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Roadbuilding

Diamond saw cut surface textures improve pavement performance

Increasingly, specifiers around the world are recognizing the benefits of diamond grinding and other diamond saw cut textures for their pavement and bridge deck surfaces. While most properly designed and constructed Portland cement concrete pavements (PCCP) can last for 30 to 40 years with minimal structural damage, functional issues such as ride quality, noise and […]

November 15, 2013

Construction Equipment

1 World Trade Center named the tallest building in the U.S. amid controversy

It took a bit of convincing, but 1 World Trade Center will be the tallest building in the United States once it is completed. On Tuesday, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) ruled that at a height of 1,776 feet—symbolic of the year the Declaration of Independence was signed— 1 World Trade […]

November 13, 2013

Construction Equipment

Honoring the man behind the slurry wall that limited the destruction of 9/11

“The wall held.” Three paragraphs in to the New York Times profile of Arturo Lamberto Ressi di Cervia and we already have goosebumps. On the 12th anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001, it’s important to remember those we lost, but also to honor people like Mr. Ressi whose work prevented even further death and destruction. Ressi […]

September 11, 2013

Roadbuilding

Top 5 Cities for Electric Cars

Some of the cities on this list are probably obvious, but I was surprised about a few of the cities on this “Top 5” list from Clean Technica. Here are the five cities where you’re most likely to see someone charging up their car: Los Angeles, California San Francisco, California New York City Seattle, Washington […]

August 26, 2013

Construction Equipment

NYC construction crew digs up artifacts from American Revolutionary era

While digging to replace utilities under New York City’s South Street Seaport, a construction crew uncovered several artifacts from the 18th century. Just as crews had begun digging the $40 million project, archaeologists hired by the city to monitor the process noticed “a host” of artifacts under Fulton Street, reports New York 1. Broken bottles, […]

August 15, 2013

Construction Equipment

SUV crashes into NYC’s cavernous 2nd Avenue Subway construction site

Of all the construction sites that deserve a driver’s undivided attention upon approach, New York City’s Second Avenue Subway likely deserves the most. As we’ve shown you before, the cavernous digging going on beneath the surface at this site is like a scene of of Journey to the Center of the Earth. Not exactly something you’d […]

July 29, 2013

Business

Flash, bang: Explosion at NYC hotel caused by worker who opted for blowtorch over flashlight

In the scheme of safety fails, you could safely say this move wasn’t too bright. Sources told CBS News that the explosion that rocked the Viceroy Hotel in Midtown Manhattan Thursday was caused by a construction worker who decided to use a blowtorch instead of a flashlight. The worker was apparently trying to find a […]

July 22, 2013

Roadbuilding

PHOTOS: WTC transportation hub to be “a light-radiating work of art”

The World Trade Center (WTC) transportation hub in New York City is well on track for its opening in 2015, according to a report from the Houston Chronicle. The $3.9 billion project will reach three levels underground, linking the already-operating 11 city subway lines and the PATH trains with Hudson River ferries. And the 800-square-foot […]

July 18, 2013

Roadbuilding

PHOTOS: 1930s bus station remnants are tucked beneath New York City hotel

Former Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood often promoted repurposing old buildings like the Macomb Transit Center in western Illinois, which was was created from a former porcelain factory. Similarly, ScoutingNY has found a former transit center that is now used as a parking garage. Beneath Times Square’s Hotel Carter are the remnants of a 1930’s bus […]

July 15, 2013

Business

Watch Manhattan’s 165-year growth into a sprawling metropolis in one minute

Cube Cities, a city visualization engine for the real estate industry, has put together a really cool video illustrating the power of its software by plotting the growth of Midtown Manhattan over the last 165 years. The one minute video flies through 16 decades, adding buildings to a map centered on the intersection of Central […]

July 15, 2013

Home

Amazing Empire State Building construction photos from 1931 show workers hanging on for dear life

OSHA might frustrate those in the construction industry from time to time, but after taking a look at these photos, you might be a little more thankful it’s around. Brought to our attention by the folks at BuzzFeed, these photos from the New York Public Library’s digital collection are from 1931 and give an amazing […]

July 1, 2013

Workforce

Carpenters’ strike would stop work at several NYC construction projects, including World Trade Center

Some of New York City’s biggest commercial construction projects would be halted should the Manufacturing Woodworkers Association not hammer out a deal with 350 cabinetmakers and wood installers that comprise the Local 2790. According to a report by the New York Daily News, work at “4 World Trade Center, the General Motors building on Fifth Avenue […]

July 1, 2013