WHILE Alabama was getting hit by Hurricane Georges in late September, the work crew from Storm Reconstruction Services (SRS) of Mobile was in Syracuse, New York, cleaning up the remnants from a Labor Day storm that punished the upstate New York region. SRS was awarded the contract for Onondaga County during the third week of September. Jerry Silverstein, vice president of SRS, estimates that there were 500,000 cubic yards (cy) from the city of Syracuse and another 500,000 cy from the remainder of the county. "We are handling the pickup and disposal of all the tree debris on roadways, cemeteries, city parks and streams," says Silverstein.
The company is using its four grinders-two 14-foot Hogzillas, a 14-foot Morbark and a Morbark 1300 - and leasing six others. The machines operate 20 hours/day and undergo maintenance the other four. "There are about 15 different grinding sites set up throughout the county - at the state fairgrounds, landfills and rock quarries," notes Silverstein. "The ground material is used as fuel at area electric plants, by farmers or spread at city parks."
SRS started as a construction business before seeing a market for debris collection and processing services. "Now, we have a couple of people who go to disaster areas and try to secure jobs for us," Silverstein notes. During the third week of October, SRS landed the contract for debris cleanup in Mobile.
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