Demolition Labor Crews

DSI provides trained demolition labor for stripping, loading, cleanup, and manual removal tasks on active construction and demolition sites. Our laborers understand site safety, work within GC protocols, and keep pace with the surrounding trades without creating supervision overhead for the project manager.

Available as part of a full demolition scope or as standalone crews for a specific phase of work.

Machines do the heavy breaking, but a lot of demolition is still hand work: stripping finishes, cutting out framing and drywall, loading debris, cleaning up after other trades and keeping the site safe and passable. DSI's labor crews cover that work so your own staff and trades stay on their scopes.

• Interior strip-out for tenant improvements and remodels: ceilings, partitions, flooring and fixtures
• Debris loading into roll-off bins and Super 10 trucks
• Elevated work from boom lifts, such as removing ceiling systems, ductwork and fixtures
• Site cleanup between phases and before inspections
• Support for compressor crews, saw cutters and equipment operators

1. Confirm the scope, crew size, start date and site rules with the superintendent.
2. Review the asbestos survey and abatement clearance, utility shut-offs and any areas to protect.
3. Work to the GC's schedule and safety program, with a DSI lead on site.
4. Separate metals and concrete for recycling and keep the debris path clear.
5. Leave each area clean at the end of every shift, with daily reports when the job is time-and-material.

Labor is quoted by the day or hour, or as part of a fixed-price demolition scope. The main factors are:

• Crew size and how many days or shifts
• Night, weekend or phased work around building occupants
• Prevailing wage on public works projects
• Whether bins, trucks and equipment are included
• Lifts, protection and dust control the work requires

See fixed-price or time-and-material for how we bill.

DSI laborers work under our Cal/OSHA safety program and the GC's site rules, with the PPE, fall protection and lift training the task requires. Nobody starts stripping finishes before the asbestos survey and any abatement are complete, and silica-generating work is done with water or vacuum controls.

For more on planning a strip-out, read our guide to selective and interior demolition.

DSI provides demolition labor from our Riverside yard across the Inland Empire, including Corona, Ontario, San Bernardino, Fontana, Rancho Cucamonga, Moreno Valley, Temecula, Jurupa Valley, and on larger projects in Southern California, the High Desert, Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley, the Central Valley, Northern California. See all California service areas.

Call (951) 737-2077 or send your scope for an estimate; we respond within one business day.