Commercial demolition · Gloucester
Commercial strip-outs in Gloucester
Retail plazas, offices and light-industrial units across Gloucester change tenants every year. We strip them to the agreed line and hand the space back ready for layout.
- The promise Ready for the next trade Debris hauled away, site cleared for the next crew.
- Demolition quotes Book a site visit We walk the job with you, then price it in writing.
- Junk removal Text us photos Send a few pictures, get a price back.
- Service area Ottawa & area Kanata to Orléans, Barrhaven to Vanier. Outside Ottawa? Ask us.
In Gloucester
What the work looks like in Gloucester
Gloucester’s commercial space is spread out: plazas along Innes and Ogilvie roads, retail around South Keys and Hunt Club, and light-industrial and flex units in the east-end business parks. Most strip-outs are tenant turnovers, with partitions, ceilings, flooring and fixtures coming out on a deadline set by the next lease.
Older plazas can have asbestos in floor tile, drywall compound or pipe insulation. The building owner provides the designated substances report before the contract, and any abatement is completed by a licensed specialist before our crew mobilises.
Gloucester was its own city until amalgamation in 2001. More about Gloucester
Typical projects
- Retail and restaurant units returned to shell
- Office and medical suite strip-outs
- Warehouse and flex-unit offices, mezzanines and racking removed
- Ceiling grid and lighting removal after circuits are made safe
Quoted on site
Demolition in Gloucester is priced in person. We walk the job, check access and the building’s age, then send a written quote.
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Before work starts in Gloucester
Interior strip-outs ahead of a fit-out are usually handled within the fit-up building permit, while taking down a whole building needs a demolition permit. Under Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act, the building owner provides a list of designated substances before the contract is signed.
Commercial strip-outs follow the building owner’s designated substances report. Houses built before 1990 need a hazardous materials survey first, and any abatement goes to licensed specialists. Commercial waste cannot go to Trail Road (City memo).
Any building from before 1990 gets a hazardous materials survey first. If it finds asbestos or other designated substances, abatement is referred to licensed specialists, and our crew starts after the clearance letter.
Disposal
Torn out. Hauled out.
Every job ends ready for the next trade. Here is where the debris goes.
Since July 1, 2025 the City’s Trail Road landfill no longer accepts industrial, commercial and institutional waste (City memo). Commercial debris goes to private licensed facilities that sort and weigh every load, and we provide weigh tickets and a diversion summary.
On larger jobs, a roll-off bin from a licensed bin company sits on your property, and the bin company hauls it away and handles the tipping at its own facility.
On smaller jobs our crew loads our own trucks and hauls to the Tomlinson Waste Recovery Centre at 106 Westhunt Drive in Carp, which sorts mixed construction and demolition debris for recycling and accepts commercial loads.
East- and south-end jobs in Gloucester often use a roll-off bin, which the bin company hauls and tips. Commercial loads go to private licensed facilities, with weigh tickets on request.
What’s included
- Site meeting with the GC, landlord or property manager to confirm scope and base-building protection
- Partitions, ceilings, flooring, millwork and de-energised services removed to the agreed line
- After-hours and weekend work in occupied buildings
- Cleared handover, ready for layout, with weigh tickets for your records
Full scope and exclusions: Commercial Demolition
Asbestos & permits
We don’t touch asbestos. That’s the point.
Some demolition companies will tell you they do it all. We do the demolition, and we make sure the steps before it happen in the right order, by the right people: survey first, licensed abatement, then us.
Read the asbestos and permit FAQ- Built before 1990? Ontario law puts the onus on the owner to identify designated substances before a contract is signed. That means a designated-substances survey.
- Survey finds asbestos? A licensed abatement contractor removes it, and you get a clearance letter.
- Utilities and permit. Gas, hydro, water and sewer disconnected where needed. Enbridge alone takes about 44 days, so it gets requested first.
- Then we demolish. No change orders for surprise asbestos, no stop-work orders, no crew exposed.
FAQ
Commercial demolition in Gloucester: questions
Can you meet a lease-end deadline?
Tell us the handover date when you request a quote. We build the schedule back from it and confirm the dates in writing.
Do you remove warehouse racking?
Yes. Racking, mezzanine decking and office build-outs inside warehouse units, once any electrical has been made safe.
Who handles the designated substances report?
The building owner. Ontario law requires the owner to identify designated substances before the contract, and the report sets the order of work.
Do you cover all of former Gloucester?
Yes, including Blossom Park, Hunt Club, South Keys, Elmvale, Beacon Hill, Blackburn Hamlet and the rural areas inside the City boundary.
Request a quote
Torn out. Hauled out. Ready for the next trade.
Demolition in Gloucester is quoted on site: book a visit and we walk the job with you. Junk removal? Text us photos.