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Adamo Group
Industry Demolition/Decontamination Founded 1964 Founder John Adamo Sr. Headquarters
Detroit , Michigan Key people
Richard Adamo (President)
Rick Cuppetilli (Executive Vice President)
Tim Gunn (Chief Financial Officer) Revenue $48 million (2015) Number of employees
75 (2013) Website
www .adamogroup .com
Adamo Demolition (Adamo Group) is a
Detroit -based
asbestos remediation and
demolition company founded in 1964 that specializes in industrial projects.
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Works
They have demolished many well-known, major structures such as:
Georgia Dome ,
Park Avenue Hotel ,
Pontiac Silverdome ,
Northville Psychiatric Hospital , and the
Riverwalk Hotel .
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[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.
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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.
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By 2019, Adamo Group had demolished 3,397 buildings for the city of Detroit, earning over $56 million.
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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.
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References
^ Armistead, Johnathon (January 8, 2016).
"Demolition Firm Adamo Group, OSHA Probe CEO's Jobsite Death" . Retrieved March 1, 2019 .
^ Guillen, Joe (June 25, 2015).
"Detroit OKs demolition permit for Park Avenue Hotel" . Detroit Free Press . Retrieved March 1, 2019 .
^ Frank, Annalise (December 6, 2018).
"Long-vacant Shapero Hall coming down for $108 million development touted by city" . Crain's Detroit Business . Retrieved March 1, 2019 .
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"2013 Revenue & Employee Statistics" (PDF) .
^ D&RI Magazine (2017).
"The World's Largest Demolition Companies" (PDF) .
^ Wright, Ed (November 12, 2018).
"Demolition of former Northville psychiatric hospital delayed to 2019" . HometownLife . Retrieved March 1, 2019 .
^ Sclosser, Alexa (July 20, 2018).
"Demolition Contractor Implodes Georgia Dome in One Shot" . For Construction Pros . Retrieved March 1, 2019 .
^ Gross, Ally & Reindi, JC (December 4, 2017).
"Demolition executive says wiring to blame in failed Pontiac Silverdome implosion" . Detroit Free Press . Retrieved March 1, 2019 .
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"ADAMO WRECKING CO., Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES" . Cornell Law Library . Retrieved March 1, 2019 .
^ Guillen, Joe (December 2, 2015).
"Demolition exec John Adamo Jr. killed in Ohio accident" . Detroit Free Press . Retrieved March 1, 2019 .
^ Armistead, Thomas (January 28, 2016).
"Demolition Firm Adamo Group, OSHA Probe CEO's Jobsite Death" . www.enr.com . Retrieved March 1, 2019 .
^ Stafford, Kat (September 30, 2019).
"State rep's Detroit house mysteriously torn down — and officials don't know why" . Detroit Free Press .
Archived from the original on October 1, 2019. Retrieved October 13, 2019 .
^ Guillen, Joe (March 9, 2018).
"Detroit demolition documents suggesting bid-rigging get FBI review" . Detroit Free Press . Retrieved March 1, 2019 .
^ Redling, Adam (January 2, 2019).
"Report clears Detroit officials of violating rules in awarding demo contracts, but cites lack of fairness" . Construction & Demolition Recycling . Retrieved March 1, 2019 .
^ Stafford, Kat (May 16, 2018).
"Detroit contractor faces suspension after demolishing wrong house" . Detroit Free Press . Retrieved March 1, 2019 .
^ Stafford, Kat (July 9, 2018).
"Concerns raised about contractors sitting on Detroit wrecking board" . Detroit Free Press . Retrieved March 1, 2019 .
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