Cambria Contracting and the Electric Operations Center

On its way to becoming North America's premiere demolition contractor, Cambria Contracting has taken many demolition projects and made them impressive successes. As part of our ongoing blog series giving in-depth perspective to Cambria Contracting's past projects we invite you to come with us as we relive the great memories we have of the Rochester Gas and Electric Operations Center.

A sprawling 250,000 square foot, multi-story concrete and steel operation center, this particular project had it all. For starter's the building was filled with asbestos products, a Cambria Contracting specialty. There was asbestos in the pipes, caulking, mastic, floor tile, the roofing and even the vessel coverings. Normally, that laundry list of asbestos contaminant would leave lesser companies heading for the hills. However, the list for Cambria Contracting was just beginning.

Adding on to the miles of asbestos abatement needed, the plant had also compromised the materials of the structure as well as some of the surrounding soils. This PCB remediation was not limited to just soil and concrete alone, but transformers, oils, instrumentation controls, mercury switches, universal waste lights, bulbs, and ballast tanks as well. This process was time consuming and certainly required the expertise of Cambria Contracting, but it was not anything beyond the scope of possibilities.

After all of the hazardous had been disposed of properly, Cambria Contracting still had the monumental task of actually taking down the structure. This took months and required almost all of the industrial equipment Cambria Contracting owns. However, at the end of the project the DEC came in and gave Cambria Contracting the ok, and the Rochest Gas and Electric Operations Center was no more.