A Colorado school district’s demolition plan was rejected by the state’s Department of Health and Environment because of required asbestos abatement, a report by The Durango Herald says. The Montezuma-Cortez Re-1 School District attempted to cut $1 million from demolition costs by conducting a controlled demolition rather than abating the former Montezuma-Cortez High School.
The district claimed that asbestos contained in primer applied to cinder block walls in the 1960s was sealed within the paint and wouldn’t become airborne during a controlled demolition, but the report says state inspectors disagreed.
The cost of demolition will increase from $1.5 million to $2.4 million with abatement costs, the report says. Colorado Hazard Control, with offices in Denver and Pueblo West, Colorado, won the contract at $12 per square foot.
According to the report, Colorado Hazard Control will use hydroblasting or a dry ice method to remove asbestos coating from 80,000 square feet of concrete blocks. The asbestos will be contained and transferred to an approved facility in Utah, the report says.
The abatement will take three months to complete, beginning Oct. 11. Final demolition is expected to be complete by spring 2018, the report says.
This is the second phase of the demolition project, with phase I costing $558,000. Asbestos and mercury abatement for the first phase cost $285,000.
No more results found. The district claimed that asbestos contained in primer applied to cinder block walls in the 1960s was sealed within the paint and wouldn’t become airborne during a controlled demolition, but the report says state inspectors disagreed.
The cost of demolition will increase from $1.5 million to $2.4 million with abatement costs, the report says. Colorado Hazard Control, with offices in Denver and Pueblo West, Colorado, won the contract at $12 per square foot.
According to the report, Colorado Hazard Control will use hydroblasting or a dry ice method to remove asbestos coating from 80,000 square feet of concrete blocks. The asbestos will be contained and transferred to an approved facility in Utah, the report says.
The abatement will take three months to complete, beginning Oct. 11. Final demolition is expected to be complete by spring 2018, the report says.
This is the second phase of the demolition project, with phase I costing $558,000. Asbestos and mercury abatement for the first phase cost $285,000.