Welcome to Deconstruction Institute
Deconstructioninstitute.com provides educational materials, tools and techniques, networking, case studies, articles, facts about the environmental impacts of deconstructing, and many other downloadable and interactive modules. Where to start? Begin with The Learning Center below.
THE LEARNING CENTER
Deconstruction is an alternative to demolition and landfilling and combines the salvage and recovery
of building materials for creative reuse and recycling. Deconstruction is defined as "the process
of removing a building by taking it apart in the reverse order of construction." Visit our
Learning Center to find out more!
Deconstruction is an alternative to demolition and landfilling and combines the salvage and recovery
of building materials for creative reuse and recycling. Deconstruction is defined as "the process
of removing a building by taking it apart in the reverse order of construction." Visit our
Learning Center to find out more!
BENEFIT CALCULATOR
Find out how a deconstruction project can save money and environmental resources. The
interactive benefits calculator allows you to measure impacts to your project against a
"typical" home. Lots of "factoids" are included in this
section. Click here to go to the Calculator.
Find out how a deconstruction project can save money and environmental resources. The
interactive benefits calculator allows you to measure impacts to your project against a
"typical" home. Lots of "factoids" are included in this
section. Click here to go to the Calculator.
CONTRIBUTE
Deconstructioninstitute.com provides the resources and information needed to divert usable materials
from the waste stream and into profitable and environmentally sound reuse, but we can't do it without
your help. Contribute to this site and share your work with the community.
FIND OUT HOW!
Deconstructioninstitute.com provides the resources and information needed to divert usable materials
from the waste stream and into profitable and environmentally sound reuse, but we can't do it without
your help. Contribute to this site and share your work with the community.
FIND OUT HOW!
Recycled barn
Category: Diversion
Posted by johnintegrity on Mar 07, 2011 | 1699 Reads
INTEGRITY RESTORATION Recycles Barn We were hired to restore A barn built circa 1890 it is on the oldest farm in America and there goal is to be as green as possible . it was determined that the timber structure was too far gone to res...
Category: Diversion
Posted by johnintegrity on Mar 07, 2011 | 1699 Reads
INTEGRITY RESTORATION Recycles Barn We were hired to restore A barn built circa 1890 it is on the oldest farm in America and there goal is to be as green as possible . it was determined that the timber structure was too far gone to res...
Integrity Restoration says restoring old building is the greenest way to go
Category: Diversion
Posted by johnintegrity on Mar 07, 2011 | 1753 Reads
John Sheridan of Integrity Restoration sees a lot of structures come down that could have been restored . Often times we will get a call from a building owner who hopes to restore his historic property, unfortunately many times owners are convinced by co...
Category: Diversion
Posted by johnintegrity on Mar 07, 2011 | 1753 Reads
John Sheridan of Integrity Restoration sees a lot of structures come down that could have been restored . Often times we will get a call from a building owner who hopes to restore his historic property, unfortunately many times owners are convinced by co...
R. Baker & Son All Industrial Services Completes Technical Selective Demolition Project in NYC
Category: Contracts
Posted by rbakerandson on Jun 22, 2010 | 3059 Reads
R. Baker & Son All Industrial Services, a specialized dismantling, rigging and demolition contractor, completed a very technical selective demolition project for Con Edison in Brooklyn, New York. Con Edison purchased the property for a future substation in...
Category: Contracts
Posted by rbakerandson on Jun 22, 2010 | 3059 Reads
R. Baker & Son All Industrial Services, a specialized dismantling, rigging and demolition contractor, completed a very technical selective demolition project for Con Edison in Brooklyn, New York. Con Edison purchased the property for a future substation in...
Green Deconstruction Recycles a House in Rocky River, Ohio
Category: Diversion
Posted by green on Apr 22, 2010 | 4171 Reads
GREEN DECONSTRUCTION SERVICES, a Cleveland, Ohio based company specializing in sustainablity, deconstruction and landfill diversion, recently completed a whole house project in Rocky River, Ohio where nearly 100% of the home was diverted from a landfill. Th...
Category: Diversion
Posted by green on Apr 22, 2010 | 4171 Reads
GREEN DECONSTRUCTION SERVICES, a Cleveland, Ohio based company specializing in sustainablity, deconstruction and landfill diversion, recently completed a whole house project in Rocky River, Ohio where nearly 100% of the home was diverted from a landfill. Th...
