MMPI has hired the joint venture of Minority Business Solutions (MBS) and North Coast Minority Media LLC (NCMM) to serve as the Compliance Monitoring Coordinator for SBE and Workforce Utilization team during the construction of the project. MMPI, in cooperation with Turner Construction, Cuyahoga County, and the City of Cleveland, created a scope of work and a request for proposals.

With the 100-day no lost time worker safety milestone approaching on Friday, crews working on Cleveland Medical Mart & Convention Center have passed the 95% mark on demolition of the old Convention Center. The East Stair Tower and Loading Dock Connection at Lakeside Avenue are the lone remaining areas for demolition north of Lakeside Avenue and are slated for demolition within the next week. Interior demolition continues in the existing Exhibit Halls C and D on the lower level with more than 90% of the demolition completed. On the south side of Lakeside Avenue, the Mall B rooftop demolition has passed the 95% mark while continued demolition of the topping slab is 75% completed.

Among the rubble, dirt paths and dump trucks, more than 200 construction workers perform the challenging, yet crucial, services of asbestos abatement and selective demolition in the heart of downtown Cleveland.

About 110 of those hard-working men and women are from Precision Environmental Company, a DiGeronimo Company that provides abatement and specialty construction services in various markets. Since January 3, 2011, Precision has been laying the foundation work of the world’s only facility targeted specifically to the medical and healthcare marketplace, Cleveland Medical Mart & Convention Center (Cleveland MMCC).

Instead of using stone tools, these modern-day mound-builders operate backhoes, cranes and 100 trucks, the latter of which are loaded with concrete, soil or other materials that are hauled across downtown daily from the construction site of the Cleveland Medical Mart and Convention Center.

The demolition of the 113 Building was completed last weekend, the last structure of the five buildings scheduled for demolition on the West Block, located at the corner of St. Clair and Ontario. In three months, crews demolished the Justice Center parking deck, the Chicago Title and County Annex buildings, the Sportsmans Restaurant, and the 113 Building. Haul out activities will continue for the remainder of the week and foundation demolition is scheduled to begin next week.