Open-air demolition process reduces price tag by more than 50% For five years, Schafer conducted extensive research and worked a complex series of proposals with the Colorado Dept. of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE). Several abatement and demolition firms bid on the project, intending to use traditional methods, fully containing the structure in poly sheeting…
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The small town of Ovid rests in the far northeast corner of Colorado near the Nebraska border. While its modern amenities are limited to a couple of restaurants, a grocery, and a gas station, the town retains a significant historical landmark: the gleaming white storage silos containing beet sugar from what once was the Great…
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Dewatering and Coal Tar Removal A critical part of managing the ebb and flow of the Confluence Park project included the addition of Earth Services & Abatement, Inc. (ESA) to the construction team. ESA has a long history of working with the City and County of Denver, dating back 19 years, and is known for…
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Commerce City, CO–Earth Services & Abatement (ESA) completed the demolition of the abandoned sugar factory in Ovid, CO using an unusual method that saved the Amalgamated Sugar Coop millions. The eyesore is gone, and huge liability eliminated, for the Coop’s farmers. View full story here.
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The University of Denver has demolished one of the oldest residence buildings it owns. DU discovered renovating the 1960-era Cavalier Apartments would be seven times more expensive than demolishing it, said Spokeswoman Theresa Ahrens. The last round of students moved out in June, and demo work started in November. Ahrens said DU decided to demolish…
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GRADING AND EXCAVATION CONTRACTOR MAGAZINE From the November-December 2016 issue Paula Black • November 3, 2016 The more-than-$200-million Stapleton Redevelopment project near Denver is still underway of its transformation from an international airport, to a thriving residential and mixed-use community. While many local organizations and businesses have come together over the ongoing, 16-year project, Earth…
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Working in collaboration with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Brinkmann Constructors, SJR Environmental Consulting and Earth Services & Abatement, Inc. transformed a polluted parcel of Lakewood property into a productive new land use. When one of the first Target stores in the United States opened in Lakewood, Colorado in 1966, the entire…
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For 10 years running, ESA has been ranked in the top 20 firms in asbestos abatement according to Engineering News Record (ENR).
An asbestos-riddled former Target store is transformed into a beautiful housing property in Lakewood, Colorado, through a public-private partnership. BY MARY ROSS Brinkmann finally turned to a Commerce City, Colorado, firm that founded its professional reputation on asbestos abatement in 1982. Earth Services & Abatement Inc. (ESA) would tackle the critical job of abating the…
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“You name it, we found it,” said ESA President Kory Mitchell, referring to tainted soil, asbestos, abandoned landfills and other unsafe construction obstacles the company encountered and corrected during its five-year, $16.7 million contract for environmental remediation and demolition services on Eagle P3, a multi-billion Denver transit project ranked as the largest such venture in…
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The more than $200 million environmental remediation project as part of the Stapleton redevelopment is nearly complete. It is a transformation from an international airport to a thriving residential and mixed-use community. Many local organizations and businesses have come together over the ongoing 18-year project, including Earth Services & Abatement, which has maintained a working presence in Stapleton, completing multiple phases since the project’s early…
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The Stapleton Redevelopment project near Denver—a 16-year, $200-million endeavor—is still undergoing its transformation from an international airport to a thriving residential and mixed-use community. As the Colorado project progresses, final phases of asbestos abatement, demolition, and soil remediation are well underway. Read the Article in The Construction Specifier, July 14, 2016: How a Denver Development Took Flight
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