Commercial Demolition in BrandonLicensed C-11855 Specialty Contractor
- Licensed C-11855 · CUC041521
- Family owned since 1978
- We own the transfer station
- Serving 4 Tampa Bay counties
Brandon, FL
Commercial Demolition in Brandon
Commercial demolition is a permitting and logistics job as much as a machinery job — the license is what lets us be on the site at all, and the sequence is what keeps everyone else on schedule. Our yard is about 45 minutes away, and we are licensed C-11855 and CUC041521.
Brandon’s demolition is commercial first: first-boom retail buildings and restaurant pads along SR 60 and around the mall coming down as the corridor repositions, with the Hillsborough County permit and an asbestos survey regardless of age. Restaurant pads bring grease traps and abandoned services under the slab, which come out under our underground license, and we route around the Selmon toll when the schedule allows.
The demolition here is commercial more than residential: 1970s–80s retail buildings and restaurant pads coming down as the SR 60 corridor repositions, plus pool removals and partial demolition in the older neighborhoods. Residential teardowns concentrate in the pre-boom pockets near Limona.
We work as a licensed specialty demolition contractor (C-11855) with underground utility certification (CUC041521), which covers both the structure coming down and the service disconnection and site work that almost always comes with it. Commercial jobs rarely stop at the walls: there are grease traps, hydrants, laterals and abandoned services under most of these sites, and the underground license means we handle them under the same contract.
Every commercial demolition starts the same way regardless of size: an asbestos survey — required for commercial structures before a demolition permit is issued, with NESHAP notification where the findings demand it — then utility locates, disconnect confirmations, permitting, and an engineered take-down sequence with a protection plan for everything that stays.
What it costs
What drives a Brandon quote
| Scope of job | What drives the number |
|---|---|
| Small commercial building, under 5,000 sq ft | Construction type, asbestos findings, and site constraints |
| Mid-size structure, 5,000 – 20,000 sq ft | Steel and concrete content, height, and disposal volume |
| Full site clearance to graded pad | Underground removals, fill quantity, and compaction requirements |
| Occupied or adjoining buildings | Protection, sequencing and what has to stay standing next door |
Every demolition is quoted on site, free. Access, structure and what has to be protected move the number more than square footage does, which is why we walk it rather than price it down the phone.
The far side of Tampa — across the Courtney Campbell and through town, or down I-275 and across, about 45 minutes. The Selmon Expressway shortcut is tolled, so we route around it when schedule allows and price Brandon work with the crossing in mind.
How it works
What a Brandon job looks like
Survey and notify
Asbestos survey completed and NESHAP notification filed where required — commercial demolition permits do not issue without it.
Locates and disconnects
Utility locates run, services cut and capped, and disconnections confirmed by each utility.
Permit and sequence
Demolition permit through the municipality, with an engineered take-down sequence and protection plan for adjacent property.
Demolish and sort
The building comes down, with concrete, block and steel separated as they come off.
Clear and grade
Site cleared, underground removals completed, and the pad filled and compacted with our own base material if you are rebuilding.
Questions
Commercial in Brandon — FAQs
How much does commercial cost in Brandon?
It comes down to the structure and the access, not the ZIP code. On small commercial building, under 5,000 sq ft, what moves the number is construction type, asbestos findings, and site constraints. What moves it in Brandon is building size on the commercial jobs, and access on the older residential lots where the pool work is. We walk the site and quote it, free.
Do you handle the underground utilities?
Yes, under our own CUC041521 license — laterals, abandoned services, grease traps and site piping come out under the same contract rather than a second contractor.
Can you take the site through to a buildable pad?
Yes. Demolition, clearance, fill and compacted crushed-concrete base can all run under one contract, using material from our own yard.
Where does the debris go?
Concrete and block go to our own C&D transfer station on Keene Rd and are crushed into base material; steel is recycled. Owning the disposal facility is a structural cost advantage, not a slogan.