Commercial Demolition in CarrollwoodLicensed C-11855 Specialty Contractor
- Licensed C-11855 · CUC041521
- Family owned since 1978
- We own the transfer station
- Serving 4 Tampa Bay counties
Carrollwood, FL
Commercial Demolition in Carrollwood
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 40 minutes away, and we are licensed C-11855 and CUC041521.
Mature commercial along the Dale Mabry corridor is Carrollwood’s commercial demolition, and it differs from the Lake Carroll teardowns in one important way—the neighbors are operating businesses, not homeowners, so the work is about keeping the adjacent parking and entrances open while the building comes down. The free route over the Courtney Campbell carries the concrete back to Keene Rd.
Carrollwood's demolition market is the Original Carrollwood teardown: a sixty-year-old ranch on Lake Carroll coming down for a substantially larger rebuild. These are careful jobs — established trees, close neighbors, HOA eyes — plus pool removals and additions coming off throughout the Village.
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 Carrollwood 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.
About 40 minutes — over the Courtney Campbell and up Dale Mabry, or the tolled Veterans Expressway when schedule beats toll cost. We usually run the free route and let the backhaul to our own transfer station carry the economics.
How it works
What a Carrollwood 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 Carrollwood — FAQs
How much does commercial cost in Carrollwood?
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 Carrollwood is the trees, the neighbors and the HOA — a Lake Carroll teardown is a careful job before it is a big one. We walk the site and quote it, free.
Are you licensed for commercial demolition in Florida?
Yes — C-11855 as a specialty demolition contractor, plus CUC041521 for underground utility work. Those are the two licenses this scope actually requires, and we hold both directly.
Is an asbestos survey required for commercial demolition?
Yes. Florida requires an asbestos survey before a commercial demolition permit is issued, and NESHAP notification to the state is filed before work begins. We coordinate both.
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.