Shook Construction has contracted with Klenck Company to eliminate two large water tanks, one interior steel tank built in the 1920’s and one exterior concrete tank built at the turn of the century, located at the Crescent Hill WTP site in Louisville, Kentucky.
During the coming weeks and months, Klenck Company will perform the structural demolition of Roberts Stadium.
Klenck company was hired to provide demolition services to the Old Whirlpool plant on US HWY 41 in Evansville, IN. Click here to view.
Through a public request for proposal, the City of Owensboro, Kentucky let the demolition of the former National Guard Armory. Klenck Company was the successful contractor awarded the project and demolition is underway.
During the Dale Lake Dam Improvement project, Klenck was able to apply lessons learned at Chrisney Lake.
Due to years of erosion through the water shed, Persimmon Ditch in Owensboro, Kentucky required clearing, re-grading and stabilization. Burlington Civil Inc. subcontracted Klenck Company to perform the tree removal and recycling, ditch back excavation, and cellular confinement and channel slope…..
After sitting idle for nearly 20 years, the former Emge meat processing plant is now being demolished by Klenck Company. Though the project has been bid several times, Klenck was the only contractor able to meet the City of Anderson’s budget.
A project that took the company in an unusual direction, the demolition of a retired 737 passenger airplane was a complete success for our Indianapolis office. Prior to Klenck Company mobilizing, the airplane was stripped of valuable salvage that included the seats, controls, etc. Working for Aircraft Demolition LLC, Klenck was tasked with the hoisting of the nose for salvage and the demolition of the craft itself.
Burlington Civil Inc. and Klenck Company have had a prosperous professional relationship involving diverse construction projects. For the Chrisney Lake Dam Improvement project, BCI tasked Klenck with increasing the rear slope of the earthen dam, excavating an emergency spillway, and installing rip rap on the dam face.
With the latest GPS software and a new Volvo 305 excavator, a Klenck Company utility crew was able to complete the installation of utilities for Weddle Brothers Inc. on the new Lawrenceville High School Project in Lawrenceville, Illinois.
At Goedecke Construction Equipment & Supplies, Klenck Company was able to revamp a dilapidated storage yard into a viable asset to the company. The owner presented a problem and a solution was developed by the Klenck Company site development team.
UPDATE: Klenck Company has begun demolition activities on the Memorial Medical Center parking garage project. After extensive pre-demolition timber erection and adjacent building protections, the Volvo 360 UHD excavator begins demolition on the North face of the building. The secondary machine, a Volvo 330 with Universal Processor and concrete cracker head, works to aid in the structural demolition. The timbers will be salvaged during the project and reused, the concrete will be crushed and utilized on future construction projects, and the scrap steel will be sent to the recycling yard. Once complete, 99% by weight of the will be reused or repurposed.
With a wide array of specialty pieces of equipment, knowledgeable staff, and the ability to process large amounts of scrap steel, Klenck Company was able to complete the demolition of the former Wabash River Bridge in Mt. Carmel, Illinois with zero impact to the new bridge structure.httpv://youtu.be/bOHLm1UZTEQ
261 Furnace Excavation, 2011: As a complimentary project, Klenck Company was again tasked with the 261E ABF tub excavation. Although a similar project in nature, the 261E package required a 24 hour/ day operation to meet stringent deadlines. RTA allowed the contractor 8 days to complete the operation; Klenck Company need only 6 1/2 days. 16,000 tons of debris was excavated from the twin furnace bays and crushed onsite. Once the debris was removed, laser grade boxes were used to maintain grade specifications over the 45,000 square foot area. Such adherence to the tight tolerances allowed future subcontractors to begin work without delay.
General Electric tasked Klenck Company with the removal of un-auctioned machinery and the remaining MEP once the Owensboro plant had shut down. The large interior space allowed for our Fuchs 350 wheeled excavator and steel shear to be taken from the scrap yard and employed onsite. Once the larger steel was processed, a Cat 308 mini-excavator equipped with a steel shear began cutting small ferrous and larger nonferrous materials to recycle.
Klenck Company is proud to be the demolition contractor of choice for the new arena project. Klenck Company prides itself on offering recycling solutions along with demolition services. During the phase I demolition, the carpet, glass, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, concrete and brick were all recycled—keeping these materials out of the waste stream. 81% of the building by weight was recycled and all schedules were met.httpv://youtu.be/O_aHqHvQAIk
As a member of the US Green Building Counsel, Klenck Company believes waste diversion is an important component of construction management. Klenck Company is working with the team from Hunt Construction Group, as well as multiple subcontractors, at the new Evansville Arena to provide recycling solutions for concrete, ferrous and nonferrous scrap metals, wood, cardboard and packaging, and C&D materials. It is the goal of Klenck Company to become the only full service Material Recycling Facility in the Tri-State. Recycling at the Evansville Arena is a fine beginning.
To make way for the new LEED Silver Evansville Arena, seven structures required removal. The challenge was not in the demolition , it was the schedule. Hunt Construction Group set a completion date that allowed only three weeks for building demolition, foundation removal, and structural backfill of remaining voids. To minimize impact to the surrounding construction, all seven buildings were brought down in six hours during an evening shift. Klenck Company turned over this project 12 days ahead of schedule. To further illustrate the crew’s ability—the contents of the building were recycled or reused at a rate of 63% by weight.
Klenck Company was charged with the sitework and the eventual demolition of the old school. Working with Arc Construction to complete this LEED certified project, Klenck Company also is also handling the waste removal and recycling. Due to our certified scales and photo documentation capabilities, Arc Construction is able to provide documentation for the desired LEED points.
A 70,000 cubic yard import/export project, the addition to Glenwood School allowed Klenck Company to showcase our sitework abilities. Included in our package were the dirt work, storm, sanitary, domestic water pipe and fire supply line.