Sam Tenney//August 4, 2011//

Northwest Infrastructure is demolishing the Dirty Duck building for general contractor Fortis Construction, who will be building the Blanchet House of Hospitality homeless shelter on the site. Michael Martin, right, an apprentice laborer with Northwest Infrastructure, sprays water to contain dust as a building at the corner of Northwest Third Avenue and Glisan Street is demolished today.
More photos after the jump.

Northwest Infrastructure employees Dontay Martin, left, a journeyman heavy equipment operator with Local 701, and Neil Meokie, a heavy equipment operator, remove a ceiling beam from the building.

A cloud of dust envelopes Northwest Infrastructure owner Michael Martin as he removes bricks from the building’s facade.

Antonio Gastulem, a journeyman laborer with Local 320 and employee of Northwest Infrastructure, removes a piece of rubble from the building.