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PHOTO: Scaffolding to the sky as workers make repairs to Washington Monument
We love this photo from the Associated Press which shows workers atop an impressive stretch of scaffolding as they make repairs to the Washington Monument. The 555-foot monument was damaged in an August 2011 earthquake.
May 6, 2013
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Scaffolding failure sends Louisiana construction workers dangling 100 feet in the air before rescued
Three construction workers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana likely have a whole new appreciation for life ropes after a scary incident during an expansion project at a hospital there. While working on the exterior of Our Lady of the Lake Medical Center, the scaffolding the construction workers were on snapped, according to WAFB, sending the men […]
May 6, 2013
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Construction crew uncovers fossils of four new whale species
Construction crews on both coasts of the U.S. have been doing double duty as archaeologists as of late. First was a report of a crew in Charleston uncovering 27 American Revolution-era graves, and now comes a report from CBS that a road construction crew in Southern California has discovered the fossils of four new […]
February 22, 2013
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Charleston construction crew finds 27 graves beneath jobsite
While working at the site of a renovation of Gaillard Auditorium in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, construction workers found 27 graves, the Associated Press reported. The graves were arranged in two even rows and were uncovered after removing tons of dirt that previously laid beneath a parking lot. There is no record of a cemetery […]
February 20, 2013
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