Demolition contractor in Boca Raton, FL: permitted, surveyed, hauled clean.

Scope of Work

What we take down in Boca Raton

Interior gut and tear-outs for remodels, selective and structural demolition, whole-house residential demolition, detached sheds, garages and carports, slabs, driveways and foundations, swimming-pool removal and fill, and storm-damaged or unsafe structure teardown. We pull the permit, order the surveys, haul the debris and leave the site clean, with the rebuild planned from the first day because the same general contractor does both.

Permitting

The City of Boca Raton issues its own permits

Boca Raton is an incorporated city with its own building division, separate from the Palm Beach County Building Division that handles unincorporated parcels. A demolition permit here goes through the City, and the utilities (electric, water, gas, sewer) have to be disconnected and confirmed before a wall comes down. We apply as the licensed general contractor, coordinate the disconnects and carry the permit through final inspection, so the demolition permit is closed before the rebuild permit is requested. Confirm the current submittal list with the City for your exact address; requirements change by code edition and scope.

Two Boca Raton situations change the paperwork. Older homes in designated historic areas such as Old Floresta can involve historic-preservation review before anything is removed from the street side. Waterfront and barrier-island parcels near the Intracoastal Waterway and A1A can also fall under Coastal Construction Control Line provisions, which add engineering and review steps to a teardown and to the rebuild that follows. We check both before we quote, not after the schedule is set.

Asbestos & Lead First

Survey the house before it comes down

A large share of Boca Raton single-family housing was built from the 1960s through the 1980s, in neighborhoods such as Boca Teeca, Boca Square and Boca Del Mar, and condominium buildings from the same era line the coast. Federal asbestos rules call for an inspection before demolition, with notification where the rule applies, and any home built before 1978 can carry lead-based paint. We are an EPA Lead-Safe Certified Firm (#NAT-F122701-2), we order the survey, and where it calls for abatement we coordinate a licensed abatement contractor before demolition starts. That protects the family next door, our crew and the validity of your permit.

Staging & Haul-Off

Tight lots, clean haul-off

Many Boca Raton lots are narrow, canal-fronted or inside gated communities with their own contractor-access hours, and a teardown has to fit around that. Before the work is scheduled we walk the site to place the dumpster and equipment, plan the truck route in and out, and ask the association for its access rules. Concrete and masonry are separated from wood-frame and mixed debris, because they are weighed and tipped differently, and loads go to licensed disposal facilities. Where the access is too tight for machinery we take the structure down by hand and by section, which is slower and is priced as such.

On a lot that is being rebuilt we roll from demolition into site clearing and grading with our Bobcat T740 and 60-inch grapple, so one crew hands the pad to the next trade. Every estimate is free and in person; we do not put a price on a job before we have walked it.

Why Us

The only Palm Beach County contractor who is also a certified energy engineer

Randolph Scott Bell is the only Palm Beach County contractor who is also a certified energy engineer, and the owner inspects every job. Bell Engineering & Construction has operated since 2009 and holds a written one-year workmanship warranty on every job. Boca Raton is part of Palm Beach County, and a Florida Certified General Contractor license (CGC1528750) lets us contract here. See all of our Palm Beach County demolition work, or the neighboring towns of Delray Beach and Boynton Beach.