Company overview
Select Demo Services, LLC, established in 2004 and headquartered in Salem, New Hampshire, is a specialty contractor performing demolition, environmental remediation, and final cleaning for institutional, corporate, educational, and government clients. Select is the largest specialty contractor in the Northeast, averaging $150 million per year in sales, and is ranked the sixth-largest demolition contractor in the United States by ENR.
Capabilities
- Structural Demolition: Complete building take-downs and structure removal, from single-story facilities to 100-foot campus buildings.
- Selective & Interior Demolition: Precise removals inside occupied and active facilities, protecting what stays in place.
- Highway & Marine Demolition: Bridge superstructure and substructure removal over active rail, interstate, and water.
- Environmental Remediation & Abatement: Asbestos, lead, PCB, mold, and soil remediation integrated with the demolition sequence.
- Emergency Response: Around-the-clock operations team and on-call crews for make-safe demolition and recovery.
Additional services: Concrete, Fencing, Final Cleaning, Asset Recovery, Whitebox Interior Fit-Outs, General Labor.
Representative experience
- South Station, Boston, Massachusetts. Phased structural and selective demolition inside an active rail and bus terminal for Suffolk Construction.
- Maffa Way / Mystic Avenue Bridges, Boston and Somerville, Massachusetts. Two-phase superstructure and substructure removal with asbestos abatement over the MBTA Orange Line for Skanska.
- Boston CITGO Sign, Kenmore Square, Boston, Massachusetts. Sectional dismantling of the landmark sign and its steel support structure with a 500-ton crane for Suffolk Construction.
- UMass Boston Science Center, Pool & Plaza, Boston, Massachusetts. Complete take-down and abatement of an 800,000 SF, 100-foot science building, pool building, plaza, and garage on an active campus.
- MathWorks Lakeside Campus Expansion, Natick, Massachusetts. Complete demolition of a five-story, 125,000 SF office building and asbestos abatement on an active corporate campus for Consigli.
- Bradley International Airport Vertical Circulation, Windsor Locks, Connecticut. Multi-phase selective demolition inside an active airport terminal, performed on third shift for Suffolk Construction.
- MaineDOT I-95 Bridges, Medway, Medway, Maine. Concrete deck and substructure removal on multiple I-95 bridges, including the Vaughn Daggett Bridges over the Penobscot River.
- Cape Cod Hospital, Davenport Cancer Center, Hyannis, Massachusetts. Building take-down, separation from an active hospital, and removal of two concrete radiation vaults for Suffolk Construction.
Capacity
Safety performance
Select Demo Services, LLC, most recent reporting year. Highwire Gold Award, Safest Contractors & Vendors, 2025. Registered with Highwire, ISNetworld, and ComplyWorks.
Workforce and equipment
Up to 400 union laborers and operators per day (LIUNA and IUOE). Company-owned fleet of approximately 50 excavators from 8 to 150 tons, including 3 high-reach machines, 50 skid steers, and more than 220 attachments, maintained by in-house mechanics and a mobile service unit.