Acme Twp. Supervisor, Wayne Kladder along with Megan Olds from the GT Regional Land Conservancy & Doug Luciani of the TC Chamber
Ready to move off site
Deconstruction - shingles recycling
(via Acme Twp. newsletter)
Local Company to Head Up Phase 1 Site Deconstruction
The selection of A1 Services as the contractor to “deconstruct” the Phase I properties helped the township meet its goals for this portion of the project; namely, keeping it “green”, both environmentally and financially. “Our goal is to do the right thing for the environment by keeping as much as possible out of the landfill,” explains Wayne Kladder, township supervisor. “Because of A1’s experience in demolition and capacity to recycle a wide range of materials, they are the ideal contractor to manage this project.”
Kladder says that the first stage of the project will entail selling entire buildings, where possible, as well as doors, windows, and fixtures, and another local company, Odom Reusable Building Materials, will be working with the Township and A-1 to repourpose some o fthese items. A1 will then remove and recycle, where possible, the remaining materials including shingles, asphalt, concrete, wood , tin, copper, steel and brass. A1 Services, which is owned by local residents Eddie and Mike Ascione, is building a state-of-the-art recycling facility in Traverse City, where, for example, concrete and asphalt will be taken, crumbled, and used in roads or some other way. Wood products will be ground into mulch or fuel.
A1’s low bid resulted, in part, because of the company’s depth of services, but perhaps more importantly, because of the company’s ties to the community. “Our employees and their families all use the region’s recreation areas, and we think the Township’s vision for this shoreline is phenomenal,” explains Eddie Ascione. “We are doing this deconstruction at our cost because we believe so strongly in their vision.”
The deconstruction is targeted to begin in February. A blue ribbon committee, appointed by the township board, will develop a plan for how the park is going to look for one to two years until a master park plan can be designed.
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We are proud to be assisting the Acme Shoreline Park revitalization project by providing construction demolition and recycling services to remove three existing hotels. The project will ultimately result in development of a one-mile-long open space stretching along US-31, from M-72 to Five Mile Road.