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ABC Cutting Contractors of Jacksonville, Inc.

Specialty Concrete Demolition in Jacksonville, FL

Selective removal of concrete by cutting it out in controlled pieces, so what stays behind isn't damaged by what comes out.

Demolition by cutting

Specialty demolition is removal where the concrete that stays matters as much as the concrete that goes. Instead of hammering a section out and cracking everything around it, ABC cuts it free with slab saws, wall saws, wire saws, chainsaws and core drills, then removes it in pieces sized for the space.

It is the method for interior slab removals, openings in structural walls, sections of plant structures, and any selective demolition in an occupied or finished building. The cutting is low-vibration, so damage to adjacent work stays to a minimum, and wet cutting keeps dust and heat down.

  • Cut out in controlled, sized pieces
  • Every cutting method on one crew
  • Low vibration near finished work
  • Interior and structural removals

Planning a selective removal

Send drawings or photos of what needs to come out and what has to stay. We plan the cuts around how the pieces will be handled and removed from the space, and schedule the right mix of saws for the job. Larger removals go better with a couple of days' notice.

Structural decisions, shoring and engineering stay with your engineer and general contractor. ABC does not pour back or rebuild after a removal.

  • 1986

    Cutting concrete across Northeast Florida since then.

  • 150+

    Years of combined experience on a five-person crew.

  • Same day

    Same-day and next-morning jobs are common across the Jacksonville metro.

Selective demolition work

  • Interior slab section removals
  • Openings in structural walls
  • Stairs, pits and equipment pads
  • Water and wastewater plant structures
  • Bridge and infrastructure sections
  • Removals in occupied buildings

Who calls us for it

  • General contractors
  • Utilities and treatment plants
  • Facilities and property managers
  • Road and heavy civil contractors
  • Industrial facilities
  • Remodelers with structural work

Taking a concrete box apart

On this job the crew dismantled a concrete box around a large pipe: the pipe was cut with a wire saw, then a hand saw cut the walls down.

  • Wire saw rigged on a large pipe where it enters a concrete box inside a shored excavation
    Step 1: The pipe is cut with a wire saw.
  • ABC crew member inside the excavation as the concrete box walls are cut down with a hand saw
    Step 2: A hand saw cuts the walls down.
  • Partly dismantled concrete box with its walls opened up and two ABC crew members working below
    Step 3: The box comes apart in sections.
  • Excavation after the concrete box was removed, leaving the cut ends of the pipe
    Step 4: The box is gone, leaving the cut pipe ends.

More demolition work

  • Long interior bay of a car wash after demolition, with the floor removed down to soil and two ABC crew members working at the far end
    Car wash demolition.
  • ABC operator in a compact track loader removing saw-cut sections of an interior concrete slab
    Interior slab demolition, with a track loader removing the cut sections.
  • ABC crew member standing in a trench dug after a slab saw job, with a blue line running along the bottom of the trench
    Slab saw job, looking for a broken air line.

Specialty Demolition questions

Regular demolition breaks concrete apart with hammers and heavy equipment. Specialty demolition cuts concrete free with diamond saws and removes it in controlled pieces, so the surrounding structure is not cracked or shaken. It is used when what stays behind has to be protected.

Often paired with specialty demolition

Need specialty demolition?

Call (904) 246-1656 and tell us what needs cutting, where, and when.

Call (904) 246-1656Or request a quote online