October 9, 2008

Local firm finds a niche in deconstruction

Photo courtesy of Re-Use Consulting [enlarge]

Dave Bennink stands next to a 12.5-foot-wide and 12-foot-tall bay window he removed from an 1893 North Carolina house. That house was carefully taken apart so it could be reassembled on another site.

DAVE BENNINK has saved a lot of things from the landfill over the past 15 years. Like the time-capsules he found in the old Seattle Opera House, the chunk of hardwood floor with school seal intact that he pulled from the old Bellingham High gymnasium, and 500 seats, Astroturf and carpeting with hamburger-sized Kingdome logos he salvaged from the old stadium.

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Previous columns:

• Opportunities await builders of charging stations, 10-02-2008
• Development team tries out modular construction, 09-25-2008
• Habitat store helps fund low-income homes, 09-18-2008
• Skanska paves the way for future construction managers, 09-11-2008
• New shoring method meets site challenges, 08-28-2008
• Schools struggle to attract female engineering students, 08-21-2008
• Could pervious concrete save you cash?, 08-14-2008
• Wire thefts costly problem for WSDOT, 08-07-2008