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DeConstruction Services, LLC based in Fairfax, VA is an environmental company that specializes in the disassembly of residential and small commercial buildings throughout the Washington, DC metropolitan area.  It assists the building owners in donating the salvaged material to nonprofit organizations that sell it for drastically reduced prices to re-modelers, landlords, and homeowners of all income levels for renovation and economic development needs.  In the process, DeConstruction Services, LLC seeks to recycle or reclaim for reuse approximately 80% of the structure, save the property owner expensive debris hauling and disposal costs, provide trade skills and permanent employment for at-risk workers, and enable the donors to earn a significant tax deduction for their donations.

Corporate mission
The company’s mission is to maximize the amount of used building materials recycled or salvaged for use in order to save dwindling landfill space, natural resources, embodied energy, and the creation of additional greenhouse gases.   

What is deconstruction? 
The systematic disassembly of a structure in order to maximize the recycling and reuse of the resulting used building materials (read detailed description of our process).

Who might be interested in deconstruction?

• Those interested in deconstruction for environmental or cost-savings reasons include:
• Present homeowners seeking to expand their current residence
• Purchasers of a property that wish it cleared so they can build a new house on the site
• Builders bidding on a contract with a homeowner to perform a remodeling project or new construction and seeking a competitive advantage by lowering their hauling and disposal costs and providing the owner with a tax benefit
• Speculative builders seeking to lower their hauling and disposal costs, and perhaps earn a tax benefit, for the take-down of a structure on property they intend to erect a new residence

What are the benefits of deconstruction?

• Makes available used building materials at greatly reduced prices to homeowners, re-modelers, landlords, and rental management companies
• Recycles unusable building materials into mulch, aggregate fill, and reusable metal
• Reduces need for construction & demolition (C&D) landfill space
• Saves natural resources and embodied energy contained within the reclaimed materials
• Reduces greenhouse gas emission 
• Creates new, stable jobs in an growing “green collar” industry
• Produces revenues for nonprofit retail warehouses to use on behalf of their missions
• Generates substantial tax deductions for the property owner
• Performs a structure’s take-down in a manner that is both more environmentally friendly and cost-competitive with traditional demolition

What are the categories of deconstruction services? 
         Whole house disassembly and take-down view examples
         Major renovation (expansion upward or outward) view examples
         Skim (removal of most valuable materials prior to the structure being demolished) view examples

Who performs deconstruction services in the DC Metro area? 
DeConstruction Services, LLC is the only company in the Metro area providing full house and partial deconstruction of residential and commercial buildings on a full-time basis