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Safety
Worker crushed by lift beneath Pittsburgh overpass
A construction worker in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was killed Saturday in a lift accident beneath an overpass. According to a report from KDKA TV, 35-year-old Sean Kelly was atop the lift as part of a crew making repairs beneath the East Busway overpass in the city’s Wilkinsburg borough. It’s unclear how, but Kelly became pinned between […]
June 3, 2015
Roadbuilding
Transportation chief Foxx expects Congress to pass another highway stopgap despite urgent infrastructure needs
During a visit to Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh to see next-gernation transportation technology the school is working on, U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx remarked on all the progress the sector has seen in recent years, it’s obvious potential moving forward and how all of it is at risk due to continued inaction from Congress […]
April 27, 2015
Roadbuilding
Pittsburgh plots 2015 paving projects on interactive map for public
The Pittsburgh Department of Public Works has launched an interactive website and map that shows all the city’s current and forecast paving projects for the entire 2015 paving season, which will cover roughly 44 miles. This is the first time the city has made its plan for paving projects available to the public. The map offers […]
April 13, 2015
Roadbuilding
Woman injured by unfinished road project
A woman has been injured in Pittsburgh in a freak accident on an unfinished road project. The woman was walking on metal plates that were covering part of an unfinished road project. At the same time the woman was walking on the plates, a bus was driving over them. That caused the plates to lift […]
October 13, 2014
Roadbuilding
What Pittsburgh’s potholes can tell us.
Are potholes prime indicators of street health in a city? Or just one of a number of indicators? And does how they are managed and repaired tell you a lot about the agency responsible? I’d say “maybe” and “yes.” A detailed study of this work in Pittsburgh is worth looking at if either or both […]
March 27, 2013
Business
Pittsburgh’s breathing building
With an eye on promoting the revitalization of downtown Pittsburgh as well as energy conservation and organizational productivity, the Tower at PNC Plaza is likely PNC Financial Services’ proudest design moment yet. Architectural design of the building was led by Gensler while Buro Happold led engineering and Paladino & Co consulted on green design, according […]
December 6, 2012
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