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5 construction workers die from falls in 4-week span
Five workers have died from falls on construction projects around the U.S. in the last month. According to a report from NBC Los Angeles, a worker in the Westlake district of the city fell 28 feet to his death Nov. 17. LA West Media identified the worker as Oswaldo Mineros Jr., reporting that the 20-year-old fell […]
December 16, 2015
Safety
Retaining wall collapse kills worker near San Diego
A retaining wall collapse claimed the life of a construction worker earlier this month near San Diego. According to reports from Fox 5, 56-year-old Kenneth Schultz was killed while compacting dirt in a drainage channel at the site for a future FedEx distribution center in Oceanside the morning of October 13. As Schultz worked, a […]
October 27, 2015
Business
Spreading his love for the work has been key to this California excavation contractor’s success
Although a star football player in high school, Dave Spurr had the sense to realize that only a rare few ever rise to the top in that profession. When he looked around at where he might make his mark, construction seemed a good bet. Out of high school, Spurr built houses, drove the water truck […]
October 6, 2015
Workforce
Crews uncover mammoths and other Ice Age fossils while grading jobsite near San Diego
While grading the site of a new home development near San Diego, construction crews uncovered fossils paleontologists have dated all the way back to the Ice Age. According to a report from the San Diego Union-Tribune, the workers at the Carlsbad jobsite unearthed the bones of “ancient mammoths, horses, turtles and even a prehistoric bison—the second ever […]
September 23, 2015
Safety
Worker killed by 40-foot fall onto equipment in California
A worker in California was killed last week in a fall from scaffolding. According to a report from the Orange County Register, 29-year-old Elman Cano Cerranza was working as part of a crew building an apartment complex in Fullerton when he fell 40 feet from scaffolding the morning of August 24. Cerranza fell on top of a piece of […]
September 1, 2015
Safety
Swarm of bees attacks construction crew in California, killing one worker
While prepping a site for a paving job in Riverside, California, earlier this week, a construction crew was swarmed and stung by hundreds of bees, killing one of the workers. According to a report from the Riverside Press-Enterprise, 49-year-old worker Douglas Queen was killed when he and two other men at the site came across and […]
August 5, 2015
Business
Former worker on Apple’s Campus 2 jobsite says tech giant expects iPhone-like level of detail from construction
In an exclusive interview with Business Insider, a person who worked on the construction of Apple’s spaceship-like Campus 2 project tells the publication the tech giant expects the same level of detail in the building’s construction as it does when designing and building the iPhone. According to the report, no expense is being spared on the […]
July 16, 2015
Construction Equipment
Burrito ends standoff between man perched in tower crane and police
A homeless man claiming he just wanted “to be heard,” took up residence inside a tower crane Sunday night in San Jose, kicking off a standoff with police that stretched into Monday morning. According to a report from the San Jose Mercury News, 39-year-old Alam Skandar climbed nine stories, settled into the crane’s cab and refused to […]
June 24, 2015
Roadbuilding
Construction underway on first stretch of California’s high-speed rail network
Five months after ground was broken in Fresno, construction on California’s first high-speed rail line began earlier this week. According to a report from the Fresno Bee, crews began work Tuesday in Madera on the first of 16 concrete footings that will form the foundation of a 1,600-foot viaduct over the Fresno River. Expected to be completed […]
June 19, 2015
Safety
Floor collapses during concrete pour in LA, injuring 7 workers
While working on a concrete pour at a jobsite in Los Angeles Wednesday evening, the floor the crew was standing on collapsed beneath them. According to a report from CBSLA, seven workers were injured in the collapse which sent them crashing to the first floor below. The site reports the structure appears to be residential. Miraculously, none […]
May 22, 2015
Roadbuilding
California DOT: State needs $5.7 billion more each year to maintain roads
California’s budget falls short on road funding to the tune of about $5.7 billion each year, according to the state’s Department of Transportation. A Caltrans report said the department needs $8 billion annually over the next 10 years to pay for the management and improvement goals set for the state’s infrastructure. But the state only […]
May 13, 2015
Home
Google spent $500 million on construction in the last decade
The biggest boon to the Mountain View, California, area construction industry in the last 10 years? By far, that honor goes to Google, which has spent $500 million in that time on construction and remodeling. According to a report from Forbes, that total is nearly double the total spent by all Mountain View homeowners on […]
April 30, 2015
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