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Business
The Final Piece: Design of 1,340-foot-tall Two World Trade Center revealed (PHOTOS)
In an interview with Wired that dives deep into the genesis of Two World Trade Center, Bjarke Ingels, the founder of the architecture firm BIG, has unveiled his design for the building. Once built, the 1,340-foot-tall building will complete New York City’s reborn World Trade Center. The new building will stand nearly as tall as One WTC, creating a […]
June 11, 2015
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Workforce
Watch One World Trade Center’s 11-year construction in this beautiful time-lapse
With the opening of the iconic building’s observation deck over the weekend, One World Trade Center is officially open for the public to enjoy. To mark the occasion, the folks at EarthCam, produced the following time-lapse video that covers all 11 years of the 1,776-foot-tall building’s construction. Construction began in October 2004 and was officially […]
June 3, 2015
One World Trade Center time-lapse
Construction Equipment
Crane drops 4-ton HVAC unit 30 stories to street below, injuring 10 in NYC
With the roar of a freight train and the “boom” of a bomb, an HVAC unit fell from the sky on Madison Avenue in New York City Sunday morning as it was being lifted into a 30-story building. According to a report from the New York Post, the 4-ton unit dropped after a rigging strap snapped, […]
June 1, 2015
The crane and damaged side of the building in the aftermath of the crash. Credit: @Violetworld via Twitter
Workforce
Construction worker shot in robbery on NYC sidewalk
While operating a jackhammer on a New York City street corner, a construction worker was shot last week. According to a report from the New York Daily News, 49-year-old Rafael Lugo was hammering a portion of sidewalk in Brooklyn when two men walked up to him and demanded he give them the gold chain he was […]
May 26, 2015
Police at the scene of the shooting. Credit: Jesse Ward/New York Daily News
Business
Will NYC’s Nordstrom Tower overtake One World Trade Center as the tallest building in the U.S.?
In case you haven’t noticed, we’re in the thick of a supertall building boom. As we reported earlier this year, 97 skyscrapers and 11 supernal buildings (skyscrapers taller than 984 feet) were completed in 2014—more than in any other year. And nowhere is the race to the tip-top heating up more than in New York City, […]
May 20, 2015
A rendering of the skyline should the Nordstrom Tower rise to the height of the plans Yimby reported. Credit: New York Yimby
Safety
Worker dies after fall from scaffolding in New York City
A construction worker died shortly after falling from scaffolding on a New York City jobsite Thursday morning. According to a report from the New York Daily News, 25-year-old Dominick Deluca was performing work on the facade of a building in Claremont in the city’s Bronx borough. The paper reports Deluca lost his footing and fell about […]
May 15, 2015
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Safety
Light OSHA staffing, penalties come under fire in report on the dangers of New York construction sites
Citing data that shows construction represents less than 4 percent of total employment in New York while accounting for 20 percent of the state’s workplace deaths, a new report points the finger of blame for the state’s dangerous jobsites squarely at the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s low funding levels. The report, put together by […]
May 13, 2015
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Safety
Worker killed in attempt to jump from stalled lift on NYC jobsite
A worker on a crew building a luxury hotel in New York City was killed Tuesday when he fell 24 stories down an elevator shaft. According to a report from the New York Daily News, 25-year-old Christian Ginesi and one other worker were attempting to install an elevator door frame at the Riu Hotel Times Square when their lift car […]
May 7, 2015
Roadbuilding
Giant “Left Coast Lifter” crane’s first lift at new Tappan Zee bridge site more than a year in the making
One of the largest cranes in the world was finally put to use in the Hudson River on Friday as it made its first lift in the construction of the new Tappan Zee Bridge, according to a report from The Journal News. The crane’s first job was to place a 650-ton cap for the bridge—no big […]
April 29, 2015
Safety
Boom failure crushes and kills crane truck operator in NYC
A hydraulic failure on a truck crane took the life of a construction worker in New York City Friday. According to a report from NBC New York, the worker was having trouble operating his knuckle boom crane on a midtown Manhattan hotel construction site Friday morning. The New York Times reports 40-year-old Trevor Loftus noticed […]
April 27, 2015
The failed truck crane that killed a worker in Manhattan on Friday is seen in a still from footage shot by NBC New York.
Safety
Soil collapse buries, kills worker on NYC jobsite
A construction worker was killed earlier this week in New York City when he was buried in a soil collapse. According to DNAinfo New York, the unidentified worker was working a jobsite in the city’s Meatpacking District where crews are excavating the former site of a restaurant for the construction of a Restoration Hardware. The site […]
April 9, 2015
Roadbuilding
NYCDOT plans $100 million in improvements to make Queens “Boulevard of Death” safer
The New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) will rework the 7-mile corridor of Queens Boulevard as part of the $100 million Greet Streets initiative, beginning with a 1.3-mile segment that includes a protected bike lane. NYCDOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg recently presented the initial plan to the Queens Community Board 2 Transportation Committee, with an […]
April 7, 2015
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