NDA Inaugurates Environmental Excellence Awards

The National Demolition Association (NDA), Doylestown, Pa., has presented its Inaugural Environmental Excellence Awards to 11 member companies that the association says have performed demolition projects that have had a significant positive impact on the quality of life.

“We created the awards program to recognize NDA member companies which are true leaders in environmental stewardship, a key goal of the NDA’s mission,” says Michael Taylor, NDA’s executive director, in a release. “We believe that we recycle the nation’s most valuable commodity: its land. The demolition industry makes way by demolishing outmoded buildings, performing historic preservation efforts, handling hazardous materials, and participating in major recycling efforts.”

The winning projects and companies receiving the award are the following:

•    City of Lights Casino Removal, Alpine Demolition Services, Batavia, Ill.
•    Industrial Brownhoist Site, Bierlein Companies, Midland, Mich.
•    Ohio State University Medical Facilities, B&B Wrecking and Excavating, Cleveland.
•    Duke Energy, Environmental Holdings Group, Charlotte, N.C.
•    York Mills Renovation, EnviroVantage, Epping, N.H.
•    Clovis Landfill Reclamation Project, Kroeker Inc., Fresno, Calif.
•    The Minnesota Building, Lloyd’s Construction Services, Savage, Minn.
•    Harvard University Art Museum, NASDI, Waltham, Mass.
•    Beacon’s Bluff Redevelopment, Rachel Contracting, LLC, St. Michael, Minn.
•    Refrigerant Recovery, Rapid Recovery, Peoria, Ill.
•    Berth 301 Port of Los Angeles, Standard Industries, Ventura, Calif.