During the summer months, Rakowski and Wilson Excavating demolished five elevators across Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Four of the elevators were of wood construction, standing roughly 100 feet in height. The last elevator was a...
Delsan contracted Rakowski and DST Consulting Engineers to handle the implosion of several structures during the demolition of the Abitibi Bowater paper mill. The project included a 250 foot smokestack, 200 foot recovery boiler and...
B. Curry and Sons retained Rakowski to topple the winch house with explosives. Over 180 feet tall and 300 feet long, the building consisted of a steel structure and heavy concrete piers. After two weeks of preparation the building was...
The arena, once home to the Winnipeg Jets NHL team, took five months to demolish with the main arena section of the building coming down with explosives. Over 5,000 tons of scrap was processed on-site and hauled away....
The demolition involved the recovery of several mill assets, including strip vessels and ball mills that could only be recovered as the demolition progressed. The final phase included the explosive demolition of ore bins. Over 4,000...
Explosive demolition of a steel tressel bridge crossing the Red River. The bridge consisted of three spans 150-210-150 access roads were constructed from the shore to each pier leaving the center river channel open. The bridge was...
Remediation and demolition of a 11 story inland grain terminal. The project involved the remediation of asbestos, PCB and contaminated soils from the site. The main terminal building was prepared for explosive demolition and detonated Oc...
Project involved the demolition of two headframes and the associated hoist rooms. Both included extensive asbestos remediation and environmental cleanup. The structures with a height of over 200 feet successfully brought to the ground wi...
Project involved numerous structures such as the headframe, mill building, administrative offices, stores, load-out structures. Extensive asbestos abatement was complete with a combination of Rakowski crew and subcontracts with Western I...
