Demolition Contractors in Culver City, CA

Culver City has been taking down and rebuilding pieces of itself for more than 60 years, and demolition contractors in Culver City are part of a long tradition. The city incorporated in 1917 and had 40,779 residents in 2020. It grew up around the movie business: Thomas Ince built the first studio in 1918, Hal Roach opened his in 1919, and MGM operated here from 1924 to 1986 on the lot that became Sony Pictures Studios. The Hal Roach Studios were demolished in 1963, and in 1976 the RKO Forty Acres backlot sets were razed for redevelopment. Former MGM backlot land became a subdivision and Raintree Plaza.

Residential work today

For homeowners, the work is smaller but the pattern is the same: older buildings giving way to new uses. Common Culver City jobs include:

• Full teardowns of older single-family homes for new construction
• Interior demolition for kitchen, bath and whole-house remodels
• Garage removal to make room for an ADU
• Driveway, patio and foundation removal

Lots are fairly compact, and the city has a dense mix of houses, apartments and creative office space, so we plan staging and truck timing carefully.

Along Ballona Creek

Ballona Creek runs through the city from northeast to southwest before draining into Santa Monica Bay at Marina del Rey. Anything that washes off a demolition site into the gutter can end up in the creek. We sweep the street, keep stockpiles covered and wet, and place gravel and fiber rolls at the driveway when rain is forecast. Culver City averages about 14 inches of rain a year over about 28 rainy days, most of it in winter.

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Malls and redevelopment

Culver City's commercial land has turned over too. Fox Hills Mall opened on a former golf course in 1975, and downtown and several Sepulveda Boulevard shopping centers were renovated in the early 1990s. Those cycles keep commercial interior demolition steady alongside residential work.

Asbestos and older buildings

Houses and small buildings from Culver City's early decades often contain asbestos in plaster, flooring, roofing or pipe insulation. South Coast AQMD requires an asbestos survey by a certified consultant before every demolition and a notification filed 10 working days ahead, and the city cannot issue the demolition permit until it has a copy. We schedule the survey first and, if abatement is needed, coordinate it before demolition starts.

Utilities and close neighbors

Power and gas are disconnected by the utilities, the water is shut off and the sewer capped and inspected. With neighbors close by, we fence the site, control dust and keep noisy breaking to daytime hours. Call (213) 377-6198 to schedule an estimate.