An insurance company plans to begin demolishing three downtown Des Moines, Iowa, structures to make room for a new office building. EMC Insurance spokeswoman Lisa Hamilton tells The Des Moines Register that crews will begin tearing down the three brick …
Tupelo, Miss., city officials say they’re deciding whether to require demolition of buildings damaged by the April 28 tornado on a case-by-case basis. Last week, the City Council ordered the owner of the Comfort Suites hotel in the hard-hit North …
Attorneys for four people suing over the collapse of a downtown building that killed six people last week lambasted the demolition work after surveying the site Sunday. Lawyers and consultants walked gingerly on piles of debris, indicating to photographers and …
Demolition has begun on some of the last buildings in Tuscaloosa, Ala., slated to be torn down after being damaged by a massive tornado in April 2011. The Tuscaloosa News reports about 30 homes and other structures sat virtually untouched …