Plan your demolition
A clearer plan.
A better brief.
Start with the decision in front of you. These guides help owners, managers and contractors prepare the information a demolition assessment needs.
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Working in an occupied building?
Confirm the removal boundary first. Then coordinate access, the work window and the condition that shared spaces must be returned in.
Confirm scope and approvals
Heritage Buildings Downtown: What Can and Cannot Be Removed
Understand how approvals, surveys and retained fabric shape demolition in a Toronto heritage property.
Retail Turnover: Stripping a Storefront Between Tenants
Plan the scope, access and handover for a retail strip-out between tenants in Downtown Toronto.
What permits cover a bin or loading zone on a downtown Toronto street?
Learn what to confirm for bins, loading areas and street occupation during downtown demolition work.
How is interior demolition done in a heritage-listed downtown building?
How approved scope, surveys and controlled removal protect retained fabric in Toronto heritage buildings.
What does condo management require before an interior demolition?
What Toronto condo owners should confirm about approvals, access, protection and debris before demolition.
What are Toronto's noise bylaw hours for work downtown?
What determines when demolition can proceed downtown and why current City and building rules must be checked.
Who can authorise a change during an occupied-building strip-out?
Name the people who can approve scope, building access and technical changes separately.
What if the building handbook conflicts with the demolition booking?
Ask management to reconcile the conflicting instructions in writing before relying on either document.
How should a revised removal drawing reach everyone on site?
Treat a revised drawing as a change to be reviewed and distributed, not merely another attachment.
Can a strip-out assessment proceed without reliable as-built drawings?
An initial assessment can identify information gaps, but missing drawings should remain visible in the scope.
Does an existing material report cover the proposed removal area?
Compare the report's surveyed locations and limitations with the actual removal plan.
What should be checked before releasing a demolition work area?
A work-area release is a practical check that the agreed removal boundary, access and outstanding decisions line up.
What building information should a tenant share before demolition planning?
Give the planning team information about the work area and the operations that must continue, while limiting personal and business-sensitive detail.
How do landlord consent, building rules and permit decisions fit together?
Keep these decisions separate.
How should exclusions be written into a demolition work package?
Write exclusions as named responsibilities and handover points, not a vague list of things by others.
How can owners get useful answers to demolition review questions?
Ask one specific question per location or decision, with enough context for the responsible reviewer to answer.
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