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Construction Equipment
Parking garage collapses atop excavator during demolition
A demolition crew in the final stages of a job in Houston watched in horror as it came to crashing halt. According to a report from KHOU TV, a parking garage being torn down along Highway 59 suddenly collapsed Feb. 9 as two excavators worked in close proximity. As you can see in the video below […]
February 18, 2016
Workforce
Houston construction crew robbed at gunpoint twice in one week
A construction crew in Houston recently told KHOU TV that they “feared for their lives,” after being robbed at gunpoint on two separate occasions within the span of one week. The first took place Nov. 22 when Jose Alfredo Gonzalez and several other workers were robbed by four men who “ran out of a grassy area” near […]
January 7, 2016
Safety
Excavator operator killed after machine becomes submerged in pond on Houston jobsite
An excavator operator was killed on a jobsite near Houston last week when his machine sunk in a retention pond. According to a report from KTRK TV, the unidentified worker was operating the excavator when mud beneath the machine gave way, causing it to become submerged in 12 feet of water. As you can see […]
December 23, 2015
Workforce
Massive scaffolding collapse injures 6 workers in Houston
Much less catastrophic scaffolding collapses than the one captured in the footage below have proven deadly. And yet the workers involved in this collapse, which occurred last month at a luxury apartment building under construction in Houston, escaped without a single death. Houston’s KTRK obtained eyewitness footage of the collapse which shows scaffolding across one […]
November 23, 2015
Roadbuilding
Zachry-Odebrecht Parkway Builders JV disposes assets from $1.1 billion SH99 Grand Parkway Project
As it closes out the massive $1.1 billion SH99 Grand Parkway Project road project in Houston, Texas, during the next few months, the Zachry-Odebrecht Parkway Builders construction joint venture needs to dispose of more than 900 machines. The assets, purchased new during the project that began in 2013, include cranes boom lifts, dozers, wheel loaders, […]
October 20, 2015
Workforce
Family of Houston worker shot on jobsite offers large reward for capture of his killer
The family of a 19-year-old construction worker killed on a Houston jobsite is offering a large reward for the capture of his killer. Frank Medrano was working alone inside a house under construction in February when a man walked onto the jobsite and attempted to rob him. The encounter ended with the suspect shooting and killed Medrano […]
April 15, 2015
Workforce
Construction worker shot and killed in Houston jobsite robbery
Another construction jobsite robbery in Houston erupted in gunfire Tuesday, this time ending with the death of a worker. According to a report from KHOU TV, 19-year-old Frank Medrano was working alone inside an unfinished house when a man walked onto the jobsite and tried to rob him. Soon after, Medrano’s cousin, who was working on […]
February 19, 2015
Workforce
Houston construction worker shot in another jobsite robbery
For the third time in the last few weeks a construction worker has been shot by armed robbers while on the job, this time in Houston. According to a report from ABC 13, two workers were working on a northeast Houston jobsite for the St. Andrews Ministry Center Wednesday morning when two men dressed in black approached them […]
January 9, 2015
Workforce
Bricklayers rescue man from burning car near Houston
A crew of bricklayers near Houston didn’t hesitate to drop their trowels and shovels last week and run toward a burning car in order to rescue the driver who likely would have been burned alive without their help. According to a report from KHOU TV, the bricklayers were building a fence in a Sugar Land subdivision […]
January 5, 2015
Construction Equipment
Pickup truck nosedives into 25-foot construction pit in Houston; driver survives
Police suspect alcohol played a factor as a pickup truck swerved off the road in Houston and crashed into a construction jobsite this past weekend, eventually ending up at the bottom of a pit. According to a report from KHOU (published on the WFAA TV website), witnesses told police they saw the truck run several […]
December 5, 2014
Safety
Construction worker rescued from pit scaffolding after suffering cardiac arrest
Firefighters rescued a construction worker Monday afternoon after he suffered a heart attack on a downtown Houston jobsite. According to a report from KTRK TV, the worker was on scaffolding inside of a pit that is part of the excavation work for a new convention center hotel in the city. The man was about 20 […]
August 27, 2014
Business
Another worker shortage compounded by the energy boom could delay construction of $1.3 billion Dallas hospital
Construction officials with a Dallas area hospital say their project is losing workers and bidders to stiff competition from the oil and gas industry as well as higher paying construction jobs elsewhere in the state. “Houston and West Texas are taking labor away from many of our projects,” Lou Saksen, senior vice president over the $1.3 […]
April 24, 2014
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