Construction Equipment
Ag Equipment
Roadbuilding
Dealers
Business
Technology
Tag: New York City: Page 2
Safety
Serial arsonist has torched at least 4 NYC construction sites
Police in New York City are investigating a string of fires at construction sites in the Queens borough that are believed to be the work of one arsonist. According to a report from the New York Post, the suspect is wanted for setting fires at at least four jobsites in Novemeber alone. Another two fires [âŚ]
December 2, 2015
Safety
Worker killed when Manhattan town home collapses during demolition
One worker was killed and another suffered serious injuries when a building partially collapsed as crews performed demolition work in Manhattan at the end of last month. According to a report from the Associated Press, 26-year-old Pedro Bacilio was killed when a portion of a five-story town house in Midtown collapsed Oct. 30. DNAInfo New [âŚ]
November 20, 2015
Roadbuilding
FDNY rescues construction worker who passed out on Kosciusko Bridge pillar
A construction worker at the Thaddeus Kosciusko Bridge in New York City passed out on top of a pillar nearly 100 feet in the air and had to be rescued by firefighters. According to Gothamist, the New York Fire Department brought out a 95-foot ladder to the Queens construction site September 29 to rescue the worker. Officials havenât [âŚ]
October 6, 2015
Roadbuilding
Music to your gears: Artist uses New York traffic to create musical notes
An artist from Brazil has turned cars driving down a New York highway into a musical notes to compose a song that follows the flow of traffic. For his latest musical arrangement, titled âCars on the Lanes,â Jarbas Agnelli used a video of one section of a New York City freeway, and assigned musical notes to cars [âŚ]
September 29, 2015
Safety
Worker killed in retaining wall collapse in New York City
One worker was killed and two others injured in a retaining wall collapse in New York City earlier this month. According to a report from the New York Times, 19-year-old Fernando Vanegas was working on a Brooklyn jobsite where crews were converting a one-story commercial building into a five-story building with residential units. On September 4, a [âŚ]
September 15, 2015
Roadbuilding
New York City DOT begins tracking driver data with new program
The New York City Department of Transportation has started to track drivers with a new program that hopes to gain insight into their habits. According to The Verge, through the Drive Smart pilot program, New York City is tracking 400 volunteer drivers to find out things like how much gas theyâre using and how fast theyâre [âŚ]
September 8, 2015
Home
Ironworkers paint âGet well soonâ messages for children in New York hospital
With their construction site facing a childrenâs hospital in Long Island, New York, a group of ironworkers recently made a heartfelt gesture that is in turn making headlines. According to the Today Show, one of the workers painted the message âGet well soonâ to his child, a patient at Stony Brook Childrenâs Hospital, on the [âŚ]
August 18, 2015
Roadbuilding
NYC DOT workers save kitten stranded on ledge of Manhattan Bridge
A New York City cat got to keep one of its nine lives last week thanks to the cityâs Department of Transportation workers. The cat was rescued by the DOT after it was spotted scaling the thin ledge along the outside of the Manhattan Bridge July 22, according to the New York Daily News. The workers [âŚ]
July 29, 2015
Workforce
Judge orders NYC concrete workers back to work after 3-day strike halted work across city
A strike among concrete workers that brought work to a halt at 30 New York City jobsites was brought to an end over the weekend at the order of a federal judge. According to a report from Crainâs New York Business, work was stopped for three days at the NYC sites when concrete workers belonging to the New York [âŚ]
July 8, 2015
Business
NYCâs Nordstrom Tower will at least have the tallest roof in the U.S.
Following up a May report, New York Yimby has uncovered documents that confirm the Nordstrom Tower will become the tallest building in the U.S.âthe tallest roof, at least. Citing documents recently submitted to the city, Yimby reports the supertall Nordstrom building being built at 217 West 57th Street will top out at 1,522 feet with 95 [âŚ]
June 18, 2015
Business
The Final Piece: Design of 1,340-foot-tall Two World Trade Center revealed (PHOTOS)
In an interview with Wired that dives deep into the genesis of Two World Trade Center, Bjarke Ingels, the founder of the architecture firm BIG, has unveiled his design for the building. Once built, the 1,340-foot-tall building will complete New York Cityâs reborn World Trade Center. The new building will stand nearly as tall as One WTC, creating a [âŚ]
June 11, 2015
Workforce
Watch One World Trade Centerâs 11-year construction in this beautiful time-lapse
With the opening of the iconic buildingâs observation deck over the weekend, One World Trade Center is officially open for the public to enjoy. To mark the occasion, the folks at EarthCam, produced the following time-lapse video that covers all 11 years of the 1,776-foot-tall buildingâs construction. Construction began in October 2004 and was officially [âŚ]
June 3, 2015
Previous Page
Page 2 of 7
Next Page
