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Roadbuilding
Second span of NYC’s Kosciuszko Bridge to open ahead of schedule
The New York City bridge that carries traffic over Newtown Creek is scheduled to open in September of this year. Details here on Equipment World.
May 30, 2019
Roadbuilding
Worker on Verrazano-Narrows Bridge seriously injured in fall
A construction worker on the Brooklyn side of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge shattered both of his legs when he fell 25 feet on Monday, the New York Daily News reports. The accident occurred at approximately 12 p.m. The worker fell from the upper deck and landed on a beam on the lower deck. In order to rescue him, Emergency […]
May 19, 2017
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
Safety
Worker crushed by 4 steel beams in unloading accident in New York City
As a crew unloaded steel joists from a truck at a Brooklyn jobsite Tuesday afternoon, four of the beams toppled off the truck and fell on top of a worker, killing him. According to reports from the New York Daily News, CBS New York and NY1, crews were working on the installation of a “green roof” […]
February 24, 2015
Roadbuilding
Transportation typo: Street sign misspelled in Brooklyn
If you read a lot of articles – whether it be in the newspaper or online – chances are you have come across several typos. But have you ever come across a misspelled street sign? Department of Transportation workers in Brooklyn were made well aware of a type they made recently when “Remsen St.” […]
January 27, 2015
Roadbuilding
Verrazano-Narrows bridge receives 50th anniversary exhibit
The Verrazano-Narrows bridge that connects Staten Island and Brooklyn will have its 50th birthday celebrated with an exhibit chronicling its construction. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) unveiled the exhibit , “Spanning the Narrows for Five Decades.” It celebrates the half centennial of the bridge with pictures of its construction, parts that were formerly on the bridge and […]
August 21, 2014
Construction Equipment
Burglars drive away with excavator, truck and trailer in quick construction equipment heist
It’s not quite a scene out of Ocean’s Eleven, but the burglars who recently drove away with an excavator, truck and trailer worth $250,000 were pretty bold to do it all during the evening—and in one moment, in sight of the police. According to a report from WABC TV in New York City, the thieves arrived […]
April 2, 2014
Roadbuilding
Working Work of Art
At 130, the Brooklyn Bridge still does the job it was built for.
May 6, 2013
Roadbuilding
NYC suburbs getting stoned again
It was Dickens, or maybe Arthur Conan Doyle or Stephen Crane that had me, as a boy, intrigued by cobblestones. I’d never seen them, my hometown wasn’t old enough, but they read well. I could hear them under the horses and carriages. You can see where this going. We are about to run head-on into […]
April 1, 2013
Roadbuilding
Traffic lights or stop signs?
Are traffic lights always preferable to stop signs? It’s not a new debate, and this time it’s a suburb in Brooklyn, New York, that is raising the issue. It seems cars speed through residential streets in Boerum Hill, and now some locals believe that traffic lights bear a major part of the blame as they encourage […]
March 26, 2013
Maintenance
JCB expands in New York and Florida
JCB of North America has expanded its network with the addition of two dealerships, JCB of NYC and JCB of South Florida. JCB of NYC, formerly known as Lapietra Machinery, is the newest dealership in New York. This dealer is located at 5320 3rd Avenue in downtown Brooklyn. JCB of South Florida, located in Boynton […]
May 16, 2012
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