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Safety
Falls claim the lives of 3 construction workers in 3 week span
Three construction workers on separate sites in the northeastern U.S. were killed by falls in a three-week span between mid-January and early February with two of the incidents occurring on the same day. On Jan. 14, an unidentified construction worker was killed in Philadelphia after a fall into the Delaware River. Crews had been working [âŚ]
February 29, 2016
Construction Equipment
Winds topple crawler crane in NYC; massive collapse kills 1, injures 3
A crawler crane being lowered due to inclement weather toppled over in New York City Friday morning killing one man and injuring three other people. According to a report from NBC New York, the 15-story-high crane, owned by Bay Crane and being operated by Galasso Trucking and Rigging, was located in Tribeca and was being [âŚ]
February 5, 2016
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NYC construction deaths surging due to âoverwhelmedâ regulators, Times investigative report finds
An investigative report from the New York Times has found that the number of construction workers killed on the job in New York City has surged in the last two years, far outpacing the rate of the cityâs new construction in that time. Calling safety conditions on NYC jobsites âwoefully inadequate,â the Times report says many of the [âŚ]
December 7, 2015
Safety
Serial arsonist has torched at least 4 NYC construction sites
Police in New York City are investigating a string of fires at construction sites in the Queens borough that are believed to be the work of one arsonist. According to a report from the New York Post, the suspect is wanted for setting fires at at least four jobsites in Novemeber alone. Another two fires [âŚ]
December 2, 2015
Safety
Worker killed when Manhattan town home collapses during demolition
One worker was killed and another suffered serious injuries when a building partially collapsed as crews performed demolition work in Manhattan at the end of last month. According to a report from the Associated Press, 26-year-old Pedro Bacilio was killed when a portion of a five-story town house in Midtown collapsed Oct. 30. DNAInfo New [âŚ]
November 20, 2015
Safety
Worker killed in retaining wall collapse in New York City
One worker was killed and two others injured in a retaining wall collapse in New York City earlier this month. According to a report from the New York Times, 19-year-old Fernando Vanegas was working on a Brooklyn jobsite where crews were converting a one-story commercial building into a five-story building with residential units. On September 4, a [âŚ]
September 15, 2015
Safety
Worker killed in fall from scaffolding on NYC jobsite
A construction worker on New York Cityâs Upper East side was killed last week after suffering a fall. According to a report from the New York Daily News, 30-year-old Juan Cerezo was working as part of a crew performing renovations to the Sherman Towers on East 76th Street. Cerezo was working on the buildingâs facade from scaffolding about [âŚ]
September 10, 2015
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Ironworkers paint âGet well soonâ messages for children in New York hospital
With their construction site facing a childrenâs hospital in Long Island, New York, a group of ironworkers recently made a heartfelt gesture that is in turn making headlines. According to the Today Show, one of the workers painted the message âGet well soonâ to his child, a patient at Stony Brook Childrenâs Hospital, on the [âŚ]
August 18, 2015
Workforce
Two managers charged with negligent homicide for death of worker in NYC construction collapse
Two managers are facing homicide charges in connection with a deadly soil collapse in New York City earlier this year. The New York Daily News reports Wilmer Cuevas, 49, and Alfonso Prestia, 55, were indicted earlier this week for âallegedly refusing to shut downâ a construction site where a man was killed April 6. At the [âŚ]
August 6, 2015
Workforce
Judge orders NYC concrete workers back to work after 3-day strike halted work across city
A strike among concrete workers that brought work to a halt at 30 New York City jobsites was brought to an end over the weekend at the order of a federal judge. According to a report from Crainâs New York Business, work was stopped for three days at the NYC sites when concrete workers belonging to the New York [âŚ]
July 8, 2015
Business
Striking concrete workers halt work at 30 NYC construction sites
Concrete workers belonging to the New York City District Council of Carpenters have gone on strike, bringing work to a halt at an estimated 30 jobsites around the city. According to a report from Crainâs New York Business, the strike is the result of the ending of a collective bargaining agreement between the council and the Cement [âŚ]
July 3, 2015
Business
NYCâs Nordstrom Tower will at least have the tallest roof in the U.S.
Following up a May report, New York Yimby has uncovered documents that confirm the Nordstrom Tower will become the tallest building in the U.S.âthe tallest roof, at least. Citing documents recently submitted to the city, Yimby reports the supertall Nordstrom building being built at 217 West 57th Street will top out at 1,522 feet with 95 [âŚ]
June 18, 2015
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