V. Altman local company specializes in demolition as well as de-construction.
Demolition and Deconstruction Services – There’s an Art to Green Salvage!
Through trusting and ongoing relationships with our valued clients in the Santa Cruz area and beyond, V’s Demolition Inc. has successfully completed the demolition phase of thousands of construction projects, and has built a solid reputation for safe, precise, reliable and cost-effective deconstruction services.
Broad Scope and Range of Services
V’s will complete every aspect of the demolition phase, transitioning you smoothly and efficiently to the next phase. Projects of every scale are approached in a planned, systematic, carefully executed manner that meets your schedule, budget and expectations.
Surgical Dismantling to Hard Demolition
Whether the project scope requires surgical removal or the demolition of an entire structure, we provide you with safe, technical expertise, schedule flexibility, supporting documentation and specialized equipment to fit your project specifications.
Demolition Services
- Soft Demolition – partial or entire demolition to foundation
- Surgical Demolition – precise and delicate projects
- Small Project Demo’s – chimneys, decks, kitchens, bathrooms
- Surface & Dust Protection set-ups
- Plate Line Specials – roof structure to top plate
- Partial Foundations and Concrete Flat Work
- Tenant Improvement – commercial demos
- Limited Landscape Removal
- Debris Pick-Up, Removal Services and Hauling
- Recycling / Salvage / Deconstruction
Small Project Demos
- Contractors: No job is too small for us. We handle surface protection, isolation of demo area, dust and debris containment, hauling and clean-up. Some of the typical small project demolitions we handle include:
- Bathrooms
- Chimneys
- KItchens
- Decks
- Out Buildings
- Site Protection
V’s approach to demolition is to scale according to your job specifications. We are very adept at managing small, precise areas of demolition. Once our specialized team has isolated and prepared the area, we then proceed with to remove the structure or material effeciently and cleanly.
Website: www.vsdemolition.com/
Phone: 831-429-8638
Email: valtman@vsdemolition.com and matt@vsdemolition.com
Recommended by SCCG member Michael Hartrich
Article in Santa Cruz Sentinel about our work on the Tannery Art Studios:
‘Green unbuilding’ at heart of Tannery work studios:
Local demolition expert more a preservationist than a wrecking ball’
SANTA CRUZ — Carefully taking apart two historic buildings for the next phase of redevelopment at the Salz Tannery is a dream job for longtime Santa Cruz demolition expert Vincent Altman. Altman, whose company, V’s Demolition, specializes in “green unbuilding,” as his project manager Matt Bradberry calls it, loves working on structures that are at least 100 years old. Since July 13, Altman and his crew have been delicately deconstructing the adjoined tannery structures so that up to 90 percent of the framework is preserved. At least 80 percent of the wood and metal parts taken out will be recycled or repurposed. “We will preserve the rustic feel but bring it up to modern standards,” said Altman, who has been in business 28 years. “The chore is to give it that historic feel.” The project, known as Phase II of the $55 million Tannery Arts Center campus on River Street, will contain work studios designed to complement the work-live lofts for low-income artists that opened a year ago. Overall, a total of five buildings that were part of the 150-year-old tannery, which closed in 2001, have been salvaged. A capital campaign for Phase III, a performing arts center, is under way. Altman and his crew are carefully gutting the former tanyard building and beam house, which represented the heart of the tanning process. The 19,000-square-feet and 21,000-square-feet buildings are connected by a slanted breezeway that Altman is saving. “We’re the surgeon not the crash ball,” Bradberry said. Safeguarding the historic value of the twin structures is critical to the entire project’s integrity, said former Mayor Emily Reilly, who serves on the Tannery Arts Center board. Preservation was key to winning a state grant for the project. “That we are seeing this next phase to completion — the vision of a total arts campus — is so important to the community,” Reilly said. Altman, who worked on the UC Santa Cruz Fieldhouse but otherwise takes mostly residential jobs, was excited to be selected for the Tannery project because of the size of the challenge and a requirement to use green construction principles. “Instead of taking all this wood and throwing it away, it will get used again,” Altman said. “The whole point is not to bury this stuff.” Altman expects to finish his work by late August. The $7 million studios are expected to offer work and exhibition space for a diverse range of arts.
Don’t think you need professionalism when it comes to demolition? Think again. If you want to save yourself headaches and heartburn over poorly managed crews doing more demo (sometime a lot more) or less (sometimes a lot less) than you contracted for then hire V’s Demolition. Reliable, clean and quick, I can’t afford not to use them.
Over the years I have used V’s Demo for large and small jobs. I have always found them to be friendly and professional. I can recommend them with confidence as they are careful, clean and affordable.
The great experience of working with V’s Demolition, Inc. starts with their fast and accurate meeting and bidding process. They clearly define the scope of work and cleanly and accurately perform their work. I have been working with V’s for nearly twenty years and have never had a reason to look elsewhere for another demolition contractor.
Robert Berrett,
R. K. Berrett Construction, Inc.
As a general contractor, I’ve used V’s demolition for all my dismantling needs for the past 4-5years. Because remodeling requires specialized crafts people and is very personalized, I always have an eye out for subcontractors that in adition to projecting a friendly attitude and a willingness to please, pay attention to what the job requirements are, These guys excell in those areas. Besides being skill professionals in their craft, the crews are neat, clean and nearly surgical in the dismantling process while protcting those items deemed to be salvaged. I have no need to solicite another demolition contractor. V’s Demolition IS the “cut above”!!! And….their rates make the services rendered a real bargain.
Pat Craig,
President
Patco Construction, Inc.