Kinkead Building demolition continues in Carson City, 865 tons of material already removed
Submitted by Jim Gustafson on Fri, 12/08/2017 - 1:52pm
An excavator has been removing chunks of the Kinkead Building throughout the week, taking apart one of Carson City skyline's most notorious and poorly constructed buildings ever.
By working circularly around the building, the excavators are mostly finished, having removed the outer offices on all floors. The center core, containing the elevators, plumbing, and HVAC will be final portion and is coming down early next week, according to Ken Scarborough, Project Manager with the State Public Works Division.
The 865 tons of “soft demo” materials such as sheetrock, carpet, glass and fiberglass has already been transported to the Carson City Landfill. An estimated 7,740 tons of concrete will be recycled for future use on local roadways, and 41 tons of metal debris will be sent to various metal recyclers.
The city estimated completion by Friday at the beginning of this week, but has fallen slightly behind of that estimate. According to Scarborough, the short delay was caused by the difficulty in processing the large amounts of concrete due to the limited space to maneuver the large excavators around the building. The main demolition excavator must move out of the way so the other excavator has room to process and load the hundreds-of-tons of concrete.
Still operating approximately 45 days ahead of deadline, the infamous Kinkead Building will be nothing but a memory by the end of next week.
View previous coverage of the Kinkade Building demolition by CarsonNow.org by following the links below:
Dec. 4: Final phase of Carson City's Kinkead Building demolition now underway
Nov. 15: Kinkead Building demolition continues in Carson City: Top story sits upon mostly empty frame
Nov. 8: Notorious and condemned: Kinkead Building demolition underway after years sitting empty
