Who might be interested in Deconstruction Services?

• Those interested in deconstruction for environmental or cost-savings reasons include:
• Present homeowners seeking to expand their current residence
• Purchasers of a property that wish it cleared so they can build a new house on the site
• Builders bidding on a contract with a homeowner to perform a remodeling project or new construction and seeking a competitive advantage by lowering their hauling and disposal costs and providing the owner with a tax benefit
• Speculative builders seeking to lower their hauling and disposal costs, and perhaps earn a tax benefit, for the take-down of a structure on property they intend to erect a new residence

What are the benefits of Deconstruction?

• Makes available used building materials at greatly reduced prices to homeowners, re-modelers, landlords, and rental management companies
• Recycles unusable building materials into mulch, aggregate fill, and reusable metal
• Reduces need for construction & demolition landfill space
• Saves natural resources and embodied energy contained within the reclaimed materials
• Reduces greenhouse gas emission
• Creates new, stable jobs in an growing “green collar” industry
• Produces revenues for nonprofit retail warehouses to use on behalf of their missions
• Generates substantial tax deductions for the property owner
• Performs a structure’s take-down in a manner that is both more environmentally friendly and cost-competitive with traditional demolition

Reducing the amount of Construction & Demolition materials disposed of in landfills or combustion facilities provides numerous benefits.

• Less waste can lead to fewer disposal facilities, potentially reducing associated environmental issues including methane gas emissions which contribute to global climate change.
• Reducing, reusing, and recycling C&D materials offsets the need to extract and consume virgin resources, which also reduces greenhouse gas emissions.
• Deconstruction and selective demolition methods divert large amounts of materials from disposal and provide business opportunities within the local community.
• Recovered materials can be donated to qualified 501(c)(3) charities, resulting in a tax benefit.