Adamo Demolition

Adamo Demolition (Adamo Group) is a Detroit-based asbestos remediation and demolition company founded in 1964 that specializes in industrial projects.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Adamo Group

Industry	Demolition/Decontamination
Founded	1964
Founder	John Adamo Sr.
Headquarters	Detroit, Michigan
Key people	Richard Adamo (President) Rick Cuppetilli (Executive Vice President) Tim Gunn (Chief Financial Officer)
Revenue	$48 million (2015)
Number of employees	75 (2013)
Website	www.adamogroup.com

Works

They have demolished many well-known, major structures such as: Georgia Dome, Park Avenue Hotel, Pontiac Silverdome, Northville Psychiatric Hospital, and the Riverwalk Hotel.^[6][7][8] They have also controversially demolished many buildings considered historically significant such as the Lafayette Building and Madison-Lenox Hotel. In 1978, the company won a case in the United States Supreme Court that led to reformed NESHAP regulations.^[9]

On December 2, 2015, Adamo Group's president and CEO, John Adamo Jr., was killed in an accident while overseeing an Ohio demolition project. He was 57.^[10][11]

By 2019, Adamo Group had demolished 3,397 buildings for the city of Detroit, earning over $56 million.^[12]

Suspension

Adamo Group was a suspect in an FBI investigation into corruption involving Detroit City demolition officials and contractors in the city's blight-removal program;^[13] the report determined that no rules in bid selection were infringed, but that their closed-door meeting practices "lacked fairness, openness, and transparency."^[14] They later were suspended for 90 days from bidding on Detroit demolition contracts, and again received negative publicity in association with the blight-removal program again when they accidentally demolished a house neighboring their intended project.^[15][16]