[CPEO-BIF] Shopping center deconstruction, Fayetteville, North Carolina

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Starting over: Building deconstruction emphasizes recycling

By Rebecca Logan
Fayetteville Observer (NC)
September 4, 2008

Crews have spent several days demolishing an old shopping center at 
Raeford Road and Scotland Drive, prompting some to wonder what's taking 
so long - and whether new stores are on the way.

Here are some answers.

The people who are marketing the land hope to spur interest among buyers 
by tearing down the center, which is about a block west of Ireland Drive.

But it's not a typical bulldozer project. Some consider the process to 
be the future of demolition - one in which as much material as possible 
is recycled and reused.

Brian Watson actually calls it "deconstruction."

"This is an alternative to the traditional smash and go where a company 
comes in and smashes everything and dumps it all in a landfill," said 
Watson, who is operations manager for Waste-Not Demolition and 
Recycling. That's the Fayetteville-based company contracted to get rid 
of the buildings.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.fayobserver.com/article?id=303565

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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