Residential Project
Site Decommissioning & Underground Oil Tank Removal
Preparing a residential redevelopment site for demolition involved utility coordination, asbestos testing, septic work, underground oil-tank removal and other pre-demolition requirements, with regulated scopes handled by the appropriate qualified contractors.
Overview
Before this Long Island property could be demolished for redevelopment, the site had to be decommissioned: water and electric shut off, asbestos testing performed, the septic system addressed, and an underground oil tank located, removed and cleared away. Gazelle Construction managed the entire pre-demolition sequence for the owner.
The Challenge
Almost everything in this scope is regulated work that must be performed by a licensed specialty contractor, tank removal, asbestos testing, septic abandonment. What the owner needed wasn’t one trade; it was someone to identify the right contractors, procure them, schedule them in the right order and supervise the site so demolition could proceed without surprises.
Our Approach
Gazelle handled water shut-off and electrical cutoff for the structure, arranged asbestos testing, and identified, procured and supervised licensed contractors for the underground oil tank removal, septic tank removal and the demolition itself. Regulated scopes were assigned to properly licensed contractors, with Gazelle coordinating sequencing, access and completion. The tank was excavated, extracted, opened and cleaned, with residual contents drummed for disposal.
The Result
The underground tank was removed and the pre-demolition coordination moved the property closer to the next demolition phase. The photographs below document the site preparation and underground tank removal work.
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