-1978 homes, mainly on the East Side.

According to state regulations, demolition dust must be kept to a minimum and should not be visible beyond property boundaries.

But news photos and videos in recent months captured two home demolitions that show clouds of dust blowing into neighborhoods.

In one case in January, in an area being cleared for the new East Patrol police station, an excavator with a huge claw ripped into a home and dust drifted over a few dozen onlookers, including city officials, residents and children.

In another demolition in September, part of the citys effort to begin ridding neighborhoods of the blight of abandoned homes, Mayor Sly James operated the equipment. Dust swelled, choking the mayor and onlookers.

Those two demolitions have prompted very different reactions from city officials.

One who oversees the East Patrol project said last week that the dust from the demolition of two homes near 26th and Olive streets should have been better controlled.

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