Legislative Services Demolition (Part 1)

[@webgomer]

It is a shame that such a beautiful building is destroyed, rather than repurposed. But, unfortunately, money is what drives the way many things work, including corporations AND governments! Additionally, this building obviously has many components that could be re-used or recycled but sadly, will only see a landfill.

[@theamerican7080]

Once the internal plumbing and drainage network fail, the building has to be practically demolished to access it for replacement anyway.

[@suzylarry1]

with so many people out of work and such waste of material, some one could buy the brick scrap, employ ( make work project ) for homeless or challenged folks and resell the brick as reclaimed. I understand there are some whom would take advantage , but maybe work towards a tiny house or room share expense.

[@suzylarry1]

@@katjygruben6546 I here you , I was once told by a general contractor , " make your garbage look good , someone will want to buy it " I worked for him , saw exactly what he ment after we sorted steel from demolished structures . I guess it depends on the people that want to do it for the RIGHT reason.

[@davidsellars646]

I'd have been glad to remove a bunch of those window sash.

[@suzylarry1]

@@davidsellars646 I agree with you , but the flip side of the coinis "all well until someone gets hurt, then who is on the hook?" same as Brick salvage, so many want to sue for a broken fingernail on sites like this. Still money lost AFTER DEMO

[@lissacope2572]

I am impressed how this operator is not messing around and getting these things crushed and down so fast. thank you

[@webgomer]

What is being removed @ 16:40? Why can't the excavator handle it?

[@JohnZWetmore]

They seemed to be removing the gutters and fascia by hand. I was also surprised they didn't let the excavator do the work.

[@jillsmith3937]

Why are you using water on the building

[@silentepsilon888]

water is sprayed to bind airborne dust and prevent it from drifting through the air and pollute the neighborhood

[@johnmaguire9305]

Forgive my ignorance, but why would a building which doesn’t appear to be decrepit be torn down? Unless it has unseen defects.

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

Legislative services sounds like a state or council building. They are always selling off this type of building to build apartments and make money. That's the usual reason in the UK. It's probably the same in the US. Condition of the building is immaterial if they can make a load if cash selling the site. There's a lot more remote working and not so much office space needed anyway.

[@arthureverett8220]

The building has better scrap value in steel than the cost of repurposing the building itself The value of scrap metal has gone way up.Thats why they crush unsold brand new cars

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

@@arthureverett8220 More likely they were after the value of the land. That building has a little steel, but check out the video, it's mostly concrete frame with brick cladding. Hardcore has some recycle value but not a lot.

[@georgefilippello7972]

Because in America we cant seem to save anything good . We live in a throw away country . We take things for granted

[@JohnZWetmore]

The old Legislative Services Building is being replaced by a new Legislative Services Building. Even though it was not that old (1970s), it had developed a lot of problems. thedailyrecord.com/2021/07/08/dls-building-in-annapolis-scheduled-for-razing-replacement/

[@anthonyellis987]

It's a shame that the beautiful building was demolished. The question is why?

[@ghost.ranger1628]

OMG those slate tiles on the roof cost sooo much money to buy to replace tiles that break on roofs. My friend has a slate roof and it cost him $75. per tile to replace

[@ralphbenites1312]

I wonder what happened to the house why are thay demolishing it 😮

[@heene]

From 7:00 until it was destroyed, the view froim the cctv camera would have been spectacular if it was working.

[@ddavejb]

According to the Legislative Services web site, this building was constructed in 1976 in the Georgian Revival style. Size limitations, outdated infrastructure, and mold have made it obsolete. Here is the story: mdstad.com/sites/default/files/DLS%20Design%20Presentation%20-%20Community%20Outreach%20-%20FINAL_09.29.21_1.pdf

[@mackhopper]

What are they going to build on this site, John?

[@JohnZWetmore]

They are replacing the old Legislative Services Building with a new Legislative Services Building. thedailyrecord.com/2021/07/08/dls-building-in-annapolis-scheduled-for-razing-replacement/

[@cooldog60]

They take paradise and put up a parking lot.

[@sergiovillarroel2762]

Cuál es la razón de la demolición

[@gammock4026]

If the bricks etc are just destined for landfill why is the excavator operator so keen to separate the outer skin of bricks? Is he just playing? I thought he was trying to save the outer bricks but he just scraped the whole lot together. Incidentally, I would think this building was early 20th century.

[@JohnZWetmore]

Bricks and concrete are kept separate to be ground up and used as a sub-base for paving. It's much cheaper than sending them to the landfill. The building was built in the 1970s, but designed to fit in with the older buildings around it.

[@longislandfanvictor3812]

That building was so nice, I am sure some ugly glass box will go up in its place.

[@markbriggs-g5v]

Skiping part on to part2

[@voiceofjeff]

Loved at 1:13:00. The guy uses an old piece of steel as a tool to knock the wall down. That operator is a beast with that thing! Great video. Typical government to just demolish a building that some other company would love to have & use as-is; but that tax-waste for you!

[@KevinEllisGuitars]

Cool!

[@andyhughes5885]

Those are real slates on that roof they are destroying, those cost a fortune nowadays.

[@Dave_9547]

I have noticed that they don't seem to be trying to save slate roofing lately. Perhaps there is less demand, maybe John can comment?

[@JohnZWetmore]

The usual practice is to trash everything, even if it has substantial salvage value. Perhaps the value of the slates (after covering the cost of the skilled labor to remove them intact) doesn't seem worth the trouble for a big corporation, or perhaps it would take too much time on a tight construction schedule. I've only seen one building where they salvaged the slates.

[@ghost.ranger1628]

I can not imagine how much it would cost to build a building that sturdy with brick nowadays. Shame to see it torn down. Demos are a lot different in Maryland then in Ohio, usually I would see a smaller machine following the bigger one pulling out metal pieces and loading the metal in trucks to be recycled at the scrap yard.

[@johnfranklin5277]

The building that replaces it will not be as well built and solid .

[@ibelieveyou2066]

Shame,90% could have been reclaimed,recycled.Humans are the best.

[@AppStateBuffaloBillsWaifu]

Looks like the building was built sometime in the 1800s 😮

[@webgomer]

I think it's a bit newer than that, with the concrete cinder block used behind the red brick (17:02), among other things. The styling does look like buildings of that era though.

[@JohnZWetmore]

Built in the 1970s, but designed to fit in with the older buildings around it.

[@woofusdad]

Seems to be a huge amount of dust being created from the demolition of this one.

[@theamerican7080]

They're using misters instead of wide-open 2" fire hose- probably to save water.

[@arthureverett8220]

That building is worth a fortune in scrap metal and re-rod alone. The scrap dealers will make out like bandits!!!!!

[@JG-ii8gi]

they are slow

[@shanemcgovern8662]

Sad

[@herbk98]

This seems like such an abject waste of taxpayer money. I'm sure there is an accountant or politician somewhere who can justify this demolition, but not only are the building materials wasted (as is the labor of the original construction), the landfill will have its capacity reduced, and now the same kinds of building material will have to be purchased to make a new building! I suppose employing the construction workers for demolition & construction will go on the positive side of the ledger sheet, but still... Such a waste.

[@firstnamelastname6797]

They were running out of room based on articles ive read? and the building was poorly built?

[@arthureverett8220]

The scrap steel and metal most likely exceeded the cost of the building itself. That scrap metal will be sold to China for car and appliance manufacturing

[@MikeX3000]

The building has had it's time, now is the time for progress and new structures.

[@anthonyfeeney1210]

Have a 🍺👍

[@jillsmith3937]

Boring next please

[@David-yk9hm]

Who knows maybe there was more wrong with the building than we realize.

[@danpettis1675]

why is this guy so slow .I would had that whole wall taking down in a friction of the time

[@garywmassey4172]

What a shame

[@juribalko9094]

Зачем такой хороший дом разрушили??? Вы Американцы всё разрушаете!!!

[@janecarolhogue3140]

🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬😡😡😡😡

[@raycampbell7944]

Such a waste. ..