The History of Total Wrecking

From Sicily to the USA

Frank’s grandfather Anthony, along with his son (Frank’s father), immigrated from Sicily to the United States, where soon after they began involving themselves in construction work by building porches for local residences. In their earliest days, they gathered rocks off of the nearby beaches to use for their porch builds. Living purely off of these modest paychecks, they yearned for a path that was more sustainable. After a local neighbor paid a modest fee to have some small structure dismantled, they discovered that demolition provided a better path forward in their newfound country.

Climbing the Ladder

As Frank worked harder and harder through the years, he steadily gained a wide breadth of experience and graduated into higher roles at Lebis Enterprises, the once-small family company that continued to bloom.From Laborer to Key Foreman and onwards, Frank continued to learn and tackle increasingly intensive tasks like equipment operation, estimation, and project management.

University of Buffalo: Graduate of Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership

Within the University of Buffalo’s School of Business, Frank immersed himself in company leadership courses to learn how to take on greater and greater responsibilities. During his studies, he also maintained a keen focus on environmental work, surveying, and project management while taking numerous training courses. At the end of his college tenure, he was a proud Graduate of the University at Buffalo and an alum of School of Management and Center for Entrepreneurial of Leadership

Lessons Learned

As a student of the demolition business from childhood, Frank increasingly felt a need to make safety a unique priority beyond the hard hats and OSHA protocols of the average demolition contractor. He also recognized that Titan was hitting the ceiling of what it could do within industrial work. Frank craved the opportunity to not only expand his nationwide footprint but to also take on the largest, most complex projects in the industry. Eventually, a lightbulb went off: Titan was doing great work. But in terms of placing safety, genuine family values, and innovation at the forefront, and expanding into the major leagues of complex industrial demolition projects, there was still more he could do.

Family Business

Growing up within a “family business” was not something Frank ever took lightly. His last name or blood relations didn’t earn him his first laborer position at Lebis or any of the subsequent promotions; his unparalleled hard work and drive did. That eschewing of nepotism and unflinching devotion to hard work was instilled in the rest of the Bodami family as well.

Sandy Sr, having starting at Titan in 1998 as the head of financial, grew into an all-encompassing managerial role at Total Wrecking that covered accounting, human relations, and operations, among other day-to-do administrative responsibilities. Alongside Frank, they are the backbone of the entire Total Wrecking universe.

Sandra Jr., their daughter, opened the marketing department of Total Wrecking in 2014 while still completing her Business Administration degree at Buffalo State University. She has single-handedly expanded the company’s digital presence and brand visibility through her own playbook of best practices. Today she’s assumed a company-wide Director role where she supervises marketing, business development, bid estimations, operations, and more as Frank’s right hand.

Frank Jr., Frank and Sandy Sr’s son, started helping at the business as soon as he was walking, just like his dad. Thanks to an innate passion for hands-on work, he earned an in-field laborer position at the company as soon as he was of working age, learning the nitty gritty of business from the ground up. After earning his stripes, he’s continued following an estimation path and helps compile bids, find subcontractors, perform site visits, organize inventory, and liaise with field operators.