Demolition
Structure teardowns of houses, garages, additions, commercial buildings, pools and mobile homes, with the debris hauled off and a clean lot left behind.
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Hurricane Helene pushed the worst storm surge Tampa Bay had seen in a hundred years. The City of Tampa later counted about 6,500 homes with storm damage, and 65 were destroyed. Davis Islands flooded and Bayshore Boulevard closed from Platt Street to Euclid Avenue. Two years later, Tampa property owners are still deciding what gets repaired and what has to come down.
Global Construction and Home Repair is a demolition contractor based in Valrico, about 15 miles east of downtown Tampa. We work across Tampa and have more than 30 years of demolition work behind us. Demolition is the main job: house demolition, garages, additions, sheds and commercial buildings, with the debris hauled off. We also do land clearing and dirt work, so call or text (813) 239-4231 for a free estimate.
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Hurricane Milton came ashore at Siesta Key two weeks after Helene and added wind, tornadoes and more flooding. After both storms the City of Tampa mailed substantial damage assessment letters to owners in the flood hazard area. The city's wording is plain. A building is substantially damaged when the cost to repair it is more than half its value.
That value comes off the Hillsborough County Property Appraiser listing. Once a house crosses the line, it cannot go back the way it was. It has to meet current floodplain and building code rules, which usually means raising it or rebuilding. Plenty of Tampa owners run that math and decide the house comes down.
We take it down, pull the slab, haul the debris and leave the lot clean. Taking down part of a building while the rest stays up is a different job. On one Helene job we removed a flooded ground floor under an intact garage and apartment. The pool beside it was left in place.
Tampa holds a lot of old houses. The Seminole Heights Residential District went up between 1912 and 1928 and joined the National Register in 1993. Most of it is bungalows. Ybor City is a National Historic Landmark district with buildings from the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Hyde Park, Palma Ceia and Ballast Point hold the same kind of small older homes. The land under them keeps getting more valuable. Builders buy the lot, and the house has to come off before anything new goes up. We call Sunshine 811 before we dig.
We take the structure off, then pull the slab and the old driveway. The lot ends up graded and ready to build on. Older South Tampa yards also hold inground pools nobody swims in. Breaking one up and filling it gives the yard back.
Where your property sits decides who handles the permit. Inside Tampa city limits, the City of Tampa Construction Services Division handles it. That division sits in the Development and Growth Management Department. Unincorporated Hillsborough County, including Valrico, Brandon and Riverview, goes through the county instead.
The city says a demolition permit covers taking an existing structure down and removing the debris with it. An inspection gets called in once the site is ready and before the machines start. Power, water and gas need to be off and disconnected first. Some Tampa blocks sit inside local historic districts, where a demolition draws extra review.
Asbestos comes first on most jobs. A licensed inspector surveys the building before anything comes down. In Hillsborough County the Environmental Protection Commission takes the demolition notification and asks for that survey with it. For the projects EPC regulates, the notice is due at least 10 working days ahead of the start date.
Tampa's older commercial buildings sit along roads like Nebraska Avenue, Hillsborough Avenue, Dale Mabry Highway and Kennedy Boulevard. Block retail strips, small restaurants, offices and outbuildings are still standing on land being rebuilt. Commercial demolition on those sites means working next to businesses that are still open.
We take the building down, load it out and leave a clean pad for whatever goes next. Site clearing for redevelopment works the same way. The debris goes out by dump truck and trailer to county landfills and construction and demolition recycling facilities.
Landlords and property managers also call us for cleanouts. A retail space or a warehouse gets emptied of leftover contents, shelving, fixtures and trash before the next tenant. Where a space is being re-fit instead of taken down, the cleanout and the interior demolition run together.
Communities and areas we serve around Tampa: South Tampa, Hyde Park, Davis Islands, Palma Ceia, Ballast Point, Bayshore Boulevard, Seminole Heights, Tampa Heights, Ybor City, West Tampa, East Tampa, New Tampa.
Tampa ZIP codes served: 33602, 33603, 33604, 33605, 33606, 33607, 33609, 33610, 33611, 33612, 33613, 33614, 33615, 33616, 33617, 33618, 33619, 33624, 33625, 33626, 33629, 33634, 33635, 33637, 33647.
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(813) 239-4231 Structure teardowns of houses, garages, additions, commercial buildings, pools and mobile homes, with the debris hauled off and a clean lot left behind.
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Full residential teardowns in the Tampa Bay area: houses, garages, additions, sheds and decks. We take the slab out, haul the debris and leave a clean, graded lot.
Learn More We take down block and frame commercial buildings, retail and restaurant spaces, warehouses, outbuildings and additions. The debris leaves with us and the pad is left clean.
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We take down part of a structure and leave the rest standing. That covers additions, attached garages, damaged wings and interior gut-outs to the studs.
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We take out inground pools across the Tampa Bay area, by partial fill-in or by full removal. The deck, the cage and the equipment go with it, and the hole gets filled and packed down.
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We demolish and haul away mobile homes, manufactured homes and trailers on private lots and in parks. The metal goes out for recycling and the debris leaves with us, so the pad is clean.
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We clear lots and acreage of trees, stumps, palmettos and brush so the land can be used. The excavator pulls the roots out and the debris gets hauled off.
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We handle the dirt work that gets a lot ready to build. That covers grading, building pad prep, fill dirt, and pulling out old slabs and driveways.
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We haul construction and demolition debris off job sites, remodels and teardowns around Tampa Bay. Concrete, lumber, drywall and metal get loaded with the excavator and hauled out in dump trucks.
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We clear out retail, office, warehouse and restaurant space for property owners and managers. Contents, shelving and built-ins come out, and the load leaves in our trucks.
Learn MoreReal reviews from real demolition jobs on Google.
Global Construction did an outstanding job demolishing the original single-story, ground-floor portion of our home after it was flooded by Hurricane Helene. This was a highly complex project that several other companies declined because the original house had to be carefully separated from the remaining garage and ADU above, while also preserving the existing pool. Their team handled the demolition with skill, professionalism, and great attention to detail. They took on a difficult project, completed the work safely and efficiently, and delivered phenomenal results at a very fair price. We are extremely grateful to Global Construction and would highly recommend them to anyone needing an experienced and dependable demolition contractor.
We needed help demoing affected homes from the hurricanes in late 2024 to dry them out and thankfully we were connected to Mike and his son and their crew. They were great to work with, they were punctual, they were respectful and we all around a great experience working with them.
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