Commercial demolition.
Commercial demolition is scheduling first and swinging hammers second. A retail strip-out has to finish before the fit-out crew arrives; an office floor comes out at night so the tenants below keep working; a small industrial building comes down between a lease ending and a site plan being approved. We work to your dates, with the landlord's rules and the building's fire system in mind.
On the ticket.
Strip-out to base building: partitions, ceilings, flooring, millwork, fixtures, non-structural walls
After-hours and weekend crews where the building requires it
Fire alarm, sprinkler and HVAC isolation coordinated with building operations
Full tear-downs of small commercial and light industrial buildings, foundation out
Designated-substances survey and abatement coordination on older buildings
Sorted loads: metal studs, ceiling tile, concrete and clean wood diverted from landfill
Lines, not guesses.
| Driver | What we look at |
|---|---|
| Scope | Strip-out to base building, structural work, or the whole building to the ground. |
| Floor area | Square footage on the drawings. |
| Landlord requirements | Loading windows, protection and after-hours work set by the tenant manual. |
| Bins and tipping | Bin count by weight over the job. |
| After-hours premium | [Kam confirms] |
Commercial jobs are quoted from drawings and a site walk; landlord requirements, after-hours work and hazardous materials are priced separately.
Paper first.
- A strip-out to base building usually needs no demolition permit, but the fit-out that follows needs a building permit and the landlord's approval.
- Any structural removal needs a building permit and an engineer's drawing.
- Taking a commercial building to the ground needs a municipal demolition permit and utility disconnects. [n] weeks typical, Kam confirms.
- Buildings from before 1990 need a designated-substances survey before work starts (O. Reg. 278/05). Older commercial buildings often have asbestos in floor tile, pipe insulation and fireproofing.
The plates on every truck: WSIB, insurance, demolition permits, asbestos survey, utility locates, crew training.
Yes. Office and retail strip-outs in occupied buildings usually run after hours. We coordinate with building operations for elevator use, fire system isolation and loading dock times.
We work to the landlord's rules: insurance certificates, WSIB clearance, protection of common areas and the base building. Send us the tenant manual and we quote to it.
Everything the tenant added comes out: partitions, ceilings, flooring, millwork, fixtures, non-structural walls. The structure, base building services and demising walls stay.
Yes, small commercial and light industrial. The municipality issues the demolition permit, utilities are disconnected, the survey is done on older buildings, and the foundation comes out.
In pre-1990 commercial buildings those are exactly where asbestos turns up. The survey identifies it and a licensed abatement crew removes it before we continue. [Whether that crew is ours depends on licensing Kam confirms.]