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Construction Equipment
Crane drops 4-ton HVAC unit 30 stories to street below, injuring 10 in NYC
With the roar of a freight train and the “boom” of a bomb, an HVAC unit fell from the sky on Madison Avenue in New York City Sunday morning as it was being lifted into a 30-story building. According to a report from the New York Post, the 4-ton unit dropped after a rigging strap snapped, […]
June 1, 2015
The crane and damaged side of the building in the aftermath of the crash. Credit: @Violetworld via Twitter
Workforce
Construction worker shot in robbery on NYC sidewalk
While operating a jackhammer on a New York City street corner, a construction worker was shot last week. According to a report from the New York Daily News, 49-year-old Rafael Lugo was hammering a portion of sidewalk in Brooklyn when two men walked up to him and demanded he give them the gold chain he was […]
May 26, 2015
Police at the scene of the shooting. Credit: Jesse Ward/New York Daily News
Business
Will NYC’s Nordstrom Tower overtake One World Trade Center as the tallest building in the U.S.?
In case you haven’t noticed, we’re in the thick of a supertall building boom. As we reported earlier this year, 97 skyscrapers and 11 supernal buildings (skyscrapers taller than 984 feet) were completed in 2014—more than in any other year. And nowhere is the race to the tip-top heating up more than in New York City, […]
May 20, 2015
A rendering of the skyline should the Nordstrom Tower rise to the height of the plans Yimby reported. Credit: New York Yimby
Safety
Boom failure crushes and kills crane truck operator in NYC
A hydraulic failure on a truck crane took the life of a construction worker in New York City Friday. According to a report from NBC New York, the worker was having trouble operating his knuckle boom crane on a midtown Manhattan hotel construction site Friday morning. The New York Times reports 40-year-old Trevor Loftus noticed […]
April 27, 2015
The failed truck crane that killed a worker in Manhattan on Friday is seen in a still from footage shot by NBC New York.
Safety
Workers hit gas line sparking massive explosion in NYC: 3 buildings collapse, 25 injured
A massive explosion that rocked New York City Thursday, causing the collapse of three buildings and injuring 25 people, has been traced back to a gas line accidentally hit by construction workers in an East Village sushi restaurant. According to a report from NBC New York, in the wake of the explosion, two people are […]
March 27, 2015
Credit: FDNY via Twitter
Safety
Woman killed near NYC jobsite after being struck by plywood in freak accident
A woman walking in New York City was killed Tuesday afternoon after being struck by a piece of plywood blown from a nearby jobsite. According to a report from the New York Daily News, 37-year-old Trang-Thuy Nguyen was walking along along W. 12th Street and talking on her cell phone when a gust of wind tore a 4-foot […]
March 19, 2015
Construction Equipment
To reduce noise, NYC officials close to regulations to boost contractor use of electric jackhammers over pneumatic models
With construction booming again in the concrete jungle of New York City, the sound of jackhammers is a distinct voice among the city’s cacophonous urban symphony. For some, it’s a little too distinct. Especially those that know that since 2011, Hilti has offered an electric pavement breaker—the TE 3000-AVR—that the company says is not only […]
December 30, 2014
NYC officials are considering regulations that would encourage contractors to switch from pneumatic pavement breakers to electric models like the TE 3000-AVR from Hilti.
Workforce
Guy dresses up as construction worker for Halloween, robs NYC bank
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. But this is imitation the construction industry could do without. According to a report from the New York Daily News, a man dressed up as a construction worker robbed a bank of an undisclosed amount of cash during the afternoon on Halloween and is still on the […]
November 2, 2014
Construction Equipment
Watch construction crews bore and blast below New York City to build the 2nd Avenue subway line
“New York City is one of the toughest places to build anything.” That quote from NYC subway train service supervisor Bill Wall, more than anything else, is what stands out in the excellent video below from the New York Times which chronicles the difficulty the city and its construction crews have had in building the new […]
October 22, 2014
Credit: Patrick Cashin/MTA
Roadbuilding
Secret Cold War bunker found inside Brooklyn Bridge (PHOTOS)
Everyone is familiar with the history of Brooklyn Bridge. It was completed over 130 years ago in 1883 and was the first steel-wire suspension bridge ever constructed. Billions of people have crossed the bridge throughout its history and thousands still cross it each and every day. Some – if not all – of those people probably […]
September 15, 2014
Brooklyn_Bridge_by_David_Shankbone
Safety
2 NYC construction firms charged in scheme that paid people to pose as safety inspectors at 40 jobsites
Two New York City construction companies are facing charges of grand larceny among others for hiring unqualified people to pose as safety inspectors and sign off on about 40 construction sites. According to a report from the Associated Press, Avanti Building Consultants Inc. and NYCB Engineering Group hired unqualified relatives and others to sign off on […]
July 14, 2014
construction safety inspection clipboard inspector
Workforce
Construction workers save elderly woman struck by cab in NYC by lifting the SUV off of her
An 83-year-old woman is recovering from a broken wrist and several fractures in her right leg at Bellevue Hospital in New York City after being hit by a cab Monday morning. But it could have been a lot worse if a certain construction crew weren’t on their coffee break, according to a report from the […]
July 2, 2014
A New York City police officer carries away a woman’s bike after she was hit by a cab.
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