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Deconstructioninstitute.com provides educational materials, tools and techniques, networking, case studies, articles, facts about the environmental impacts of deconstructing, and many other downloadable and interactive modules. Where to start? Begin with The Learning Center below.

THE LEARNING CENTER
The Learning Center Deconstruction is an alternative to demolition and landfilling and combines the salvage and recovery of building materials for creative reuse and recycling. Deconstruction is defined as "the process of removing a building by taking it apart in the reverse order of construction." Visit our Learning Center to find out more!
 
BENEFIT CALCULATOR
Benefit Calculator Find out how a deconstruction project can save money and environmental resources. The interactive benefits calculator allows you to measure impacts to your project against a "typical" home. Lots of "factoids" are included in this section. Click here to go to the Calculator.
 
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DNC Deconstruction with ReSource Boulder
DNC Deconstruction with ReSource Boulder Category: Events and News
Posted by CRC on Aug 14, 2008 | 82 Reads

Photo of Shaun LaBarre, Deconstruction Professional and Manager at ReSource (www.resourceyard.org).  As published in the August 10, 2008, Daily Camera (Boulder, Colorado Newspaper) Building materials recovery program to salvage wood from convention s...

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Cannon Salvage Ensures Show Will Go On For Historic Opera House
Cannon Salvage Ensures Show Will Go On For Historic Opera House Category: Events and News
Posted by xxcann on Jul 30, 2008 | 144 Reads

Cannon Salvage, Inc. has completed the wood reclamation for the historic Brown’s Grand Opera House and Theater in downtown Lebanon, Indiana. “We are proud to have been selected to help with this important project,” said Kyle Clifton, Genera...

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Store Layout Considerations
Category: Stores
Posted by renewsalvage on Mar 25, 2007 | 1258 Reads

A retail store selling modern used building materials is really in the business of moving many items as little as possible. Items should be easy to view and attractively labeled/priced, but at the end of the day good layout makes for happy sales staff and cus...

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Category: Contracts
Posted by dkozul on Oct 16, 2006 | 2025 Reads

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