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Tuesday, November 02, 2004 - Page updated at 12:00 A.M. Building
demolition often a recycling effort By JENNIFER C. YATES But
instead of ending up in the scrap heap, the concrete will be
ground up and used to fill the site, steel will be melted to
create construction supports and the aluminum will be reused in
cans and other products. As companies become more
environmentally aware, that attitude is reflected in the
buildings they work in and the ones they renovate or tear down.
Officials at PNC Financial Services, for example, plan to
recycle more than 70 percent of the downtown Pittsburgh building
they recently began deconstructing, a trend being seen at more
demolition sites nationwide. "Traditionally, if someone were to
demolish a building, they would simply go in with a wrecking
ball," said Gary Saulson, PNC's director of corporate real
estate. Now the company is being much more deliberate in how it
takes down the bu