Sheraton Hotel Demolition Offers Chance to Make a Difference

October 30, 2024

Events & Updates

As the Sheraton Hotel demolition continues, guests who drive by will notice the heaps of scraps from the demolition. Baumann Enterprises, who is contracted for the project, has begun hauling the remnants away.

But what happens to all the debris?

Baumann Enterprises, on top of just offering demolition services, also has a recycling center. Of the materials removed from the Sheraton Hotel site, 85 percent of the material will be recycled.

Baumann’s Recycling Center is one of the first construction and demolition debris processing facilities licensed by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and the Cuyahoga County Board of Health.

 
The goal for this project is to divert as much Non-Hazardous Construction and Demolition Debris Waste (C&D) from landfills as possible. Items recycled include materials such as clean wood, concrete, steel, non-ferrous metals and brick. For the first two weeks of the demolition, 2,480 yards were recycled.

Once recycled, these items are turned into sellable items such as mulch, landscape rocks, crushed and re-used aggregate in future construction projects and even the mixture that makes up the infield of baseball fields. Wood grindings are also used as biomass fuel for greenhouses.

Baumann Enterprises, Inc. is a third-generation demolition, excavation, and environmental contractor started in 1999. They specialize in structural and interior demolition of residential, commercial, and industrial buildings for the public and private sectors.

“Although demolition of the Sheraton Hotel can be heartbreaking, happy memories are reminisced.  I’m also excited in seeing and being a part of the re-use of those materials in many future projects near and far, as it is opening the way to expand and move CLE towards its Terminal Modernization Development Program.”