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Demolition/Deconstruction
Experts
We offers residential building tear down services with hazmat remediation and qualified consultant services linked. With us, you don't have to shop around for different services - we have it all under one roof. Our team strictly follows all rules and regulations to ensure efficient and safe tear down services.
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As professional providers of demolition services, we and our contractor partners will always work to maintain an excellent working relationship with all Municipal, City, Region and Provincial departments to allow for expeditious service when getting required permissions and permits. We also assure our clients of the utmost attention to Eco-friendly issues, and our company maintains working relationships with environmental contractors in order to assist with any environmental cleanup that may become necessary. These relationships allow us to minimize additional costs to our customers and help to avoid schedule interruptions.
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​We are proud of our record of jobs we and our associates have completed on time and within our job estimate. You can review the services we provide including building demolition, commercial demolition like restaurants, stores and other buildings whether it's a complete demo or a partial demo as prep for a renovation or addition. We handle or arrange all forms of environmental remediation associated with bad soil, asbestos removal and mold.
​For building demolition, safety is the number one priority. Asbestos, gas pipes, electrical wires and hydro lines are all potential hazards of the job and you need to trust your demolition company has all of these elements covered before any work begins. We carry liability insurance, WSIB and adhere to Occupational Health and Safety Standards in BC.
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"NEW LAW "
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The City of Victoria will enact a new bylaw that will see houses that would otherwise be demolished instead deconstructed piece by piece, a move it says will “substantially increase” salvage of reusable materials.
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The bylaw will take effect in 2022.
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The new bylaw will divert those materials from the landfill, where construction materials make up over a third of waste.
“There are significant economic, social and environmental benefits to reusing salvaged building materials, all of which help Victoria to become a resilient community,” Mayor Lisa Helps said in a statement.
“With our landfill filling up, lumber shortages sweeping across the country, and the economic impacts of COVID-19, we are taking advantage of the value in our existing resources and starting the shift to a circular economy.”
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The move will also save wood products like old-growth lumber, which make up two-thirds of between 10,000 and 20,000 tonnes of annual construction and demolition waste, from going to the landfill.
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Deconstruction involves taking apart a home in reverse order from how it was built, “allowing nearly all the materials to be diverted from landfill and either reused or recycled,” the city said.
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The city says that research from Metro Vancouver also indicates deconstructing houses creates six to eight jobs for everyone in traditional demolition.
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The city says the new bylaw will bring the city 15 percent closer to its waste reduction goal of 50 percent by 2040, and that it also aligns with the Capital Regional District’s new solid waste management plan, which aims to cut waste by a third of the next decade.
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WE ARE HERE TO HELP
Deconstruction is an environmentally friendly alternative to traditional demolition. We at RAI Contracting care deeply about the environment and make sure all of our deconstruction projects reflect that belief by collaborating with our clients ensuring their deconstruction is as green as possible. By applying Deconstruction Services, opposed to using Traditional Demolition, 70% – 90% of materials are prevented from going to landfills. Our aim has always been to do our best to preserve each of the material’s highest value in order to recover costs on the project and largely reduce the carbon footprint of each one of projects, securing both our clients and our cities happiness