Suffolk County
Demolition in South Boston
South Boston runs two different jobs on the same peninsula. The residential streets are tight, attached and largely pre-war, where a teardown is really a selective removal between two neighbours that are staying. Toward the waterfront and the industrial edge the lots open up, and the work turns into commercial strip-out, slab removal and mechanical demolition with room to actually work it.
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 South Boston
- Interior & Exterior DemolitionStrip-outs that leave the structure sound and the space ready for the next trade to start.
- Residential DemolitionHouses, garages, additions and outbuildings on New England's tight, close-set lots.
- Concrete RemovalSlabs, footings, walls, steps and pads broken out and hauled off the site.
- Commercial & Industrial DemolitionHospitals, hotels, schools, restaurants, offices, retail and warehouses — taken down or taken apart on a working site.
Everything else Allied does is available in South Boston too: industrial selective demolition, mechanical demolition, concrete cutting, concrete core drilling, commercial & industrial floor removal, asbestos removal.
Questions
Working in South Boston
Do you cover South Boston?
Yes. South Boston is inside Allied's regular service area in Suffolk County, along with Dorchester, Boston, Quincy. The 24-hour line is (857) 266-3238.
How quickly can someone look at a property in South 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 South 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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