Tag: Pittsburgh construction

Construction Equipment

Crane tips, crashes into University of Pittsburgh building

A crane accident ended in the best way possible in Pittsburgh recently—with no injuries and little damage. According to a report from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, a crane owned by masonry contractor Franco Associates was lifting a load of scaffolding when it tipped and fell over onto Langley Hall on the University of Pittsburgh campus July 3. The crane […]

July 10, 2015

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

Workforce

Discovered on Instagram, construction worker leaps from jobsite to runway in new career as a model

It’s not very often we realize just how far-reaching the Internet is. Matthew Noszka certainly wasn’t thinking about it when he posted a picture of himself to his Instagram taken while working on building a deck. But thanks to that picture, he’s now a highly-sought-after fashion model. According to ABC News, Noszka, 22, posted the […]

April 23, 2015

Business

Police bust crime ring’s year-long spree of construction site burglaries in Pennsylvania

Several police departments in southwestern Pennsylvania worked together in bringing down a crime ring that had been stealing materials and appliances from construction jobsites in the area for more than a year. Police arrested Charles Fey, 35; Dwanye Vargo, 35; Dennis Vargo, 37, and Darius Sheplar, 37, according to a report from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. With […]

October 3, 2014

Business

Pittsburgh contractors say their problem is finding work, not workers… for now

Contractors in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania say it’s not a skilled worker shortage that’s causing them problems. It’s a shortage of construction jobs that’s to blame for a lack of production. In the last year, construction firms across the country have seen work pile up while they struggle to find workers skilled enough to meet demand. But […]

May 14, 2014