Over the last few weeks, Precision has helped the senior technical education/shop class and teacher, Mike Foor, create the aesthetics of the car. The high school students built the body of the racecar following the derby regulations and drafted the artistic design for Precision to apply to the outside of the car.

Precision’s talented warehouse manager, Brian Berkey, created and applied the decals and paint with his graphic artist skills and the help of Neil Fazio, a vehicle/equipment painter, and Jeff Martin, Precision’s warehouse mechanic. Brian, Neil and Jeff followed the high school students’ design that included the Independence High School Blue Devils and Precision’s 25^th year logo on the blue background.

On Saturday, May 19, 2012, three classes from Independence High School will compete against other participants in the Suburban Cleveland division at the Gravity Racing Challenge, located at Derby Downs, Akron, Ohio. The class Precision sponsored is racing in the Super Stock Race, and will begin at 11 a.m. that day.  The winner of that race is the “Local Champion” and goes to the AASBD World Championship to race against the other “Local Champions”.

The annual AASBD is a youth racing program that started in 1934, and is a well-known Ohio family past-time, with many generations participating over the years. Derby car racing is also a DiGeronimo Family tradition that Precision continues through this sponsorship. Precision is an advocate for the Soap Box Derby’s goals, “to teach youngsters some of the basic skills of workmanship, the spirit of competition and the perseverance to continue a project once it has begun.”

We wish the Independence High School Senior Class the best of luck at the races! – Precision Team

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This year marks Precision Environmental's 25th year in operation serving Northeast Ohio and beyond as a top environmental and specialty construction services company. Precision commemorates its 25th anniversary by reflecting on the company's history and thanking the influential individuals who have contributed to the many successes over the past 25 years.

Throughout the course of this year, Precision will take several opportunities to commemorate this milestone in the community and with its employees, customers and vendors. The DiGeronimo Family founded Precision Environmental in 1987, as a tool for Independence Excavating to perform asbestos abatement as part of civil and demolition projects. Precision has evolved to position itself today as an industry leader by utilizing its industrial construction knowledge and ingraining the DiGeronimo Company Core Values of Safety, Quality Workmanship, Innovation, Respect, Loyalty & Commitment, and Integrity, into everything the company does.

The foundation Precision's first visionaries built in 1987, continues to this day, and allows Precision to celebrate its 25th year as a more than 200-person strong operation serving major construction projects and the ongoing facility operations of its clientele. It is a credit to all of Precision's hard-working, dedicated team members that they are able to perform the multitude of services for projects of all sizes and industries.

Precision thanks everyone who has contributed to the success of our company for the past 25 years, and looks forward to the next 25 years in business.

Precision has made tremendous progress in the recent months and proved our professionals are essential in providing a variety of services to complete the challenging jobs efficiently and safely. The casino job has demanded the majority of Precision's major services thus far, including asbestos abatement, selective demolition, floor remediation, concrete removal and replacement and structural removal.

Precision is able to provide all specialized services and techniques and adapt to the casino's needs to perform the interior cleaning and demolition. For instance, as Precision's demolition team worked alongside the contractors installing the wall structures for the poker room and executive offices on the third floor, they could not use conventional machinery to remove debris. Instead, our crews utilized the Power Buggy to fit into the tight spaces and limit the noise and exhaust to remove the materials, without disturbing the nearby operations.

To date, Precision has removed eight stairwells, 10 escalators and all the windows within the basement and first four floors of the Higbee Building. The demolition team has gutted the interior floors and mechanical elements to facilitate further construction of the walls and additional stairwells. Precision ProCut has cut several openings in the concrete to place the new stairwells and pour the new concrete to form the new platforms and interior structures.

Precision's work is laying the foundation for four floors of the Phase 1 Casino and an additional floor for storage. The casino layout plan includes the basement as the buffets and upscale dining floor, the first floor for slot machines and games, and the second and third floors for poker rooms and executive offices.

Precision has completed a majority of the asbestos abatement services within the first few months of construction, however, they are performing ongoing abatement services as needed when they encounter more materials that may hinder demolition. In total, we have had at most 40 Precision professionals working at the casino jobsite at one time since the project began in January 2011. Currently, there are two shifts and 20 Precision crew members performing the interior demolition and cutting services.

The demolition team is expected to continue working until December 2011, under the $1,044,000.00 contract for Whiting Turner. The Cleveland Casino is a true testament to Precision’s unique capabilities to provide customized solutions and adjust to the projects’ needs. We will continue to support the Higbee Building transformation in the upcoming months, and look forward to experiencing the results of Precision’s hard work.

Great job to our project team for making it happen!

Precision will have a booth at the Expo with more information on our company and services, in addition to our project managers, Matt Marcum and Joe DiGeronimo, presenting a seminar on Ground Penetrating Radar at 9:45 a.m. Precision is also one of the event's local sponsors.

The seminar, "Ground Penetrating Radar for Concrete Inspection," will explain GPR and its uses for identifying targets embedded in concrete. The presentation will include examples of how to use GPR, its advantages, drawbacks and more.

The Facilities Maintenance & Building Expo is a regional trade show with exhibits or products and services for operating & maintaining industrial plant, commercial building, municipality and institutions.There will be more than 35 industry-related companies joining Precision as exhibitors throughout the day. This is free and open to the public to walk through and attend the four seminars this year.

Event Details:   

WHAT: 2011 Cleveland Facilities Maintenance & Building Expo

WHEN: Thursday, September, 29, 2011, 9 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

WHERE: LaCentre Conference & Banquet Facility, 25777 Detroit Road, Westlake, OH 44145

COST: Free

The Cleveland Sight Center building, located on East 101st Street in Cleveland, needed a complete renovation to better serve the visually impaired and blind residents of Northeast Ohio. The Sight Center has been in that location since the mid-1960s, as its third home since the organization was established in 1906.

The general contractor, Albert M. Higley Company, was hired to manage the overall $9.8 million renovation, which included major interior reconstruction and some exterior repairs. Starting in June 2011, they hired Precision Environmental as the subcontractor to perform asbestos abatement and selective demolition of the entire building. After abating, the building required all interior to be gutted and exterior reconstruction.

While approaching the end of the project, Precision finished the job within the budget of $357,000, and on time in a little less than three months. The entire project is expected to finish next year, when the transformed facility can better provide for nearly 10,000 clients in Northeast Ohio.

The Giant Eagle needed the rooftop cupola and siding repaired as soon as possible to enable the store to regain power and open again. Precision ProCut received an emergency response call that day from general contracting company, FMS Construction, and traveled to the site immediately to assess the damage.

ProCut’s Project Manager, Matt Marcum, led the disaster recovery team to remove the 35-foot by 35-foot roof in one piece. ProCut was able to safely remove the damaged roof for the construction to begin on Giant Eagle’s new roof.

The Chesterland town and the safety first-responders, including the fire marshal, police and other local officials, all actively responded to the scene and observed ProCut remove the roof. They thanked the ProCut team for completing the tough job within a short time. The structural removal job was a unique challenge, but also a rewarding and noteworthy accomplishment for our ProCut team.

Here’s a video of ProCut removing the Giant Eagle roof, from the news-herald.com: http://www.news-herald.com/articles/2011/08/25/news/doc4e56a7aa4ea1f822270300.txt

Photo Credit: www.cleveland.com: http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2011/08/national_weather_service_says_1.html

As a subcontractor to the Adamo Group, Precision is contributing to the third and final phase that involves converting the former arena into a ballroom and kitchen to facilitate Convention Center and Joe Louis Arena construction. Cobo Arena’s 40,000 square foot ballroom will be renovated to support meeting, pre-function and back-of-house spaces.

Precision is removing 47,300 square feet of ceiling plaster, 40,000 of which is elevated 90 feet above the arena floor. The abatement also includes removal of 3,895 fittings in each room, 27,000 square feet of duct, 9,200 bulbs and 4,600 ballasts.

Owner, Detroit Regional Convention Authority, expects the reinvention of Metro Detroit’s convention facility to finish by November 2011. After the expansion project, the Cobo Center with have an additional 150,000 square feet of meeting and show floor space and more opportunities to host multiple and larger world events.

The building was built in 1966 to original serve as a hotel in Athens, Ohio. OU purchased it in 2001 and transformed the building into a large residence hall to accommodate larger suites for student living, an OU student dining hall and other amenities.

Precision Environmental was awarded the project via a public bid job to perform the asbestos abatement and selective demolition services. The next day after OU commencement in June, Precision started working diligently to abate the asbestos materials in the walls and floors of the selected areas. The project required Precision’s skilled abatement professionals to scrape the popcorn ceiling on each floor to ensure all hazardous materials were removed before demolition could begin.

Precision also performed selective demolition of four dorm rooms with drywall and popcorn tile texture to set the stage for renovations. Within less than a month, Precision completed their phase to allow the remaining renovation project to continue smoothly. Precision was proud to contribute to a major part of Ohio University’s residence community, and complete its first successful job on the Athens campus.

Photo Credit: http://www.facilities.ohiou.edu/housing/rs/halls/view_profile.php?hall=BROM

Precision Environmental was hired as a subcontractor to Snavely Construction to complete the two-phase project that required Precision’s expertise in selective demolition and asbestos abatement services.

The skilled demolition team removed debris and interior components from the former apartment units and hallways. Due to the conditions, each floor was performed using limited equipment means. Debris was loaded into carts and out windows onto a platform where it was hauled away using an extended reach forklift.

Precision recently completed the second phase of the project, finishing their portion of the selective demolition job. Precision’s contributions were worth the challenging work to support the renovation of an apartment building for senior citizens in Toledo.