Path of ChangeStarting Deconstruction in a state that has none.

Path of ChangeConstructive

Dissatisfaction1998

• Belief of Change

1998-1999

• Credible Vision

• 2000

• Practical First Steps

• 2001-2007

• Manage Losses

2007-2015

• Active Practice

2014-2015

• Institutionalize to Make it Last 2016

We Are Here ?

• What ? You are going to build a neighborhood School and in the process demolish 60 historic largly owner occupied homes ?

• New Haven, Ct.

• 1998

ConstructiveDissatisfaction

• Oh, in other parts of the country houses are deconstructed ?

• 1998-1999

Belief of Change

Hey city and or state, you’ll do a decon pilot project, right ?

First significant deconstruction in Ct., 2012

• Write “ A Plan for a Waste Diversion Business”

• Graduate project, 2000

• Credible Vision

Not only building materials

•Take unrelated job after grad school

•Write decon specs into landuse plans

•Look for outside deconstruction opportunities

• Try to develop a pilot project

• Take deconstruction training course

• 2001-2007• Quit full time job,

find financing to start, end of 2007

• Practical First Steps

• Start as LLC partnership, no warehouse, one truck, first months rent; end of 2007

• Engage in trainings and other experiments, Decon pilot project, 2012

• Marketing in underdeveloped market

• Work at loss to demonstrate potential

• 2007-2014

• Manage Losses

• Work at obtaining license 2007-2014

• Obtain license Nov. 2014

• Stop experimental subsidized trainings

• Active full deconstruction begins 2015

• Debt Management !

• Materials Management !

• Active Practice

• Be an alternative to demolition “as is”

• Become Benefit Corporation ? Not for Profit ?

• Outside Investment in infrastructure ?

• How in hades do we payoff the debt ? 2016

• Institutionalize to Make it Last

How much potential deconstruction in Ct.? Residential – recently

Westport alone had over 100 tear downs a year.

potentially 3,000 buildings per year

Most of the buildings we get are historic

Deconstruction -what is happening now?

Urbanminers has fully deconstructed six houses, three barns and numerous sheds.

We have partially deconstructed or soft stripped 100’s.

Only company using a demo license for decon in state

We have a 9,000 sq ft retail store and a deconstruction crew.

Urbanminers.com203-287-0852 30 Manila Avenue

Hamden, Ct. 06514