Bierlein Performs Eco-Friendly Demolition in the South Valley Superfund Site

摘要

In 2011, General Electric (GE) Aviation demolished its jet engine component manufacturing plant in Albuquerque, NM. The demolition is remarkable because GE Aviation managers wholeheartedly committed to recycling or reusing all usable building materials. GE Aviation's "green demolition" saved 14,280 tons of building and related materials from being sent to local landfills and significantly reduced demolition costs. For more than 30 years, GE Aviation operated the 700,000-square-foot manufacturing plant on 33 acres of land until the company decided to close the plant in September 2010. Numerous old jet engine production buildings sat idle and environmental contamination remained in buildings and the underlying ground water. Although ground water cleanup overseen by the EPA's Superfund Program had been underway since 1994, company officials were now faced with the challenge of managing its massive inventory of unused buildings and equipment.