Adamo Demolition Explained

Adamo Group
Industry:Demolition/Decontamination
Founded:1964
Founder:John Adamo Sr.
Hq Location:Detroit, Michigan
Key People:Richard Adamo (President)Rick Cuppetilli
(Executive Vice President)Tim Gunn
(Chief Financial Officer)
Revenue:$48 million (2015)
Num Employees:75 (2013)

Adamo Demolition (Adamo Group) is a Detroit-based asbestos remediation and demolition company founded in 1964 that specializes in industrial projects.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Works

They have demolished many well-known, major structures such as: Georgia Dome, Park Avenue Hotel, Pontiac Silverdome, Northville Psychiatric Hospital, and the Riverwalk Hotel.[6] [7] [8] They have also controversially demolished many buildings considered historically significant such as the Lafayette Building and Madison-Lenox Hotel. In 1978, the company won a case in the United States Supreme Court that led to reformed NESHAP regulations.[9]

On December 2, 2015, Adamo Group's president and CEO, John Adamo Jr., was killed in an accident while overseeing an Ohio demolition project. He was 57.[10] [11]

By 2019, Adamo Group had demolished 3,397 buildings for the city of Detroit, earning over $56 million.[12]

Adamo Group was a suspect in an FBI investigation into corruption involving Detroit City demolition officials and contractors in the city's blight-removal program;[13] the report determined that no rules in bid selection were infringed, but that their closed-door meeting practices "lacked fairness, openness, and transparency."[14] They later were suspended for 90 days from bidding on Detroit demolition contracts, and again received negative publicity in association with the blight-removal program again when they accidentally demolished a house neighboring their intended project.[15] [16]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Demolition Firm Adamo Group, OSHA Probe CEO's Jobsite Death . Armistead . Johnathon . January 8, 2016 . en . March 1, 2019 .
  2. Web site: Detroit OKs demolition permit for Park Avenue Hotel . Guillen . Joe . June 25, 2015 . Detroit Free Press . en . March 1, 2019 .
  3. Web site: Long-vacant Shapero Hall coming down for $108 million development touted by city . Frank . Annalise . December 6, 2018 . Crain's Detroit Business . en . March 1, 2019 .
  4. Web site: 2013 Revenue & Employee Statistics .
  5. Web site: The World's Largest Demolition Companies . D&RI Magazine . 2017 .
  6. Web site: Demolition of former Northville psychiatric hospital delayed to 2019 . Wright . Ed . November 12, 2018 . HometownLife . en . March 1, 2019 .
  7. Web site: Demolition Contractor Implodes Georgia Dome in One Shot . Sclosser . Alexa . July 20, 2018 . For Construction Pros . en . March 1, 2019 .
  8. Web site: Demolition executive says wiring to blame in failed Pontiac Silverdome implosion . Ally . Gross . JC . Reindi . amp . December 4, 2017 . Detroit Free Press . en . March 1, 2019 .
  9. Web site: ADAMO WRECKING CO., Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES. . Cornell Law Library . March 1, 2019 .
  10. Web site: Demolition exec John Adamo Jr. killed in Ohio accident . Guillen . Joe . December 2, 2015 . Detroit Free Press . en . March 1, 2019 .
  11. Web site: Demolition Firm Adamo Group, OSHA Probe CEO's Jobsite Death . Armistead . Thomas . January 28, 2016 . www.enr.com . en . March 1, 2019 .
  12. Web site: State rep's Detroit house mysteriously torn down — and officials don't know why. Stafford. Kat. 2019-09-30. Detroit Free Press. en. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191001074830/https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2019/09/30/sherry-dagnogo-detroit-home-demolished/3818824002/ . October 1, 2019 . 2019-10-13.
  13. Web site: Detroit demolition documents suggesting bid-rigging get FBI review . Guillen . Joe . March 9, 2018 . Detroit Free Press . en . March 1, 2019 .
  14. Web site: Report clears Detroit officials of violating rules in awarding demo contracts, but cites lack of fairness . Redling . Adam . January 2, 2019 . Construction & Demolition Recycling . en . March 1, 2019 .
  15. Web site: Detroit contractor faces suspension after demolishing wrong house . Stafford . Kat . May 16, 2018 . Detroit Free Press . en . March 1, 2019 .
  16. Web site: Concerns raised about contractors sitting on Detroit wrecking board . Stafford . Kat . July 9, 2018 . Detroit Free Press . en . March 1, 2019 .

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