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University
of Michigan Medical Science Building
Michigan
Concrete Sawing and Drilling and our affiliate, Ohio Concrete
Sawing and Drilling,successfully completed one of its most
challenging projects – removing 1.2 million pounds of
concrete from the University of Michigan’s hospital
complex. Typical activity,
over the course of one-year, at the U of M hospital complex
includes:
- 43,000
admissions
- 60,000
surgeries
- 1,500,000
clinic visits
-
72,000 urgent care visits
- 3,800
deliveries of new babies
The successful removal of the 1.2 million
pounds of concrete in 3 x 7-foot pieces of ceiling weighing
about 1,000 lbs. and the removal of a 7,600-square-foot 6 to
10-inch concrete floor presented numerous challenges such
as:
- Maintaining
minimal hospital interruption of services
and activities
- Working
hours convenient to hospital personnel and patients and
thus reducing the
noise factor
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Using only electric concrete saws, fork trucks and excavators
to avoid gas fumes and
vibrations
Following
the successful concrete removal, we moved the pieces by elevator
and transported to dumpsters. The University of Michigan then
made every effort to recycle the building materials.
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