About the Author

Richard J. Diven has almost forty years experience in the demolition industry, as a member of the senior management team at structural demolition company ICONCO between 1964 and 2000, and as founder of R. J. Diven Consulting, LLC. He has played a key role in projects ranging from earthquake repairs in Los Angeles to the demolition of aircraft hangars in Pearl Harbor. Mark Shaurette is a professor in Building Construction Management at Purdue University. He was previously president of Meridian Homes, Inc., and vice president of Ryan Homes. He has a Master's degree in Civil Engineering from MIT and a PhD from Purdue University.