5110 Bellevue St
Detroit, MI 48211
United States
Architectural Salvage Warehouse of Detroit is a 501c3 nonprofit working to keep valuable building out of the landfill, and supply the Metro Detroit community with affordable reclaimed building material. Salvage work is labor intensive, creating more jobs than demolition and most other economic activities. We provide training to prepare workers for salvage, but also for other work as well.
We also do deconstruction and soft skimming! Deconstruction is the planned and systematic disassembly of buildings, which allows component parts and pieces to be removed without damaging them, so that they may be reused. Where deconstruction is not possible or needed, soft skimming is the removal of materials such as doors, hardware, cabinets, flooring and light fixtures that are easy to remove.
