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MAN BUYS DERELICT SHOP FOR £26,000 IN BIRKENHEAD, U.K – TRANSFORMS INTO FOUR BED HOUSE (FULL BUILD) – YouTube

Hello my name is Stephen Taylor and in 2016 I bought a derelict shop in Birkenhead, U.K for £26,000 at auction. This building was in such a poor state that the guide price at auction was just £10,000 – £12,000. With a lot of hard work over the last five years I have now transformed it into a modern four bedroom home.

A Four-Month Time Lapse of the Nooksack Dam Removal | Outside Online

This Swiftwater Films time lapse, produced by director Shane Anderson and filmed and edited by Jesse Andrew Clark, shows the monthslong process of deconstructing the Nooksack Dam on the Middle Fork of Washington’s Nooksack River. This restoration will repair 16 miles of habitat for threatened salmon and steelhead.

Source: A Four-Month Time Lapse of the Nooksack Dam Removal | Outside Online

Demolished, abandoned buildings repurposed through program helping struggling communities

 

The idea works like this: before an abandoned building is torn down, crews salvage all the materials they can get from it – like wood – and keep it out of landfills. At the same time, they give the people who live in those neighborhoods the job of doing that. “It gives you a new sense of your community,” said Baltimore native Kobe Bland, who works at Brick and Board. “You start to view your community a little different because you see the potential of what could be.” What started out as the “Baltimore Wood

Source: Demolished, abandoned buildings repurposed through program helping struggling communities

Local blacksmith forging a culture of reuse / Featured news / Newsroom / The University of Newcastle, Australia

Mr Maguire said the day will not only be about fixing damaged items, but also about bringing the community together through a celebration of practical skills that are often overlooked in today’s modern world.

Source: Local blacksmith forging a culture of reuse / Featured news / Newsroom / The University of Newcastle, Australia

Watch James Hetfield Introduce “Carl,” Guitar Made of Wood From Metallica’s Garage | Revolver

Over 30 years later, James Hetfield’s garage days live on in a custom-built electric guitar named “Carl,” built from salvaged wood.  As Hetfield explains in a new video, “Carl “— who, might we add, has been thoroughly road-tested — possesses symbolic importance.

Source: Watch James Hetfield Introduce “Carl,” Guitar Made of Wood From Metallica’s Garage | Revolver

Solar farmhouse near Ann Arbor one of world’s greenest homes | MLive.com

Almost all the wood was certified by the Forest Stewardship Council, which verifies it was grown and harvested in local forests in a sustainable manner. The rest of the wood was either reclaimed or salvaged, including wood from a hickory tree used for flooring and wood from a cherry tree used to make the dinner table. They weren’t able to find an FSC-certified cabinet shop in Michigan, so Beacon Springs Farm became a certified site and the Burbecks hired a carpenter to specially make cabinets and doors for the home onsite. Some of the reclaimed materials in the house include a bath tub, chandeliers and light fixtures.

Source: Solar farmhouse near Ann Arbor one of world’s greenest homes | MLive.com

Don’t call the police about these odd devices on Wichita buildings — they’re art | The Wichita Eagle

 

Much of the material these little sculptures are crafted out of came from the rubble of the old Eagle building at 825 E. Douglas.As the building was being demolished last year, Stevenson coordinated with the Eagle and the Bradburn Wrecking Company to salvage quirky bits of the building for use in this art exhibition — at that point, still merely an idea she’d had for years.

Source: Don’t call the police about these odd devices on Wichita buildings — they’re art | The Wichita Eagle

Demolition News » Video – Playing into the hands of protestors…

This video captures the moment when contractors took the roof off a home and sent bricks flying out onto power lines and the road; and knocked the water main open on the corner. Residents had been asking about the poor dust control measures moments before this happened

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