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Safety
Sand breaks construction worker’s 60-foot fall from scaffolding in Florida
Florida is known for its white sandy beaches, and one construction worker will likely look at that sand with a whole new appreciation after an accident this past weekend. In Shalimar, a worker part of a crew on a project at a former annex of the Okaloosa County Courthouse fell between 60 and 70 feet […]
November 20, 2014
Workforce
Workers caught on tape firing assault rifle inside Orlando building they were demolishing
Orlando Police are investigating a demolition contractor hired by the city after footage surfaced of workers firing an assault rifle inside the building they were supposed to be demolishing. According to a report from WESH TV, a whistle blower sent in footage to Orlando city leaders showing a worker from Crusader Contracting firing an AR-15 […]
October 28, 2014
Workforce
Construction worker mauled by tiger loses thumb in Florida
Apparently there are some hazards in construction no toolbox talk can prepare you for. One construction worker learned this the hard way Monday afternoon when his hand was mauled by a tiger while working at a big cat sanctuary near Jupiter, Florida, according to a report from WPEC TV. The sanctuary is a private estate […]
October 8, 2014
Construction Equipment
Texas construction firms are buying the majority of construction equipment for earthmoving right now and it’s not even close
At 645 buyers, Texas stomped No. 2 Florida (317 buyers) in the number of financed construction equipment buyers engaged in earthmoving through August. The numbers are the result of an analysis of Equipment Data Associates data segmenting out companies* likely to be engaged in earthmoving and which bought new equipment in the past eight months. […]
September 8, 2014
Safety
Concrete beam collapse kills construction worker, injures 2 others at Ft. Lauderdale jobsite
A massive concrete beam collapsed at a jobsite in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Monday, killing one construction worker and injuring two others. Police told Local 10, the city’s ABC affiliate, that the beam collapsed shortly before 8 a.m. Monday at the construction site for a BMW dealership. According to the report, the beam struck all three […]
July 23, 2014
Construction Equipment
“Pain in the butt:” How 3 Florida contractors are dealing with the complications of Tier 4
[youtube k53Eemnie3U nolink] The lack of enthusiasm about the federally-mandated Tier 4 Interim and Final fluid handling and maintenance requirements was front and center during a contractor panel held last week at Flagler Construction Equipment, a Volvo Construction Equipment dealer in Tampa, Florida. “It’s a new game in the industry for both manufacturers and contractors,” […]
June 16, 2014
Business
Wages for construction and other skilled trades are on the rise
Wages for skilled tradesmen in the construction and mining as well as those in logging and manufacturing are on the rise, according to a new report from the Economist. Citing data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the report says that hourly wages have grown at an annual rate of around 2 percent for the last […]
June 4, 2014
Construction Equipment
Utility construction crew unearths 2,000-year-old skeletal remains in South Florida
While digging the trench for a water line installation a few weeks ago in Davie, Florida, a utility crew discovered the remains of a 2,000-year-old Tequesta Indian woman. Archaeologists in the area rarely find fully intact skeletons and are saying that this discovery may be the best preserved find in the last 40 years, according […]
January 15, 2014
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