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COTE Presents: Tour of Construction and Demolition Recycling Inc. Material Recovery Facility and Donation Center

Construction and Demolition Recycling, Inc.
South Gate, CA

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COTE Presents: Tour of Construction and Demolition Recycling Inc. Material Recovery Facility and Donation Center

AIA|LA Committee on the Environment presents

Tour of Construction and Demolition Recycling Inc. Material Recovery Facility and Donation Center

Date: Friday, July 25th. 3:00pm

Location:
9309 Rayo Ave.
South Gate, CA 90280

Learning Units: 2.0

AIA Members = free
Non-AIA Members = $25.00

Seminar Summary:
"We have all worked on LEED projects and have filled out the MR credit sheets for the construction and demolition diversion points. On many of these projects we take the 2 points available for 75% diversion as a given and move on with the point tally, but what is really recycled from a commercial interior renovation project? How is that diversion really calculated? What materials can be recovered for re-use? The amount of debris is staggering, and the diverted materials are not always what you think they would be."

The tour of the Construction and Demolition Recycling Inc. Material Recovery Facility and Donation Center will show you a side of diversion you have never seen before and will make clear the benefits and problems associated with the commercial interior construction and demolition waste stream.

Learning Objectives:
1. Learn how construction and demolition diversion is quantified and tracked
2. Learn what can and cannot be recycled from commercial interior projects
3. Learn how materials from commercial interior construction and demolition projects can affect the environment when not diverted from landfills
4. Learn how many materials found in commercial interior projects can be given a second life through donation
5. Learn how Architects can enhance diversion with the new recycling requirements

Speaker:

Richard A. Ludt
Director of Environmental and Public Affairs
Interior Removal Specialist, Inc.

Richard Ludt, a LEED Accredited Professional, is the Director of Environmental and Public Affairs at Interior Removal Specialist, Inc.

Richard is responsible for complying with California's heavily regulated solid waste ordinances and coordinates the extensive efforts involved for the recycling of the various construction debris obtained from tenant improvement demolition projects, including E-Waste, Acoustic Ceiling Tiles, carpeting, and over 22,000,000 pounds of drywall. Working with dozens of nonprofit agencies Richard has overseen the donation of more than 10,000 tons of furniture, cabinetry, and other materials from demolition jobs in Southern California that would have otherwise gone to landfill.

The acoustic ceiling tile program that Richard spearheaded was a major contributing factor to Interior Removal Specialist, Inc. receiving the Governors Environmental and Economic Leadership Award in 2005, and transitioned into an exclusive contract with Armstrong Ceilings for all recyclable ceiling tile in the Los Angeles area.

Richard spearheaded the permitting of a new Construction and Demolition Processing Facility in the City of South Gate, and continues to find new markets for the debris generated in the commercial interior Construction and Demolition industries.

Richard is the current Corporate Director of Recycling and Material Recovery for the Solid Waste Association of North America.