Dallas Contracting Co., Inc., a demolition, concrete crushing and salvage contracting company, recently completed the surgical demolition on a section of a high school in New Jersey.

Dallas Contracting Co. Inc. (Dallas Contracting) was contracted by a developer to dismantle a section of a former high school as part of a larger redevelopment of the site. The demolition scope of work consisted of the following:

Demolition and removal of a three-story section of the former high school with a foot print of 23,000 square feet and a total of 60,000 square feet building space

• This section was severed from the 37,000 S.F. of building which remained


• Removed partition at the first floor to create new storage room


• Removed the raised concrete floor at the rear of the auditorium to create a new studio at the second floor


• Removed mezzanine at the third floor to create new studio


• Removed three floors of staircase for new elevator


• Removed partitions as shown for new classrooms at the third floor


• Removed partitions as shown for art store at the first floor


• Removed all concrete floor and footings


• Crushed all concrete and masonry to be used as backfill for basement approximately 1,700 C.Y.


• Removed all debris from site