Hello World! Welcome Friends! Are you thinking about becoming a commercial demo contractor in the future? Tearing buildings down for a living is a pretty cool job. Start learning everything possible about it before getting into the industry.
I bet you know lots of amazing things about demolitions. Let’s look at some of the biggest ones that might confuse the average person. If you keep working hard, it won’t be long before you’re tearing buildings down in real life.
1. Multiple Ways to Demolish Homes
I bet you’ve seen buildings being torn down using a ball and crane because it’s amazing to witness, and everyone knows you can bring something down with explosives. There are other demo methods you’ll need to learn.
You can use machines with long arms to tear structures down, plus they can be picked apart carefully so everything can be recycled. Imploding a building with explosives happens in less than one percent of all demolitions.
2. Demo Companies Are Pretty Green
The average person probably thinks demolition companies cause terrible damage to the environment, but the exact opposite is true. Roughly 75% of non-hazardous materials in buildings are recycled after being torn down.
A mountain of garbage doesn’t seem so bad when you know it will be used again. 90% of waste in the building industry comes from demolition, so a quality demolition company in Hamilton is pretty green on average.
3. Creates Thousands of Good Jobs
Hundreds of thousands of people would be unemployed if we didn’t bother demolishing buildings. It’s not just workers swinging balls and setting up explosives. The jobs it creates spread out across multiple industries.
You’ll find it eliminates some jobs if you look closely. For example, they don’t need to extract as much iron ore from the ground if you recycle steel, but on average, it’s one of the better industries at creating jobs.
4. Demolition Is Quite Inexpensive
A commercial demo contractor won’t charge lots to tear down your office building, which is a good thing if you need something demolished. Unfortunately, the fact it’s cheap doesn’t help the average person.
You’ll still have to spend a lot putting something else up, so you won’t have lots of money by the time you’re finished. If you don’t have extra cash in the bank, you’ll only own an empty piece of land that will gather dust.
5. One Week to Demolish a House
It takes roughly one week to rip down an average-sized home, which lines up nicely with the work week. You can’t use explosives in residential areas full of people, so you need to choose a different demolition method.
Health risk assessments must be done before houses are demolished, and some things they find can make the process longer. Old houses could be full of asbestos, which is one reason a demo job could take longer.
Demolition Is An Interesting Profession
It’s worth looking into demolition if you want an exciting and profitable career. Just make sure you get experience working with the best companies.
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