Tag: construction crew

Construction Equipment

Man waves machete at construction crew over equipment blocking Iowa road

An Iowa man angered by construction near a roadway was arrested and accused of threatening a forklift operator with a machete. According to a report from the Iowa City Press-Citizen, 44-year-old Jeremy J. Mulvaney was driving on the afternoon of September 4 when he came upon a construction site near an intersection. Police say he became “upset […]

September 23, 2015

Workforce

Construction workers befriend homesick 4-year-old, make him part of the crew

How would you feel about a 4 year old telling you to “Get back to work?” A construction crew in Maine knows the feeling well, and loves it. According to a report from the Portland Press Herald, Harold and Felicia Murray have two children: 4-year-old Spencer and 1-year-old Willow. The family recently moved to Waterville […]

July 29, 2015

Workforce

Construction crew rips roof from wrong residence near Cleveland

Your roof. It’s not necessarily something you think about unless it’s leaking or you’re installing one. Or, in the case of one particular Cleveland man, it’s being torn off your home. According to the Cleveland.com police blotter for the city of Avon, a construction crew made the following costly mistake: “A man called and said […]

March 20, 2015

Roadbuilding

A guide to staying safe while working with a small or short-handed crew

One of the lingering effects of the construction downturn is the difficulty contractors now face finding skilled workers. Whether construction workers have found other jobs, moved to a new city or left the industry altogether, skilled workers can be hard to find in some areas. If you’re making do with, or are part of, a smaller […]

November 7, 2014

Workforce

How to stay safe while working with a small or short-handed construction crew

One of the lingering effects of the construction downturn is the difficulty contractors now face finding skilled workers. Whether construction workers have found other jobs, moved to a new city or left the industry altogether, skilled workers can be hard to find in some areas. If you’re making do with, or are part of, a […]

October 7, 2014

Construction Equipment

San Francisco construction crew adds human skeleton to unique collection of finds at Transbay Transit site

A construction crew in San Francisco is slowly amassing a small museum of the city’s history. While building the $1.9 billion Transbay Transit Center, described as a “Grand Central Station of the West,” workers with the Transbay Joint Powers Authority have found several interesting items that represent various periods of the city’s past, according to […]

February 27, 2014

Construction Equipment

Construction worker punches bank robber into a jail cell

If it wasn’t bad enough that alleged bank robber Frazer Piccolo was literally caught red-handed, his capture was assisted by a construction worker with a mean right hook. According to a report from KPTV in Portland, Oregon, the 44-year-old Piccolo entered the Bank of the West on Division St., at 10:45 a.m. Monday before passing […]

August 21, 2013