Learning Center

This section offers industry sponsored downloads. You will find technical training guides, interactive tools, safety guidelines, codes and regulations, and other educational support for the deconstruction and building materials reuse community.

Green Demolition Certification
File Type: Adobe PDF
File Size: 1010 KB

This Certification was created by Brad Guy of the University of Florida Center for Construction and Environment as a way to gain credits and certification for a "green" - environmentally sensitive - demolition or deconstruction.
Guide to Deconstruction
File Type: Adobe PDF
File Size: 2.18 MB

Brad Guy of the University of Florida Center for Construction and Environment wrote this guide to be used as a resource for training on deconstruction. It includes an overview of deconstruction, safety information, checklists, sample forms, and much more.

Basic Tools Necessary for Deconstruction
File Type: MS Word
File Size: 23 KB

This list of basic tools was comprised by the University of Florida Center for Construction and Environment to be used as a checklist when considering a deconstruction.

Weight Conversion Factors
File Type: Adobe PDF
File Size: 54 KB

These factors are provided by the University of Florida Center for Construction and Environment to help with estimating weights for diversion of building materials from deconstructions.

US Army Concepts for Reuse and Recycling of Construction and Demolition Waste
File Type: Adobe PDF
File Size: 589 KB

This report by the US Army Corps of Engineers presents an innovative approach to construction and demolition waste management. The current level of construction and demolition in the Army, and also any programs, regulations, or policies that may affect the level of construction in the future are addressed and provide the justification for increasing the level of recycling C&D waste on military installations.

Fall Protection Safety Information from OSHA
File Type: Adobe PDF
File Size: 177 KB

Falls are one of the most common forms of injury at a deconstruction site. OSHA provides some important fall safety information.

Fluorescent Lamp Disposal
File Type: MS Word
File Size: 21 KB

A list of places for fluorescent lamp disposal in southwest Florida.
Half Moon Bay City Ordinance for C&D waste disposal
File Type: Adobe PDF
File Size: 21 KB

This is a sample of a city ordinance for C&D waste disposal.