Detroit Contractors in the city s demolition program put untested dirt from a Metro Detroit freeway project into the ground at residential demolition sites, a city watchdog agency contends.
The Office of Inspector General on Tuesday released findings from an August 2018 probe that concludes four contractors used dirt from Interstate 94 at five different demolition sites in Detroit under both federal and city-funded efforts.
Under Detroit s demolition rules, dirt from commercial, road or construction sites must be tested to ensure there is no contamination prior to being used. But Inspector General Ellen Ha said there is no evidence that was done for the dirt used at the five sites.
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Adamo Demolition discovers new possibilities with SENNEBOGEN fleet for recovery of ferrous metals from demolition debris
The Detroit-based Adamo Group has been a leader in the North American demolition industry for over 50 years, taking on large decommissioning projects throughout the United States and Canada. With the new SENNEBOGEN fleet, ranging from mobile material handlers 821 E up to 840 E, Adamo has created a valuable new revenue stream and increased loading and logistics efficiency.
Like most demolition contractors, Adamo was accustomed to using specially-equipped long-reach excavators to tear down structures, then further machines with a grab followed up to pick through and load the debris for disposal. It was in 2004 that the company first experimented with attaching a magnet to an excavator to pull out rebar and other ferrous scrap from the piles of rubble.
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Creating SAFE environments in schools homes, offices and buildings, the company s website says. A suburban company that was once the largest asbestos abatement contractor working on Detroit demolitions is accused of issuing bribes and endangering city residents in newly announced charges from the state. The Michigan Attorney General s Office alleges Kevin Woods, owner of BBEK Environmental in Warren, swindled the state out of $26,000 in project costs, flouted asbestos air monitoring rules and bribed a contractor to get work. Felony charges include four counts of false pretenses over $100,000, which carries a sentence of up to 20 years in prison. The charges stem from a long-running demolition probe once spearheaded by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan. The demolitions used federal money that was disbursed by the state.