"Demolition Recycle Material"

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In Youngstown Demolition for the last several decades has developed into an industry in itself.  Demolition contractors compete and win based on the secrets of the trade.  For instance the less landfill material, the lower the costs, therefore the higher the profit for the contractor.  So  a brick building will have less lumber for the landfill and the brick is considered clean fill for backfilling the basement hole.   If the structure has salvageable metal this can offset cost; brick, lumber and stone unlike metal are not commodities therefore marketing is required to liquidate or the material becomes fill.  The key to astute and profitable demolition is good marketing for the material prior and during the demolition, timing is everything.  It has always been part of the demolition trade to salvage by deconstruction if a market could be found.  The freemarket for the most part proved no demand for the salvageable material except sandstone, which became more of a commodity because of its rarity.  I have stockpiled brick and sandstone, brick sits while sandstone is sought.

This leads us again to the failure of deconstruction in Youngstown.  To a simple demolition contractor, the only material he could salvage by way of a deconstruction was the studs in the walls, his risk was asbestos removal if found when the required asbestos test was performed for deconstruction.  He would have been out of business if he chose deconstruction and testing revealed thousands of dollars for asbestos removal.  With a common demolition permit, he is able to salvage majority of the material like the sandstone.   Today, demolition continues and deconstruction failed because of redtape and inept leaders, but this sandstone is now ready to be recycled.