Tag: construction in the news

Worker loses his mind, fires nail gun, slashes tires in jobsite altercation with co-worker

A confrontation between two construction workers on a Hawaii jobsite last month proves that not everything on the Big Island is chill. According to a recent press release from the Hawaii Police Department, 23-year-old Cody Lewis Allen and a co-worker got into an altercation while at work in Kailua-Kona the morning of Nov. 2. The disagreement quickly […]

December 18, 2015

With nails flying, workers on this jobsite were put in just about as much danger as the “Tool Time” crew.

INDOT workers rescue elderly couple and pets after dump truck mangles minivan

An Indiana Department of Transportation road crew is being celebrated for its heroic actions after they helped save an elderly couple, as well as a dog and cat, from a minivan that was struck by a dump truck. WSBT-TV reported that the crew was at work crack sealing U.S. 35 in Knox, Indiana, when a minivan stopped for […]

December 11, 2015

INDOT workers rescued an elderly couple and their pets from this mangled minivan after it was rear ended by a dump truck into their work zone. Photo Credit: Still from WSBT footage

Construction worker thwarts knife attack on University of California campus

A construction worker is being hailed as a hero in the wake of a knife attack last week that could have become much worse at a University of California campus. Byron Price was working on a remodeling project at the University of California Merced Nov. 4 when he heard a commotion in a nearby classroom […]

November 9, 2015

Byron Price thwarted a University of California freshman’s plan to turn a knife attack into a shooting. Photo Credit: Still from KERO TV footage.

Construction worker lifts porta-potty lid, finds wanted woman below

A construction worker who stepped into a porta-potty in Oregon recently was shocked to find Treasure down below. According to a report from The Register Guard, the worker lifted the lid of a porta-potty toilet in Eugene, Oregon, on October 3 and found 27-year-old Treasure Dawn Shockey looking back at him. The paper reports Shockey had two […]

October 14, 2015

Construction worker discovers active bomb, brings it into motel lobby in Missouri

There are still questions concerning who left an explosive device in parking lot in Columbia, Missouri. According to the The Columbia Daily Tribune, 33-year old construction worker Kris Martin found the device August 17 near the Red Roof Inn and took it inside the motel to report it. Martin, who hails from Indiana but was in […]

August 28, 2015

A bomb squad truck and robot arrive at the scene where the device was found. Photo Credit: Daniel Brenner/Columbia Daily Tribune

Road construction crew unearths potential Spanish flu-era mass gravesite in Pennsylvania

Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania, became a forensic anthropology dream site last week when a road construction crew discovered a mass gravesite while working along Route 61. Dr. Alexandra Klales, from Mercyhurst University’s applied forensic sciences department, has been leading a group of students in recovering and studying remains from the site since its discover August 14. […]

August 19, 2015

Man arrested for stealing road signs, rebar from Pennsylvania construction site

A Pennsylvania man is facing theft charges after he was caught with stolen road signs and rebar from a highway bridge project. Brian Pennington, 54, was allegedly seen by an officer at an area Salvation Army early Monday morning taking metal from a dumpster and putting it into his Chevrolet pickup truck. The officer approached the […]

August 12, 2015

Road Closed work zone construction

Construction crew uncovers Native American remains likely hundreds of years old in Colorado

During the installation of a drainage pipe at a new housing development in Colorado, a construction crew was forced to place a call to the local coroner after discovering a skull. According to KKTV News, archaeologist Thomas Carr examined the skull and excavated the site, located in Fountain, for several hours, eventually uncovering an entire […]

August 10, 2015

Two managers charged with negligent homicide for death of worker in NYC construction collapse

Two managers are facing homicide charges in connection with a deadly soil collapse in New York City earlier this year. The New York Daily News reports Wilmer Cuevas, 49, and Alfonso Prestia, 55, were indicted earlier this week for “allegedly refusing to shut down” a construction site where a man was killed April 6. At the […]

August 6, 2015

Construction worker and boy team up to rescue man from pit bull attack in Minnesota

A construction worker and a young boy jumped to action and played a part in saving a man’s life in Minnesota recently when the man was attacked by a pit bull. According to a report from KARE TV, 9-year-old Marshall Schmitz saw a pit bull attacking a man walking his dog in St. Louis Park […]

August 3, 2015

Guy who drove into construction site and hit a worker says he was only trying to help

A disagreement between a construction crew and an enraged driver in Arkansas resulted in one worker clinging to the front of the man’s hood for dear life. According to a report from Arkansas Online, police were called to a construction jobsite in Springdale after a driver who refused to drive around the jobsite hit one […]

July 31, 2015

Detour Road Closed construction

Former worker on Apple’s Campus 2 jobsite says tech giant expects iPhone-like level of detail from construction

In an exclusive interview with Business Insider, a person who worked on the construction of Apple’s spaceship-like Campus 2 project tells the publication the tech giant expects the same level of detail in the building’s construction as it does when designing and building the iPhone. According to the report, no expense is being spared on the […]

July 16, 2015

An overhead view of construction on Apple’s Campus 2 from April.

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