ACECO, a company based in Silver Spring, MD, is facing an “online firestorm” for playing a lead role in demolishing key portions of the White House, per the Baltimore Banner, as part of Donald Trump’s continued fascist takeover of our country.
Since ACECO’s backhoes and other demolition equipment started appearing in news photos on Monday, critics of the project began leaving negative online reviews for the company, shaming it on social media and calling on others to do the same.
A voicemail left on the company’s answering machine Tuesday was not immediately returned.
The newspaper notes that that company’s website now says it’s “under construction” and that “it wasn’t immediately clear when ACECO made that change.” I can tell you from my own experience that ACECO’s website was up and running on Monday night and a fellow Bluesky user told me it was still up as of 9:30 am CT on Tuesday morning. So ACECO went into hiding online just today, likely due to the swell of criticism it is justifiably receiving for destroying an historic government structure that belongs to the American people — not Donald Trump.
ACECO currently has 35 1-star reviews on Yelp and an average 1.1-star rating and the company is also getting blasted on Google reviews, as reported by The Daily Beast.
Destroying ‘The People’s House’ with no regard for their permission,” read a one-star review on Google Maps. “Deplorable act no matter the reason.” Another person added, “The White House is a Historical Landmark. How is this legal?” The company’s rating dropped at one point to 1.8 stars, until Google revised it to 4.1.
Yelp says it is currently monitoring the company’s page.
In addition, the company that got the contract to build Trump’s disgusting ballroom, once key portion of the White House is demolished by ACECO, is Clark Construction Group in Bethesda MD. The company brags about being able to “nab” the project on its website here.
The principal contact for Clark Construction Group is Jay Grauberger, jay.grauberger@clarkconstruction.com, 301-272-7412. You can also find the company on Facebook, Twitter/X, LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube.
Like ACECO, Clark Construction might be interested in hearing your thoughts about their work.
The photo at the top of the page was from last week. Here is a pic from Oct 21 and it’s worse.
The architects for Trump’s ballroom are Washington, D.C.-based McCrery Architects mccreryarchitects.com