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JR’s Demolition and Excavating Razes South Irving Site
Planning is ongoing for the redevelopment of the Plymouth Park Shopping Mall in the South Irving section of Irving, Texas, but JR’s Demolition and Excavating has already completed the demo work. The company tore down the equivalent of three city blocks in September on the 144,000-sq.-ft. site. The property, owned by Cali Tex LLC, had a large parking lot on both sides and two sections of strip malls, mainly one-story structures, save for a movie theater that was two stories. JR’s Demolition was required to demolish most of the structures and the surface of the parking lot to make way for the building of a new development. “I’m excited to see that they are doing something in South Irving,” said Bobby Lindamood Jr., the owner of JR’s Demolition and Excavating Inc. “That property has been there for a long time and many of the residents of the neighborhood and the city were happy to see those buildings go so they can build this new project. Irving has two sides — North Irving and South Irving. South Irving doesn’t get all
By Irwin Rapoport
CEG CORRESPONDENT
the nice stores and the attention the North does, so it’s a big deal for the area when everything goes through.” Another company had started the demolition, beginning with the theater, but it ran into some issues and JR’s Demolition was brought in to complete it and demolish the whole site, except for a few buildings to be retained, including the post office and a few other stores. The strip mall contained a collection of dollar stores, tool stores, some Mexican restaurants and various others. The new development is expected to have commercial on the ground level and several floors of condominiums on top of it. Demolition Process The demolition work began last May, but it took about six months to negotiate the contract; have the power and water utilities shut off; and for the asbestos to be removed. “There was quite a lot of asbestos that had to be removed before we could go on-site and it took about four months to take it all out,” said Lindamood Jr.
The demolition began on the southwest side and crews then worked its way to the north side and then jumped to the east side from the south and worked its way to the north. Crews employed a John Deere 75-ft. 350 high reach, a Komatsu 390 tracked excavator; loaders: a John Deere 755 front end loader, a Cat 963 front end loader; a John Deere 350 regular stick and several company owned trailer trucks. “Because we are so fast, we had to halt our operations as the asbestos removal company was still pulling out material,” said Lindamood Jr. “We pulled out the parking lot on each side and for the sections of the strip mall that were to remain; we had to separate a couple of walls. You have to make sure that everything is supported correctly, all the utilities are shut off and the roof separations are lined up. It was an extensive operation to get the walls separated. We had to separate the theater from the strip mall and a similar process for the post office and a Payless shoe store. We did this by saw and roof cuts. There were dividers inside and it was tricky, but we know we know what we’re doing. see DEMOLITION page 12
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