If you have not yet registered for Deconstruction and Salvage in the Pacific Northwest, we hope you will do so right away and join us on February 10 at 10am for this event!

We have a terrific speaker line-up from public and private sectors as well as non-profits from Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia to present on:

• Deconstruction and Reuse in Action
• Incentives and Ordinances – Local Government Panel
• Reuse Infrastructure for Building Materials

 Event Details

• Date: Tuesday, February 10^th, 10am-12pm PT
• Location: Virtual via Zoom
• Please register with the Eventbrite link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/deconstruction-reuse-in-the-pacific-nw-tickets-227328956027
• You will receive a Zoom meeting link after you’ve registered with the Eventbrite link. Check your clutter/junk folder if the response does not land directly in your inbox.
• Please forward this email to others who you think might be interested in attending.

Source: Deconstruction & Reuse in the Pacific NW Tickets, Thu, Feb 10, 2022 at 10:00 AM | Eventbrite

Decon + Reuse ’17 Awards Nomination Form The work of developing the reuse, salvage and deconstruction industries is done everyday by dedicated individuals. At each conference we take a night to honor those people whose daily work has an outsize impact and benefits us all.

If you know a person or organization deserving of recognition for such activities, please nominate them here!

Awards this year will be recognized for folks who are working at the local level as well as those whose impact has been felt nationally. The BMRA reserves the right to make multiple awards in a category, transfer a nomination to another category, or not to designate any award in a category.

Source: Decon + Reuse ’17 Awards Nomination Form

PDX RUST: A Community Reuse Forum Alongside DECON + REUSE ’17 Coming out of the recent passage of the deconstruction ordinance in Portland, Oregon as well as the event of DECON + REUSE ’17 coming to the city, Sara Badiali of Reclamation Administration and Barbara Kerr of United Neighborhoods for Reform felt it was time for the community to celebrate reuse in Portland.

The result of this is PDX RUST, or Portland ReUse for Societal Transformation. The basic premise of PDX Rust is this: A national conference on building materials reuse is coming to town; how can we get the local community involved with this issue and this resource of expertise?  By inviting venues like cafes and stores to host speaking events where 3 speakers talk about their experience and passion for reuse.

According to Sara Badiali, Portland loves a party, so if you create an event and give people a chance to share their passions, people will come.  The speakers can talk about reuse fashion, building materials, hacker/maker stuff — really anything to do with reuse.

This is an opportunity for DECON + REUSE ’17 conference-goers to get connected to the local community by attending, or even speaking at, PDX RUST events.  You can find out more about the events here.  Postings and calendar will be updated regularly, all the way up through the conference.  Check it out!

Source: BMRA News, July 2017

These came from an old bulkhead in Newark, New Jersey. In the water for maybe a 100 years. Now they are cabinets.

Brett Trefethen of Barn Boards and More last week inspects a second floor room, where wood is being reclaimed by his company at 18 Dennis St. in Gardiner, the former estate of Frank E. Boston. Photo by Kevin Bennett

“I have been going back and forth on those cupolas,” Trefethen said last week, while his crew was taking a break from salvaging wood and architectural features from the Dennis Street building before its planned demolition. “If I can locate a buyer, I will do it, because then it makes more sense to rent the crane truck,” he said. That can cost hundreds of dollars, but a well-built cupola more than a century old can command thousands of dollars.

Source: Wood-salvage firm preserves piece of Gardiner history – The Portland Press Herald

Browse unique items from GloydDesigns on Etsy, a global marketplace of handmade, vintage and creative goods.

Source: Gloyd Wood Designs by GloydDesigns on Etsy

This is a shockingly misinformed article by the Washington Post on deconstruction appraisals and tax deduction. Very few professional appraisers in the building material reuse industry use this method. This article likely encouraging tax fraud.

If you are interested in information on how to have building material appraisals performed, and accurate tax documentation for you donation please contact:

ReUse Consulting or the Building Material Reuse Association 

The Ivanova appraisal report documented that her donation had a fair market value of $131,500. The net amount of the donation represented a $51,000 tax benefit. The family received a substantial tax refund.

Source: Deconstruction of an old house can provide huge tax benefits for property owners – The Washington Post

In a bid to reverse the long population decline, Spur began marketing its relaxed building codes, low land prices, and access to ultra-high-speed fiber Internet to tiny house pioneers. While the plan to turn the town into a tiny house mecca appears to have worked—over 60 lots have been sold for around $500 a piece, and 40 more lots are being freed up for sale—talks of plans for yurts, off-grid dwellings, and underground earth homes unnerved some locals.

Source: Texans rethink acceptance of tiny house movement growing in Spur, TX | Inhabitat – Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

On February 17, Mayor Charlie Hales will introduce a proposal to city council that would provide some of those disincentives. The resolution, if passed, would direct the Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability (BPS) to develop code requiring full deconstruction of all single-family homes and duplexes that were either built prior to 1916, or that are designated as historic resources. “I’m interested in doing a number of things to slow the rate of demolition of these great old buildings,” Hales says. “The ordinance requiring deconstruction itself isn’t a ‘Eureka!’ solution, but it’s one of three or four solutions that we hope will create a different picture in the future.”

Source: Charlie Hales Has a New Plan to Curb Demolitions | City | Portland Mercury

Usable parts of the aging house were repurposed. Bricks from the chimney are now part of the patio in the front of the house. All of the posts and beams in the basement were re-milled and reinstalled as exposed posts and beams in the first floor and above the stairway to support the roof​. The worn oak floors were milled down and re-​used in the second-floor ​sloped​ceilings​ and as a decorative screen for the loft space​. And all of the original fir studs and ​she​ath​ing ​boards​ were ​​milled down and reinstalled as wood mosaic accent walls.​ Even the linear light fixtures were designed by Ray Culi using existing wood from both the flooring and framing.

Source: Creaky, leaky old bungalow gets cost-saving, energy efficient overhaul (before and after photos) | OregonLive.com

Wood iPhone Dock, Charging Stand, Modern, Recycled Wood, iPhone Accessories for the Home, iPhone 6, iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c, Striped Design $43.00 USD

Source: Wood iPhone Dock Charging Stand Modern by andrewsreclaimed on Etsy

When Oxarango-Ingram, director of the Southern Idaho Rural Development, heard that the Rogerson building in downtown Twin Falls was set to be demolished, she saw an opportunity to save another historic building — the 1914 Rogerson School building — and many others like it in southern Idaho. Oxarango-Ingram works in 17 rural communities and wants not only to save old buildings, but also to help business and entrepreneurship thrive by occupying them. But in order for this to happen, towns need to assess the kinds of properties that would attract people.

Source: Salvaged Rogerson Building Items to Help Communities Thrive | Southern Idaho Local News | magicvalley.com

For more information on the Cedar Falls ice silo, visit www.siloiceclimbing.com.

Up to 50 people a weekend now show up at a barnyard in rural Cedar Falls to climb some of the most difficult ice you’ll find anywhere. Unlike frozen waterfalls and icy cliffs that generally have some slope, the silo goes straight up. Every inch of the climb is vertical, testing climber’s technique, gear, strength, stamina, and nerve. “The first time I climbed a silo, I remembered it as being really tough,” Briggs recalls. “I’d climbed natural ice before, and I got on this and I went ‘Wow!’ If you can climb a silo, you can climb almost anywhere.”

Source: Go Ice Climbing this Winter – on an Iowa Grain Silo – DNR News Releases

Repurposing unwanted materials into art isn’t a new concept for Paige Cox; she’s been doing since her childhood

The organization will rely on excess from industrial businesses in the area rather than personal donations. Think fabric swatches, leftovers from furniture making, select medical supplies, manufacturing test pieces, or fake flowers bought for one-time use at High Point’s furniture market, Cox said. Items that companies often pay someone to take away, or that raise the city’s cost of transporting its solid waste, would find a new home at Reconsidered Goods.

Source: Nonprofit would divert waste stream to artists, locals | Triad City Beat

Thanks to Michaela Harms 2014’s intern extraordinaire we have two new resource pages here at the RA.

You can find these links as a permanent feature in the right Resources column.

Natural Building

Tiny House

 Check out these newly updated resource pages too!

Reuse Centers & Materials

Construction and Demolition Recycling, Reuse & Adaptive Reuse Policies by City or County & State

Reuse Design Links