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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
Workforce
Guy dresses up as construction worker for Halloween, robs NYC bank
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. But this is imitation the construction industry could do without. According to a report from the New York Daily News, a man dressed up as a construction worker robbed a bank of an undisclosed amount of cash during the afternoon on Halloween and is still on the […]
November 2, 2014
Business
Construction of Mormon temple in Philadelphia bans workers from smoking, having caffeine and swearing
Smoking and swearing are two things commonly restricted from most workplaces, though most have areas for employees to have a smoke break and swearing almost assuredly happens anywhere at any time despite being against the rules. But caffeine? The coffee pot and soda machine are workplace institutions no matter where you might work. What employer […]
December 4, 2013
Business
San Francisco subway construction causes a rat invasion
It’s not uncommon for a city to receive complaints about construction. Despite the knowledge that improvements are being made to infrastructure or a new building is join up, traffic backups and noise due to construction can quickly become annoyances after even a short period of time. But for San Francisco residents, it’s the rats. According […]
November 17, 2013
Construction Equipment
Graveyard found beneath construction site of high school football stadium
Well, this certainly brings a whole new meaning to booing at a football game. Come 2016, the football team of one Virginia high school will call the site of a pre-Civil War graveyard their home turf. According to WTOP.com, the Prince William County school system has begun preparing the site of a new high school […]
September 4, 2013
Construction Equipment
Sinkhole swallows backhoe in Montreal
A sinkhole measuring 26 long and 10 feet deep swallowed a backhoe performing sewer repairs in downtown Montreal last week. The driver of the backhoe was not injured, according to a report from the CBC. The cause of the street collapse is thought to be the faulty sewer pipe the crew at the site had […]
August 13, 2013
Construction Equipment
Drunk Tennessee teen steals a Bobcat because he was “trying to cover his nudity”
Thieves have come up with a lot of reasons for stealing construction equipment. Most want to sell it, others want to use it as part of a grand bank heist scheme. But 19-year-old Joseph Michael Hall’s excuse is our favorite yet. You see, Hall was found Sunday morning driving a Bobcat skid steer down Maynardville Highway […]
August 6, 2013
Construction Equipment
Thieves use backhoe to smash ATM, but come up empty-handed
“We’ve had machines stolen before, but no one’s ever pulled off a bank heist with them.” That’s what a worker at the Trocom Construction Corp. equipment yard in Queens, New York told the New York Daily News after learning that thieves had broken into the yard, stolen a backhoe and then used it to smash an […]
August 1, 2013
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Montreal could run out of asphalt … and the Mafia is involved
In a bit of an odd-but-true story from Canada, there is a very good possibility that the City of Montreal could run out of asphalt, reports the Montreal Gazette. The city has numerous potholes to fill but unless it is able to sign a $5.2 million contract with seven supply companies. So why the cold […]
March 19, 2013
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