Asbestos Removal
We handle asbestos removal and abatement for homes and commercial buildings across Northern California. Work runs under sealed containment with negative air machines, and the waste goes to a landfill approved to take it.
Commercial demolition takes a whole building down and clears the debris off the site. Central Valley jobs run from Modesto up through building demolition in Stockton and out to Sacramento. We cover the Bay Area and the Peninsula as well.
Riverbank Environmental and Demolition has been a family company since 1967. It started as a homebuilder, and the work later moved into flooring. Today the company works in environmental and demolition, under CSLB #247684 and CAL OSHA #507. Property owners and general contractors hire us as their demolition contractor for commercial property.
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We take down retail buildings, small office buildings, warehouses and ag structures. Light industrial buildings and older commercial shells come down the same way. Stripping a tenant space inside a building that stays standing is interior demolition, covered on its own page. Whole building demolition means the structure and the slab both go.
Buildings up to two or three stories are our sweet spot. That size covers most storefronts, small offices, warehouses and shop buildings. Structural demolition and concrete demolition run together, so slabs and footings come out too. Taller buildings need high reach machines, so we bring in partner companies for high-reach work.
Hazardous material comes out of the building first. Federal rules require an asbestos survey before a commercial building is demolished. A certified asbestos consultant collects the samples and writes the report. Once that report is in, we handle the asbestos abatement before the teardown starts.
Utilities get cut and capped before any machine touches the building. Power, gas, water and sewer all have to be dead first. Full demolition takes the whole structure down, and selective demolition removes only part of it. Sorted loads leave the site, and the concrete and steel go to recyclers.
Most jobs need a demolition permit from the city or county building department. California air districts also require written notice before a commercial building comes down. That notice runs ten working days ahead in the Valley and the Bay Area. We plan that lead time into the schedule with your other trades.
General contractors and developers get a footprint cleared of debris at handoff. We set our dates around the trades that follow us on site. Jobs run from the Central Valley out to commercial demolition in Oakland and the rest of the Bay Area. Call (209) 652-9206 with the address and the building type.
Free, no-obligation estimates across the Central Valley, the Bay Area and Sacramento.
(209) 652-9206From the first call to the last load hauled off, here is exactly how it goes.
Tell us what needs to come down or come out, and where the property is. You talk to the people who run the work, not a call center.
We walk the job, check access and materials, and flag anything that needs an asbestos survey first. The estimate is free and it holds.
Demolition permits, air district notifications, utility disconnects: we handle the paperwork phase and tell you what the schedule looks like.
The crew does the work, debris gets hauled to the right facilities, and you get a site that is ready for whatever comes next.
Common questions about commercial demolition across the Central Valley, the Bay Area and Sacramento. If yours is not here, call and ask.
We handle asbestos removal and abatement for homes and commercial buildings across Northern California. Work runs under sealed containment with negative air machines, and the waste goes to a landfill approved to take it.
We handle residential demolition across Northern California. That covers whole houses, garages, sheds, and mobile homes. Work starts with an asbestos survey and permits, then the teardown and haul-off. A family company since 1967.
Interior demolition for remodels and tenant improvements across the Central Valley and Bay Area. We gut spaces down to the studs and hand back a clean shell your builder can start in.
We break out and haul away old concrete. Driveways, garage slabs, patios, walkways, foundations and footings all come out the same way. Broken concrete goes to a recycling yard and gets crushed into base rock.
Fire damage cleanup starts once the fire is out and the building is cold. We take down burned structures and haul the debris to permitted disposal sites. The lot is left clear for your rebuild contractor.
Land clearing for overgrown lots across the Central Valley, Bay Area, Sacramento, and Santa Cruz. We cut back brush and growth, then haul the debris and old fencing off the lot.
Asbestos is where demolition jobs go sideways. We carry CSLB #247684 and CAL OSHA #507, so the abatement and the teardown run under one contractor instead of two schedules.
The company started as a homebuilder in 1967. Decades of flooring work came next, and demolition grew out of it. The same family still runs the company.
We cover the Central Valley, the Bay Area, Sacramento and Santa Cruz. Modesto, Stockton, San Jose, San Francisco and the cities between them are all regular runs.
We price after looking at the building, the access and the survey. You get a real number before work starts, and the paperwork for every load when it ends.
How much does concrete removal cost in California? Published price ranges by project type, local landfill fees and weight math for a typical slab.
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Do you need a permit to demolish a building in California? What the building department, the air district and the utilities require before a teardown.
Read more →A building that needs to come down, a space to gut, asbestos in the survey, or a fire to clean up after? Call or send the form. We look at the property, price the job in person, and give you a number that holds. Estimates are free.
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