Adamo Demolition

Adamo Group
IndustryDemolition/Decontamination
Founded1964
FounderJohn Adamo Sr.
HeadquartersDetroit, Michigan
Key people
Richard Adamo (President)

Rick Cuppetilli
(Executive Vice President)

Tim Gunn
(Chief Financial Officer)
Revenue$48 million (2015)
Number of employees
75 (2013)
Websitewww.adamogroup.com

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]

References

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