Parking garage moved and re-used. (C&D News).In an impressive logistical lo·gis·tic also lo·gis·ti·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to symbolic logic. 2. Of or relating to logistics. [Medieval Latin logisticus, of calculation feat, Spectrum Development Group and subcontractors working with the Eagan, Minn., company moved and re-used a 300,000 square feet parking garage. The nine-year-old parking deck, formerly located at Minneapolis/St. Paul Paul, 1901–64, king of the Hellenes (1947–64), brother and successor of George II. He married (1938) Princess Frederika of Brunswick. During Paul's reign Greece followed a pro-Western policy, and the Cyprus question was temporarily resolved. International Airport, was initially scheduled for demolition Demolition is the opposite of construction: the tearing-down of buildings and other structures. It contrasts with deconstruction, which is the taking down of a building while carefully preserving valuable elements for re-use. . "It seemed like an incredible waste to us to demolish de·mol·ish tr.v. de·mol·ished, de·mol·ish·ing, de·mol·ish·es 1. To tear down completely; raze. 2. To do away with completely; put an end to. 3. this concrete," notes Spectrum vice president Charlie Henrich. "And due to the nature of the pre-stressed concrete, it can be re-used; it doesn't age. The economics work, so why not?" The structure was disassembled and moved piece-by-piece four miles away to a 20-acre site near Interstate in·ter·state adj. Involving, existing between, or connecting two or more states. n. One of a system of highways extending between the major cities of the 48 contiguous United States. Noun 1. 494. Spectrum used the individual sections--which on average weighed 29 tons and measured 60 feet by 10 feet--to construct a second level parking area for a new office facility. Those involved in the project believe it to be the largest re-use of an existing structure in Minnesota, and perhaps the U.S. |
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