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Roadbuilding

Contractor must pay $5 million in back pay

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has secured nearly $5 million in back wages for about 500 workers on the federally assisted Grand Street Guild construction project in New York City’s Lower East Side, which involved the refurbishment and rehabilitation of three 26-story apartment towers MDG Design & Construction, the general contractor on the project, […]

June 11, 2014

Business

DOL reaches agreement with contractor for $5 million in back wages for 500 workers

Approximately 200 construction workers will receive $3.8 million in back wages and fringe benefits after a settlement between the U.S. Department of Labor and MDG Design and Construction for wage violations at the federally-assisted Grand Street Guild construction project in New York City. MDG had previously repaid more than $1.1 million in back wages to […]

June 10, 2014

Dealers

Doosan, Hyundai, Kenworth and others add dealers in this week’s Dealer News Roundup

Welcome to the Dealer News Roundup, your one-stop shop for all the moves going on inside the heavy equipment distributor industry. We post a new edition just about every week with news on hires, promotions, new locations and expansions. Check back for a new edition every week! Doosan adds new authorized dealer in New York […]

May 16, 2014

Roadbuilding

Obama, Biden call for infrastructure investment

President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden pushed for transportation infrastructure investment during their respective trips to New York’s Tappan Zee Bridge and Ohio’s Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority this week. While at the site of the $3.9 billion Tappan Zee Bridge project in Tarrytown, New York, Obama urged Congress to pass the administration’s […]

May 15, 2014

Construction Equipment

Hotel construction unearths beer mugs, liquor bottles and a bar dating back to before the Revolutionary War

Archaeologists are excavating the construction site of a 22-story hotel on The Bowery in New York City, which has been occupied since the 1740s, in order to preserve any history that may be hiding in the soil. And recently they made a big discovery. According to a report from DNAInfo New York, Chrysalis Archaeology discovered hundreds […]

May 14, 2014

Roadbuilding

Find out which state leads the nation in construction job losses

After Superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc on the East Coast, pummeling the New Jersey shore in particular, businesses in 113 of 565 New Jersey municipalities experienced a combined total of $382 million in commercial property loss, according to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). As a hurricane and post-tropical cyclone, Sandy was responsible for 117 deaths in […]

April 24, 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

New York Transportation Commissioner McDonald: Transportation is ‘sustainability issue,’ ‘economic development issue’

What is the best way to get people interested in transportation infrastructure? New York Transportation Commissioner Joan McDonald says the answer lies in showing them transportation is about more than just transportation. During a forum on congestion pricing, McDonald explained that getting more people to pay attention to transportation issues is to show them that […]

March 24, 2014

Roadbuilding

Massive bridge-building crane floats into New York Harbor

A giant floating crane glided into the New York Harbor on Thursday morning, ready to serve its latest purpose: To help construct the Tappan Zee Bridge, The Journal News reports. Named for its first job on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge project, the Left Coast Lifter traveled 6,000 miles from California — even traveling through […]

January 31, 2014

Construction Equipment

Watch the tallest hotel in North America be built in 1 minute

Construction on 1717 Broadway in New York City, now the tallest hotel in North America and the Western Hemisphere, recently completed. The hotel stands at 753 feet tall and is the home to two Mariott hotels: the Courtyard New York Manhattan/Central Park and the Residence Inn New York Manhattan/Central Park. It contains a total of 639 rooms and […]

January 27, 2014

Roadbuilding

Metro-North derailment demonstrates need for infrastructure investment, says LaHood

A commuter train in New York derailed Sunday, and former U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is pointing to the crash as an example of the need for investment in transportation infrastructure. The southbound Metro-North train, which was carrying about 150 passengers, derailed in the Bronx around 7:20 a.m. on Sunday, killing four passengers and injuring 60 […]

December 5, 2013

Roadbuilding

Genie S-85 boom lift helps install Rockefeller Center Christmas tree

A Genie S-85 telescopic boom aided in the installation of the Rockefeller Christmas tree earlier this month. The lift, provided by Genie dealer Tri Lift, allowed the rigging crew to place the necessary guy wires after a large crane raised the 76-foot Norway spruce on November 8. The guy wires support the 12-ton tree. Tri […]

November 21, 2013