When you need concrete removal in preparation for structural repair, whether for a parking garage, a bridge, or anything in between – AK Industrial Services has the experience and expertise you need.
Concrete removal with hydrodemolition — at the speed of more than 10 jackhammers — provides you with the results you need faster, drastically reducing demolition time.
When you need to get below the surface of concrete to perform structural repair, hydrodemolition is often the best solution. Compared to other methods, it reduces noise, eliminates dust, and can suit a wider range of job-site limitations.
Robotically-operated hydrodemolition equipment increases safety, minimize confined-space risks, and lower labor costs.
Location: East Boston, MA
Owner: Massport
Client: We Do Lines (GC)
Overview:The contractor installing new line striping on the concrete surface near terminals was required to remove the existing lines without damaging the concrete surface. Traditional grinding was not acceptable. MORE >
Services:Coating & Membrane Removal
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Location: Hampton, NH
Owner: Foss Manufacturing
Client: Foss Manufacturing
Overview:The owner wanted to have the high pressure and low pressure 2” tubes cleaned in an existing boiler during their scheduled shut down. MORE >
Services:Industrial Cleaning
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Location: Cummington, MA
Owner: MassDOT
Overview:AK Services performed robotic partial depth hydro-demolition removal of 6” of concrete from bridge deck over the Westfield brook in Cummington, MA. MORE >
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Location: New Johnsonville, TN
Client: Petroleum Recovery Services
Overview:AK Industrial Services was hired by the General Contractor to cut equipment access holes in existing above ground storage tanks at a facility owned by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). MORE >
Services:Mobile Water Jet Cuttting
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Location: Newburyport, MA
Owner: MassDOT
Client: Walsh Construction (GC)
Overview:AKIS was asked to remove some newly installed spray applied waterproofing deck membrane from an area of the new bridge deck that was previously paved due to phasing. The GC required the removal of the membrane so it could form and pour concrete barrier. MORE >
Services:Coating & Membrane Removal
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Location: Boston, MA
Owner: MassDOT
Client: SPS New England, Inc. (GC)
Overview:The contractor had some newly poured concrete pillars. The owner requested that the pillars be modified to give the appearance of older and historic concrete. MORE >
Services:Concrete Scarification
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Location: Oil City, PA
Owner: Sasol
Overview:AK Industrial Services was hired by the Owner to cut access holes in existing tanks at a facility that was in the process of being decommissioned. AK utilized abrasive water jet cutting, also known as cold cutting, to cut the holes as directed. MORE >
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Location: Boston, MA
Owner: MassDOT – District 6
Client: MassDOT – District 6
Overview:The owner had a leaking water pipe that was poured in a 5’ thick wall of an air supply vent tube located below the Ted Williams Tunnel. The owner needed to excavate the concrete without damaging the water pipe. MORE >
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Client: Tucker Mechanical
Overview:AK Industrial Services was hired by the GC to perform mill scale removal from new pipe spools prior to installation. The AK Team utilized 40,000 psi water coupled with a remote hose tractor to complete the work in a safe and controlled manner. MORE >
Services:Industrial Cleaning
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Location: Greenburgh, New York
Owner: New York DOT
Client: EE Cruz & Co. (GC)
Overview:Three drilled shafts that the contractor installed failed testing because of anomalies discovered in the concrete. The GC had a strict schedule and could not lose time for redesign or replacement of the failed drilled shafts. MORE >
Services:Drilled Shaft Anomaly Removal
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Location: Boston, MA
Owner: Massport
Client: Skanska
Overview:AK Industrial Services was hired by the General Contractor to scarify and remove specified areas of an existing concrete deck to obtain desired top of concrete elevations. AK was able to meet the needs of the client in an expedient and precise manner without damaging existing rebar or adjacent concrete, all while creating an ideal MORE >
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Location: Somerville, MA
Owner: City of Somerville
Client: Marguerite Concrete, Inc.
Overview:AK Industrial Services performed hydrodemolition to remove 220SF of concrete from the face of a retaining wall at a depth of 4”. Hydrodemolition was preferred over mechanical concrete removal methods as it was important to preserve the existing reinforcing steel and not damage the existing sound concrete. This method allowed for the new face of MORE >
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Location: Boston, MA
Owner: MassDOT
Client: Walsh Construction (GC)
Overview:AK Industrial Services performed hand held hydro-demolition of the elastomeric concrete. Not only did the use of hydro-demolition save the steel, the removal was performed considerably faster than conventional chipping which saved the contractor time and money. MORE >
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Location: Buckland, MA
Owner: MassDot
Client: JH Maxymillian, Inc. (GC)
Overview:AK Industrial Services was contracted to perform hydro-demolition to scarify the bridge deck removing .5” of concrete in order to provide a substrate suitable for placing polymer modified concrete. MORE >
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Location: Cambridge, MA
Client: Heritage Restoration
Overview:AK Services performed hand-held and robotic waterproof membrane coating removal on the traffic approach ramps, and partial-depth concrete hydrodemolition to the body of the Franklin Street Parking Garage. MORE >
Services:HydrodemolitionCoating & Membrane Removal
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Location: Boston, MA
Owner: AA Will
Client: AA Will
Overview:The contractor had some newly installed drainage pipes that were clogged with new concrete. After attempting the removal with other methods, the contractor called AK Industrial Services. MORE >
Services:Industrial Cleaning
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Location: Claremont, NH
Owner: Town of Claremont
Client: Daniels Construction (GC)
Overview:The contractor was hired by the town to remove 6” of concrete from the face of the existing dam and place new concrete. The GC contracted AK Industrial Services to perform hydro-demolition to remove the 6” of concrete. MORE >
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Location: Dorchester, MA
Owner: National Grid
Client: Kiewitt (GC)
Overview:The contractor installed 550 LF of 24” cast iron pipe for natural gas. The pipe needed to be cleaned before placing into service. MORE >
Services:Industrial Cleaning
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Location: Dover, NH
Owner: City of Dover, NH
Client: Evroks Corporation (GC)
Overview:AK Industrial Services (AKIS) removed 4” of existing cast-In-place bridge deck utilizing Ultra High Pressure (UHP) Hydrodemolition. The work was performed over the Cocheco River in Dover, NH. MORE >
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Location: Weymouth, MA
Owner: Sythe Energy
Client: Washington Group
Overview:AK Industrial Services provided hydrolasing for more than 60,000 feet of piping, ranging from 30-inch gas lines to 2-inch condensate lines, for pre-startup cleaning at the Weymouth Power Plant in Weymouth, Massachusetts. MORE >
Services:Industrial Cleaning
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Location: Amherst, NH
Owner: Hendricks Wire
Client: Hendricks Wire
Overview:AK Industrial Services provided hydrolasing of pipes at the Hendricks Wire facility in Amherst, New Hampshire. MORE >
Services:Industrial Cleaning
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Location: Lynn, MA
Owner: General Electric
Client: Triumviate Environmental
Overview:AK Industrial Services provided hydrolasing of the fresh cooling water intake process piping at the General Electric facility in Lynn, Massachusetts. MORE >
Services:Industrial Cleaning
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Location: Woburn, MA
Owner: Bostich
Client: Triumviate Environmental
Overview:The AKIS Team performed hydrolasing of plural component at Bostich Corp in Woburn, Massachusetts. MORE >
Services:Industrial Cleaning
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Location: Wilmington, MA
Owner: Neo-Resin
Client: Neo-Resin
Overview:AK Industrial Services provided hydrolasing of the resin supply line at the DSM NeoResins facility in Wilmington, Massachusetts. MORE >
Services:Industrial Cleaning
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Location: Baltimore, MD
Owner: Constellation Energy
Client: Constellation Energy
Overview:AK Industrial Services provided hydrolasing services to new piping for installation at the Constellation Energy Power Plant in Baltimore, Maryland. MORE >
Services:Industrial Cleaning
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Location: Jersey City, NJ
Client: Conte Group
Overview:AK Services provided hydrodemolition services using a custom-fabricated rotary tool for anomaly removal on drilled shafts over the Hackensack River, New Jersey. MORE >
Services:Drilled Shaft Anomaly Removal
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Location: Portsmouth, RI
Owner: RI-DOT
Client: Cardi Corp.
Overview:AK Industrial Services provided hydrodemolition services for removal of off-spec concrete at Sakonnet Bridge in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. MORE >
Services:Drilled Shaft Anomaly Removal
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Location: Providence, RI
Owner: RI-DOT
Client: Raito
Overview:AK Industrial Services provided hydrodemolition services for anomaly removal on drilled shafts at the Providence Crossing Bridge in Rhode Island. MORE >
Services:Drilled Shaft Anomaly Removal
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Location: Manhattan, NY
Owner: NYC-DOT
Overview:AK Industrial Services provided hydrodemolition services for anomaly removal on drilled shafts in the high-traffic area of Harlem River Drive in New York City. MORE >
Services:Drilled Shaft Anomaly Removal
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Location: Staten Island, NY
Owner: NY/NJ Port Authority
Client: Kiewitt
Overview:AK Industrial Services provided hydrodemolition services for anomaly removal on drilled shafts at Goethals Bridge, New Jersey. MORE >
Services:Drilled Shaft Anomaly Removal
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Location: Berkley Dighton, MA
Owner: MassDOT
Client: S&R Construction
Overview:AK Industrial Services provided hydrodemolition services for anomaly removal on drilled shafts in the Taunton River, MA. MORE >
Services:Drilled Shaft Anomaly Removal
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Location: Amherst, MA
Owner: UMass Amherst
Client: PJ Spillane
Overview:AK Services performed concrete scarification to the UMass Parking Garage floor, to remove the old elastomeric coating in preparation for reapplication of elastomeric coating. MORE >
Services:Coating & Membrane Removal
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Location: Boston, MA
Client: MassDOT
Overview:AK Industrial Services performed scarification of the concrete in the Tip O'Neill Tunnel, in preparation for latex modified concrete (LMC) surface overlay. MORE >
Services:Concrete Scarification
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Location: Salem, MA
Owner: City of Salem, MA
Client: Patriot Restoration
Overview:AK Industrial Services performed concrete scarification to the Salem Parking Garage floor, in preparation for elastomeric coating removal. MORE >
Services:Concrete Scarification
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Location: Cambridge, MA
Owner: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Client: O'Connor & Sons
Overview:AK Industrial Services performed concrete scarification to the MIT Parking Garage floor, in preparation for elastomeric coating removal. MORE >
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Location: Boston, MA
Owner: U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)
Client: U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)
Overview:The AK Industrial Services team removed the deck-coating from U.S. Coast Guard Cutter using hand-held rotary lances. MORE >
Services:Coating & Membrane Removal
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Location: Everett, MA
Owner: SPS New England, Inc.
Client: SPS New England, Inc.
Overview:The AK Industrial Services team removed the deck-coating from the tugboat Angus using hand-held rotary lances. MORE >
Services:Coating & Membrane Removal
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Location: Fitchburg, MA
Owner: Town of Fitchburg, MA
Client: Mass. Dept. of Conservation & Recreation
Overview:The AKIS team removed epoxy coating from a concrete pool that serves as the Municipal Pool in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. MORE >
Services:Coating & Membrane Removal
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Location: Boston, MA
Owner: MassDOT
Client: SPS New England, Inc.
Overview:AK Industrial Services removed line striping around the Callahan Tunnel Toll Plaza for MassDOT. MORE >
Services:Coating & Membrane Removal
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Location: Bath, ME
Owner: General Dynamics
Client: Clean Harbors
Overview:AK Industrial Services performed night-work hazardous coating removal of lead and PCB coatings at the Bath Ironworks floating dry dock in Bath, Maine. MORE >
Services:Coating & Membrane Removal
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Location: Brooklyn, NY
Owner: G. Marine
Client: M.V. Sun
Overview:AK Industrial Services cut access holes in the hull of the M.V. Sun, a ship in Brookyn NY, in order to access and clean the ballast tank. MORE >
Services:Mobile Water Jet Cuttting
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Location: Revere, MA
Owner: Irving Oil
Client: Phoenix Welding
Overview:The AKIS team used abrasive water cutting and doorsheet removal on an Irving fuel tank, to provide the necessary access to replace the floor. MORE >
Services:Mobile Water Jet Cuttting
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Location: Boston, MA
Owner: Global Oil
Client: Global Oil
Overview:An above-ground storage tank developed a leak in the floor, resulting in the sand below the floor becoming saturated in gasoline. The AK Industrial Services team used abrasive jet cutting as a method of "cold cutting" to safely cut in an explosive atmosphere. MORE >
Services:Mobile Water Jet Cuttting
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Location: Brighton, CO
Owner: Degussa Construction
Client: Degussa Construction
Overview:Using abrasive water cutting, the AK Industrial Services Team removed the top of a process tank at Degussa Chemicals in Brighton, Colorado, and cut out the solidified material within the tank. MORE >
Services:Mobile Water Jet Cuttting
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Location: Martinez & Benecia, CA
Owner: CalTrans
Client: Kiewitt
Overview:AKIS performed abrasive jet cutting to a drive shoe for removal from a crippled drilled shaft casing at Benecia Bridge in California. MORE >
Services:Mobile Water Jet CutttingDrilled Shaft Anomaly Removal
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Location: Boston, MA
Owner: MassDOT
Client: Modern Continental
Overview:AK Industrial Services provided Ultra-High Pressure (UHP) waterjet services to the structural concrete of Boston's I-93 Loop Ramp, exposing 1/4" of amplitude aggregate to receive an LMC wearing surface. MORE >
Services:Concrete Scarification
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Location: Boston, MA
Owner: MassDOT
Client: Kiewit
Overview:AK Services provided hydrodemolition of concrete to facilitate emergency repairs on the Zakim Bridge in Boston, Massachusetts. MORE >
Services:Hydrodemolition
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Location: S. Boston, MA
Owner: U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)
Client: U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)
Overview:AK Services performed robotic partial-depth hydrodemolition removal of 3.5" of concrete at the apron of the U.S. Coast Guard Pier in South Boston, Massachusetts. MORE >
Services:Hydrodemolition
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Location: New Brunswick, NJ
Owner: New Jersey DOT
Overview:AK Industrial Services custom-fabricated a platform and specialty tooling to fit the rebar cage for a hydrodemolition drilled shaft anomaly removal project in New Brunswick, New Jersey. MORE >
Services:Drilled Shaft Anomaly Removal
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Location: Kennebec County, ME
Owner: Maine DOT
Overview:AK Services performed robotic partial-depth hydrodemolition removal of up to 12" of concrete for the Messalonskee Stream Bridge in Kennebec County, Maine. MORE >
Services:Hydrodemolition
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Location: Everett, MA
Owner: Distrigas
Client: Distrigas
Overview:AK Industrial Services performed concrete hydrodemolition for coating removal at the LNG Terminal Dock in Everett, Massachusetts for Distrigas Corp. MORE >
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Location: Hooksett, NH
Owner: NH DOT
Overview:AK Industrial Services performed robotic partial-depth hydrodemolition removal of 3.5" of concrete at the Hooksett Toll Plaza in Hooksett, New Hampshire. MORE >
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Location: Chesapeake Bay, MD
Owner: Maryland DOT
Client: American Bridge
Overview:AK Services provided hand-held hydrodemolition services on expansion joints in preparation for deck removal at Bay Bridge in Maryland. MORE >
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Location: Boston, MA
Overview:AK Industrial Services provided full-depth concrete removal using hydrodemolition at the Beacon Street Parking Garage. MORE >
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Location: Charlestown, MA
Owner: U.S. National Park Service
Client: CCI
Overview:AK Industrial Services performed Ultra-High-Pressure (UHP) hydrodemolition of the wing walls at Old Ironside Drydock in Charlestown, Massachusetts. MORE >
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