Suffolk County
Demolition in East Boston
East Boston is where Allied is based, and the neighbourhood is a fair summary of the work: densely packed triple-deckers and row buildings, narrow streets that will not take a container and a truck at once, and a commercial strip along Bennington and Meridian turning over steadily. Buildings here are old enough that a survey before demolition should be assumed rather than hoped against.
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 East Boston
- Residential DemolitionHouses, garages, additions and outbuildings on New England's tight, close-set lots.
- Interior & Exterior DemolitionStrip-outs that leave the structure sound and the space ready for the next trade to start.
- Asbestos RemovalAbatement handled before demolition starts, with the state notifications filed first.
- Concrete RemovalSlabs, footings, walls, steps and pads broken out and hauled off the site.
Everything else Allied does is available in East Boston too: commercial & industrial demolition, industrial selective demolition, mechanical demolition, concrete cutting, concrete core drilling, commercial & industrial floor removal.
Questions
Working in East Boston
Do you cover East Boston?
Yes. East Boston is inside Allied's regular service area in Suffolk County, along with Revere, Winthrop, Chelsea. The 24-hour line is (857) 266-3238.
How quickly can someone look at a property in East 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 East 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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