Don't take buildings down that still have purpose...it just makes the cost of available and existing spaces more expensive

​​@@stevemino142your acting like he's doing it himself when he's most likely getting paid to tear it down so that maybe a new place can be built not all places use the same building some rebuild it the same way as the other stores. And if not Like what you want them to just leave an empty building there for no Reason. When they prob tried selling it but no one bought it so they tore it down.

@@stevemino142 - pretty sure that the person/company that owns the building wants to repurpose the land... and he is just doing what he is paid to do

Maybe if you posted where these places are, gathered a little history regarding why they're destroyed.

​@@stevemino142 shut up

It does not matter; in the way you spend much more money on workers than materials.

They are too lazy to dismantle it properly. This country is stuffed with cheap oil and high salaries. The Americans live in a delirium of abundance which should not exist if they did not wage war to have oil and cheap gold. the USA is a country of illusionists based on steal petrol oil and ressources to realy low cost

They are too lazy to dismantle it properly. This country is stuffed with cheap oil and high salaries. The Americans live in a delirium of abundance which should not exist if they did not wage war to have oil and cheap gold. the USA is a country of illusionists@@BelleMorue

Rich white folks don't care. Sure all those could have gone to feed hungry black African kids. Lmao

That's because we live in a greedy throwaway society now. It disgusts me greatly when items like this could be donated to needy families.

It was probably built by mistake and had to tear it down

at times tearing it down is far cheaper than the remodel

@LoadingKlip "Help I accidentally built a house, I need someone to tear it down"

that was i thought sad

Some people don’t know how to run a business. Or most likely taxed into oblivion.

You getting charged per load? We get charged per pound. So time is money. Ain't spending all day fitting things in like tettris. Make one or two extra trips. Diesel is cheaper than the man hours.

Yes, I agree with you!

Let me see your 🐓

Razed, which ironically is the opposite of raised.

Agree 100%!

@@marks6663 you are correct, my bad.

Had to make room for a dollar general

who says it is not being salvaged? they will likely take it to a recycler.

Pk no no salí suya como yo digo yo come supote grande 🌎

When I was very small, I had an excavator destroy solid flooring just a few feet away from me. That made me realize just how powerful they are.

When I was very small, I had an excavator destroy solid flooring just a few feet away from me. That made me realize just how powerful they are.

You're so eco-friendly and smart 😱😍That's so inclusive of you to admire the metal shelves purpose so they don't feel left out! 🥰 We need more people like you in the world ❤

@@chad_usa dude your hilarious man i can't lie. Try being a comedian one day, might work out for you.

@@spinoraptorspinosaurus6969 That sarcasm was comedy gold!! 😍🤣🤯

@@chad_usa 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

@@chad_usa We've been trying to reach you about your car's extended warranty

Almost as if they were well made and could have been used by someone else. Maybe that glass would have lasted, you know, afew more years ? ( lol ). Maybe the glass had reached its expiry date though. Glass lasts afew years and then it returns back to sand, right ? -_- ... x_x

@@LORFCASTER guess the issue with glass is finding someone who wants it with the EXACT same dimensions and frame type. Cant just cut glass simply too just ends up being cheaper to break and make a new one

Well the thing is, "bad shape" is only one of the conditions that can be a reason to demolish a building. Another one is: "Someone buyed the land and the building and decided to demolish it to build a new building on the same place" Could me a bigger store, or something else.

@@JackMacLupus most of the time, it is more cost effective to demo an existing building vs retro fitting it to meet requirements of its new purpose. for example retro fitting an old gas station/service station is fools errand, easier faster to knock it down start over

Buildings was very weak though

It wasn't anything special either.

Its barely a building tbf, American cardboard shack.

Yeah here in America we’re pretty fucking retarded. Consumerism is king here. The earth is an infinite resource to us.

Yes, that's the correct way to do it.

And recycle all metal and glass so they'd be all reused?

Ich stimme zu, mein Freund. Das gesamte Glas und Metall sollte recycelt werden.

Yes correct way 😊

Awfully nice of you...

this was my thoughts also as we here in Finland also have to put separate materials, at least steel, stones, wood etc.

It is astonishing to see how the US is 25+ years behind when it comes to environmental concerns, recycling, etc. In many ways they are on par with developing countries.

Perhaps it's worse than developing countries because they pretend they know so much, and yet are hypocritical.

The roof sits on the walls

@@gregwaters7830 I understand that, but there are still three other walls that was holding the roof up after the front wall came down. I was slightly surprised that the roof was not rigid enough to remain up with one out of four supports removed.

@@DownundaThundaif the roof stayed up with an entire wall missing that means it was overdesigned. These buildings are a dime a dozen and don’t need that level of engineering. There’s no reason to make a roof that rigid since normal use of the building would have all the walls present.

Made in china

They are built to legal standards for the area they are in. Why would I want to spend an extra $100,000 to make my building more bulldozer-proof if I don't have to?

If you think the US has fragile structures then you should look at japan....

Porque foi demolido ?

@@marcelosrn4805 I don't know for sure but there was another gas station built just down the street a few years ago and this one probably just wasn't profitable anymore.

Where exactly is this? CA?

Same with me. In fact, I used to live in that part of town and shopped there as well. I bet that Maveric put them out of business. Corner of Argonne and Trent. Also used to go to that Taco Time all the time!

your comment helped me find the location on google maps. street view shows the store when it was still open. @@gamz4fun2

Cost of disposal is the primary determining factor. Scrap metal has value and is usually sold to a scrap dealer. Mixed demolition waste is very expensive to dispose of. Paying demolition waste rates to get rid of valuable steel doesn't make sense, so the easy to pick or significant chunks of steel are always plucked out. Most demolition companies don't process their waste any further then they do on site. Typically a third party waste removal company will be hired to remove and dispose of the waste from the site (what they do with after that is a whole other discussion). Some demolition companies will spend more time tearing down the building and more thoroughly sorting the debris as they go(concrete/brick, Wood, Metals, etc). More common on very large building demolitions where the disposal cost to just send it all mixed would be astronomical. Some even go as far as deconstructing certain parts of the buildings and saving things like windows, doors, fixtures, etc to resale or donate. Its ultimately a numbers game for the owner and/or demolition company.

Да там помимо этого куча полезного материала была. А они бездумно все сгребли

yes yes that i was thinking, super sad.

The new owner is building something completely bespoke to their operation. These retail buildings are designed to last only 30 years or so and are cheap to demo and build.

​@@GrammarPoliceInvestigationslearnt a new word...nice

In my opinion, buildings in general should last a lifetime, although they should be easy to remodel when desired.@@GrammarPoliceInvestigations

Yeah if you live in a grocery store

It's not that the buyers didn't know it's that they didn't care not even a part of the commenters care

lmao sprav buddy you're not above everyone for knowing what a shelf is used for calm down

@@Snuggle5557 Lmao patent pending grocery store house shelves

There is also a computer chair and a clock that could have been salvaged. The shelves could be used in a garage to store stuff....or bought by someone who owns their own small mom and pop store.

Damn I felt that

I'll admit that I was surprised by how easy it was to bring down. Once he grabbed a hold of that big beam at the front, it was over. You'd think the structure would be stronger than that.

Architect sweating blood yeah sure 🤣😂

As an MEP engineer, I feel the same way too.

I agree I mean those cctv cameras would be been good to salvage

@@wolfblade5949 Yep! Even those outdoor wall pack lights if they were LED....

@@REWYRED yep

​@@wolfblade5949not worth it

​@@wolfblade5949not worth it

Very funny scene!🤣

Problem would be recovery of the camera. Once the roof is damaged, it would be too dangerous to enter the building, so they would have to manually sift through the debris to find it. There's also no garuntee that the camera won't just be destroyed by the excavator as it does it's work.

He said they stripped the building pretty much of anything.

Haha, you're completely right! I gotta pay attention to those things!

@@HomeWreckerBrianSince you were witty and engaging, I think we can let it slide - this time!

It keeps the economy running.

​@@mikibihon8826only the obsolete and selfish part of the human society still thinks like that.

Tearing an old unused building isn’t wasteful

@@jrm2383exactly but leaving it there is a waste

do it! go to school and learn

@@MrMinecraft169 LOL, at 77?

@@mrknotthallIt’s not you exactly, that’s breaking the building, all you’re doing is controlling, turn the machine with the knobs or whatever they’re called and another to make the machine break the building.

They were at its last legs working 24/7/365x25

not sure if that wallpack on the right hand wall of the building was LED. though i would of saved it before the demo anyways.

Maybe the owner needs something different. All this hand wringing about a 30 year old building

Ye

Try cardboard.

Thanks, buddy. I hope you like it.

@@HomeWreckerBrian Thanks man, really enjoyed this one. From the puns to the water line busting, this was not short of action! Perfect times to speed things up too, appreciate that a lot!

lemme guess, you couldve hand stripped that building in a quarter of the time, salvaged every screw, washer, piece of wire and metal and cleaned up the debris

No its not

Well if you could pay someone to strip all materials that could practically be reused you'd spend as much on labor as you would recoup from the effort. Plus this demolition is probably on a time schedule so you don't have a month to fool around doing that. Besides other than the metal you're not going to get much value from used building materials from these cheaply constructed buildings. I would assume these demo projects are more profitable the less time you take for each job and move on to the next one.

All these people wanting to save this stuff, it would take weeks to strip it all down. Who’s going to pay for it?

Glad you enjoyed it!

​@@HomeWreckerBrian😂 criag

Exactly. I'm homeless in my car watching this. I would've loved to turn that manager's office into a bedroom and build a shower somewhere. I'd finally be able to function like a human being again and hold down a full-time job.

@@Network126 I wish you the best, buddy. Keep working hard to get out of this hole you’re in.

Djkyou 🌹😘😘❤❤❤ are you single how old you are

Lmfao. Yeah tell the new land owner that. Or the city that has deemed this building unsafe or didn’t follow building code and fixes cost too much. lol ooorrr get a job and buy yourself a house. Bum little liberals.

🙄right. The owner is going to sacrifice hundreds of thousands of dollars, and go bankrupt

Glad you enjoyed it!