Suffolk County
Demolition in Boston
Boston carries the widest range of demolition work in the region because it holds the widest range of buildings — nineteenth-century masonry downtown and in the Back Bay, institutional and medical buildings through the Longwood area, and new commercial fabric in the Seaport. Almost all of it is attached, occupied or both, so the work is overwhelmingly selective and interior rather than full teardown. Inspectional Services wants the asbestos survey and proof of utility disconnection before a demolition permit issues.
Common in Suffolk County
Suffolk County is the densest building stock in New England and the hardest to work in. Most of it is attached — brick and masonry party walls, triple-deckers a few feet apart, commercial blocks that share structure with the unit next door — so almost every job is a selective one whether or not it is described that way. Add streets laid out before trucks, buildings routinely over a century old, and the near-certainty of asbestos in anything untouched since the 1970s, and the constraint is rarely the demolition itself. It is access, protection of what stays, and the paperwork in front of the start date.
- Interior strip-outs in occupied commercial and institutional buildings
- Selective demolition where a floor or bay comes out and the frame stays loaded
- Concrete cutting and coring for new services in buildings that stay in use
- Floor removal ahead of tenant fit-outs
- Asbestos identified and abated before a demolition permit will issue
Services in Boston
- Interior & Exterior DemolitionStrip-outs that leave the structure sound and the space ready for the next trade to start.
- Industrial Selective DemolitionRemoving one part of a building while the rest stays standing, in service and occupied.
- Concrete CuttingWall and slab sawing for openings, penetrations and controlled removal in a live building.
- Asbestos RemovalAbatement handled before demolition starts, with the state notifications filed first.
Everything else Allied does is available in Boston too: commercial & industrial demolition, mechanical demolition, residential demolition, concrete removal, concrete core drilling, commercial & industrial floor removal.
Questions
Working in Boston
Do you cover Boston?
Yes. Boston is inside Allied's regular service area in Suffolk County, along with Cambridge, Brookline, Chelsea. The 24-hour line is (857) 266-3238.
How quickly can someone look at a property in Boston?
Call the line and describe the job. Demolition is quoted after the site has been assessed, so the next step is arranging someone to look at it — photographs of the structure and of how a machine would reach it speed that up considerably.
Do I need a permit to demolish a structure in Boston?
Almost always, and permits are handled as part of the job. What is needed early is the property address and the owner's details, since the application is built from those. Requirements are set by the Suffolk County authority or the municipality, depending on where the property sits.
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