Most Recent News Stories:
- February 12, 2024 – Cincinnati Business Journal – CEO Michele O’Rourke to be featured speaker at Cincinnati Business Journals CEO Conversations event on March 5th, 2024
- November 15, 2023 – Building Ideas Podcast – Michele O’Rourke is the featured guest on Episode 74 of the Building Ideas Podcast
- October 20, 2023 – Cincinnati.com – O’ROURKE is mentioned in a news article about the start of dem0lition on the former Lincoln Heights High School
- October 11, 2023 – Engineering News Record – O’Rourke named to the Engineering News Record 2023 Top 600 Specialty Contractors as one of the top 20 firms in demolition and wrecking
- July 20, 2023 – 91.7 WVXU News – The last of the Beekman grain silos, a towering Cincinnati landmark, comes down
- March 16, 2023 – CD Recycler – O’Rourke Wrecking received a CCO 2023 Silver Employer Award from the National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators (CCO)
- February 8, 2023 – FC Cincinnati – FC Cincinnati begins demolition in preparation for $300 million mixed-use district north of TQL Stadium
- January 26, 2023 – LevelSet – O’ROURKE named to the Top 10 Biggest Demolition & Wrecking Contractors in the U.S. in 2022 by LevelSet
Older News Stories:
- April 19, 2022 – CovingtonKY.gov – With a ‘nudge’ and a crash, demolition of IRS facility under way
- March 11, 2022 – ABC.org – Michele was honored as the “Construction Woman of the Year” by Associated Builders & Contractors (ABC)
- February 8, 2022 – 91.7 WVXU News – FC Cincinnati begins demolition for mixed-use development north of TQL Stadium
- February 02, 2022 – City of Covington News – Covington Board of Commissioners on Tuesday night voted 5-0 to hire O’Rourke Wrecking Company for demolition of former IRS building
- February 02, 2022 – NKY Tribune – Covington commission approves IRS demolition contract with O’Rourke Wrecking Company, an eight-month project
- November 16, 2021 – Michele O’Rourke to speak at the University of Cincinnati Student Women in Construction
- September 29, 2021- Michele O’Rourke speaking at Construction Career Days at NKU
- May 26, 2021 – Construction Equipment Guide – O’Rourke Completes Turfway Park Grandstand Demo
- April 26, 2021 – Construction Equipment Guide – O’Rourke Completes Demo, Saves Historic Clock Tower
- October 9, 2020 – For Construction Pros – O’Rourke Wrecking Company abates and demolishes the former United States Playing Card Company world headquarters in Norwood, Ohio
- October 10, 2019 – Fox 19 News – Former OTR Kroger is being demolished
- June 16, 2019 – Cincinnati Enquirer – No rain delay for demolition of Hudepohl smokestack
- March 22, 2019 – Dayton Daily News – Good Samaritan outside demolition to start soon
- February 1, 2019 – Indy Star – Watch Kings Island’s Firehawk coaster be demolished
- January 30, 2019 – WLWT 5 News – Kings Island’s Firehawk roller coaster comes crashing down
- March 7, 2018 – WCPO 9 News – Crews demolish Cincinnati Gardens
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