Clark Realty Recognized for Demolition Recycling Achievements

Clark Realty Builders, a real estate company headquartered in Bethesda, Md., with a West Coast regional office in San Diego, has been honored by the San Diego Environmental Services Department with the 2006 Waste Reduction & Diversion Recycler of the Year award.

The award, which recognizes local businesses and organizations for their environmental achievements, was presented to Clark Realty in May during the Annual San Diego Earth Works VIP Reception. The company was selected for its overall environmental commitment, particularly for its reuse of demolition materials at two San Diego Navy family housing community projects—Gateway Village and the Village at Serra Mesa, according to a press release from the company.

Clark Realty is partnered with the U.S. Navy to build and manage more than 1,900 new homes and manage more than 9,000 existing homes throughout Naval Complex San Diego.

“In our partnership with the U.S. Navy in building high quality homes for sailors and Marines, we take great care to reduce waste and reuse demolition material where possible,” says Jim Forburger, senior vice president of Clark Realty Builders. “We fully participate in the typical construction debris recycling, where we sort and recycle drywall, cardboard and clean wood.”

Forburger says Clark also recycles concrete, asphalt and gravel from whole house demolition to use in the construction of new streets and as base for utility trenches at several of their projects.

Clark estimates that it reuses more than 200,000 tons of recycled material on site at two of their Navy housing projects.