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Industry | Demolition/Decontamination |
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Founded | 1964 |
Founder | John Adamo Sr. |
Headquarters | Detroit, Michigan |
Key people | Richard Adamo (President)
Rick Cuppetilli (Chief Financial Officer) |
Revenue | $48 million (2015) |
Number of employees | 75 (2013) |
Website |
www |
Adamo Demolition (Adamo Group) is a Detroit-based asbestos remediation and demolition company founded in 1964 that specializes in industrial projects. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
They have demolished many well-known, major structures such as: Georgia Dome, Park Avenue Hotel, Pontiac Silverdome, Northville Psychiatric Hospital, and the Riverwalk Hotel. [6] [7] [8] They have also controversially demolished many buildings considered historically significant such as the Lafayette Building and Madison-Lenox Hotel. In 1978, the company won a case in the United States Supreme Court that led to reformed NESHAP regulations. [9]
On December 2, 2015, Adamo Group's president and CEO, John Adamo Jr., was killed in an accident while overseeing an Ohio demolition project. He was 57. [10] [11]
By 2019, Adamo Group had demolished 3,397 buildings for the city of Detroit, earning over $56 million. [12]
Adamo Group was a suspect in an FBI investigation into corruption involving Detroit City demolition officials and contractors in the city's blight-removal program; [13] the report determined that no rules in bid selection were infringed, but that their closed-door meeting practices "lacked fairness, openness, and transparency." [14] They later were suspended for 90 days from bidding on Detroit demolition contracts, and again received negative publicity in association with the blight-removal program again when they accidentally demolished a house neighboring their intended project. [15] [16]
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Industry | Demolition/Decontamination |
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Founded | 1964 |
Founder | John Adamo Sr. |
Headquarters | Detroit, Michigan |
Key people | Richard Adamo (President)
Rick Cuppetilli (Chief Financial Officer) |
Revenue | $48 million (2015) |
Number of employees | 75 (2013) |
Website |
www |
Adamo Demolition (Adamo Group) is a Detroit-based asbestos remediation and demolition company founded in 1964 that specializes in industrial projects. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
They have demolished many well-known, major structures such as: Georgia Dome, Park Avenue Hotel, Pontiac Silverdome, Northville Psychiatric Hospital, and the Riverwalk Hotel. [6] [7] [8] They have also controversially demolished many buildings considered historically significant such as the Lafayette Building and Madison-Lenox Hotel. In 1978, the company won a case in the United States Supreme Court that led to reformed NESHAP regulations. [9]
On December 2, 2015, Adamo Group's president and CEO, John Adamo Jr., was killed in an accident while overseeing an Ohio demolition project. He was 57. [10] [11]
By 2019, Adamo Group had demolished 3,397 buildings for the city of Detroit, earning over $56 million. [12]
Adamo Group was a suspect in an FBI investigation into corruption involving Detroit City demolition officials and contractors in the city's blight-removal program; [13] the report determined that no rules in bid selection were infringed, but that their closed-door meeting practices "lacked fairness, openness, and transparency." [14] They later were suspended for 90 days from bidding on Detroit demolition contracts, and again received negative publicity in association with the blight-removal program again when they accidentally demolished a house neighboring their intended project. [15] [16]