Demolition contractor software, shown on a fictional demolition company

Open the demo and you are inside Tumblewhit Demolition, a fictional demolition company running the real product: click anything, nothing changes.

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What works today for a demolition company, and what is not available yet

The demo's welcome card says the same. The names, people, jobs and prices in this demo are illustrative.

The demolition jobs in the demo

Each with what its estimate covers and how it is billed:

• Varga house teardown, 1,800 sf — House teardown, 1,800 sf, basement walls and backfill (Fixed Price)
  Job notes: The owners rebuild on the same lot; their builder needs a clean, compacted pad.
• Suite 200 office interior strip-out — Office strip-out to the shell, 4,200 sf (Fixed Price)
  Schedule: Interior strip-out → Walk-through with the general contractor.
  Daily log: “Started at the north end: ceiling grid, light fixtures and carpet out. Walked the scope sheet with the general contractor's superintendent.”
• Treadway detached garage demolition — Detached garage and slab removal (Fixed Price)
  Schedule: Demolition permit posted → Garage down and slab broken out → Final site clearance.
  Daily log: “Garage down and loaded out in one day. Slab broken out and hauled to the recycler; the alley is swept.”
• Nwosu driveway concrete removal — Driveway and front walk removal, time and materials (Time & Materials)
  Schedule: Break out the driveway and the front walk → Haul to the recycler and sweep.
  Daily log: “Broke out the driveway and the front walk with the skid steer and the breaker. Four loads to the recycler. The saw-cut line at the garage apron held.”
• Former auto shop demolition, 6,400 sf — Commercial structure demolition, slab and backfill, 6,400 sf (Fixed Price)
  Job notes: Masonry walls and a steel roof; the neighboring building shares the east property line.
  Schedule: Demolition permit pulled → Utility disconnects confirmed → Machines, fence and dust control in → Structure demolition and load-out → Slab break-out and recycling → Final site clearance.
• Brandvold barn salvage and removal — Barn salvage, demolition and site cleanup (Fixed Price)
  Job notes: The owners keep the hand-hewn beams and the cupola; the rest of the barn wood is salvaged.
  Schedule: Salvage the barn wood and beams → Barn down and load-out → Final site clearance.

Walk through one demolition job: Varga house teardown, 1,800 sf

Its schedule, in order:

1. Electric meter pulled
2. Gas meter removed and line capped
3. Water shut off at the curb
4. Utility disconnects confirmed
5. Demolition permit posted
6. Fence, silt fence and neighbor notices
7. Structure demolition and load-out
8. Foundation wall removal
9. Sewer cap inspection
10. Backfill and rough grade
11. Final site clearance

Change orders on this job: “Remove the backyard shed and two stumps”; “Remove buried oil tank”.

Purchase orders on this job: “Four 30 yard roll-off pulls, Varga”.

To-dos on this job: “Survey report received from the owners' consultant”; “Call the owners about CO-2, the oil tank”; “Book the sewer cap inspection”.

From its daily log:

• The gas company confirmed the line is cut and capped at the main. Electric meter gone, water off at the curb. A photo of each cap is on the job. Weather: Clear.
• Fence panels and silt fence up along the street. Walked both neighbors' foundation walls, the sidewalk and the curb with the owners and photographed the cracks that were already there. Weather: Partly cloudy.
• Structure down to the subfloor on the north half. Wood and mixed debris sorted into separate roll-offs; metal set aside for scrap. Hose on the dust all day. Weather: Sunny, light wind. Delays: Found a buried heating-oil tank by the back wall; CO-2 sent to the owners.

A demolition proposal in the demo: In-ground pool removal, break and fill

Tumblewhit Demolition sent it to a lead. The scope reads:

Drain the pool, break out the floor and the top of the walls, fill in lifts with clean fill and compact, then rough grade with topsoil. Break out the deck and haul it to the recycler.

The notes on that lead:

• Asked for a price to remove the pool and the deck around it
• Measured the pool and the deck; side-yard access for the skid steer
• Sent the proposal: break and fill, with full removal as an option

Other demolition leads in the demo

• Teardown for a rebuild: The builder has another lot on the same street and wants a teardown price before closing; Walked it: one-story ranch, about 1,400 sf, crawl space, detached carport
• Kitchen and bath gut: Remodeling the kitchen and both baths; wants the gut done before his contractor starts
• Two detached garage removals: Two rental houses with failing detached garages; asked for a price on both

What goes on a demolition estimate in the demo

From Tumblewhit Demolition's price list, without the prices:

• Demolition permit
• Utility disconnect coordination
• Temporary fence rental
• Silt fence
• Mobilization, per machine
• Teardown, wood frame, one story
• Detached garage removal
• Basement or foundation wall removal
• Slab removal, plain
• Driveway or patio removal
• Interior strip-out
• Soft strip and salvage, crew day
• Excavator with operator
• Skid steer with operator
• Hydraulic breaker rental
• Roll-off container pull, 20 yard
• Roll-off container pull, 30 yard
• Disposal, construction and demolition debris
• Concrete and masonry to the recycler
• Trucking, per load
• Fill and backfill
• Dust control, water and hoses
• Final cleanup and rough grade
• Laborer
• Tree removal

Demolition cost codes in the demo

Tumblewhit Demolition's own cost codes:

• General conditions
• Permits & notifications
• Surveys & testing
• Utility disconnects
• Hazmat abatement
• Refrigerant & universal waste
• Site protection / erosion
• Soft strip & salvage
• Interior demo
• Structural demo
• Foundation & slab
• Flatwork / paving
• Clearing / trees
• Pools / tanks / buried
• Mobilization
• Owned equipment
• Rented equipment
• Trucking
• Disposal C&D
• Concrete recycling
• Special waste
• Scrap & salvage credits
• Backfill / grade
• Dust control
• Restoration & cleanup
• Contingency / unforeseen

Questions about SelfConstruct for demolition work

Is there a demolition version of SelfConstruct?

Not as a separate product. Tumblewhit Demolition opens with the business type “Demolition”, so its menus are set for that trade. In a customer's company today, the menus are the same whatever the trade.

Can a demolition job be fixed price or time and materials?

Both are in the demo: Tumblewhit Demolition's “Varga house teardown, 1,800 sf” is a fixed-price job, and “Nwosu driveway concrete removal” is billed time and materials.

Does SelfConstruct have “Your own equipment fleet” for demolition companies yet?

Not yet. It is on the list the demo's welcome card shows under “Not available yet for your trade”.

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