After delays that threatened to push the project into 2021, the City of New Orleans announced on Jan. 17 that the partially collapsed structure of the unfinished, 18-story Hard Rock Hotel will be brought down in a controlled demolition in late March, under a new plan to be submitted by demolition contractor D.H. Griffin Cos.

Developers disagreed with a city assessment that they were pushing back the demolition date.

When the under-construction Hard Rock Hotel in New Orleans partially collapsed on Oct. 12, the initial response was one of search and rescue, as well as a dramatic effort to secure the site that led to the controlled demolition of two tower cranes.

The span was shut down twice in five years, once for its too-bouncy design, but its rebuild now aims for a lasting solution

Two unstable tower cranes at the site of the New Orleans Hard Rock Hotel collapse were brought down on Oct. 20 in a controlled demolition, but work to stabilize the structure is far from over.

Utility has closed five power plants since 2012, with two planned by 2030

Full-service recycling and demolition contractor Cherry Cos. has been named ENR Texas & Louisiana's 2019 Specialty Contractor of the Year. The Houston-based firm has been family-owned and operated since 1952, and is one of the largest recyclers in Texas and Gulf Coast, recycling more than 2 million tons of concrete and asphalt, and thousands of tons of steel every year.

The District of Columbia is looking for a contractor to decommission and demolish RFK Stadium, a sports venue that has served the city for nearly 60 years.

Nearly 50 years after debuting as a new standard for passenger aviation facilities, Terminal A at Kansas City International Airport is being cleared to make way for a $1.5-billion terminal being developed as a public-private partnership by Edgemoor Construction and Real Estate, an affiliate of Bethesda, Md.-based Clark Construction.