Thanks to Ruth Trocolli the archaeologist for the District of Columbia Historic Preservation Office, for this gem of an article.

The Kinnickinnic River in Milwaukee.

Maher hopes to put his new skills to work and continue deconstruction work in the area. He has learned that it is possible to efficiently take a structure apart, salvaging valuable materials and greatly reducing what goes to the landfill. As the construction sector of the economy rebounds, the success of the Kinnickinnic River project could encourage less traditional demolition and greater use of deconstruction techniques.

“If things can be reused and we can keep things out of landfill,” Maher says, “why not put the materials to use?”

The Partnership for Working Families, a grantee of the Surdna Foundation, is a national network of leading regional advocacy organizations who support innovative solutions to our nation’s economic and environmental problems.

via Op-Ed: Minimizing Scrap and Creating Jobs in a Milwaukee River Restoration – Next City.