Standing in front of thousands of construction workers in Union Square, Gary LaBarbera screamed into the microphone — his voice going hoarse from condemning Related Companies. “In my opinion, they are a bunch of fucking liars,” the New York Building and Construction Trades Council president said. “You can sue me, you can take me to court, […]
Bjarke Ingels has a few high-profile New York City projects currently in the works—the Spiralin Hudson Yards, and the XI, the twisting hotel/condo hybrid that hugs the High Line—but the latest to break ground is slightly more humble. Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that construction has begun on the starchitect’s new building for the 40th Precinct in the […]
Dive Brief: The cost of insurance coverage for New York City’s $11.2 billion East Side Access tunnel has risen 557% from original cost estimates to $584 million, and critics of the state’s long-time Scaffold Safety Law, which makes employers and owners responsible for “gravity-related accidents,” said the regulation is to blame, according to Crain’s New York […]
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Timberline Hardwood Floors LLC for willful and serious violations of workplace safety and health standards. The Fulton, New York, custom hardwood-flooring manufacturer faces proposed penalties totaling $182,917. OSHA cited the company for failing to implement lockout-tagout procedures to prevent machines from unintentionally […]
On its final day in session of its 2017-2018 term, the Supreme Court issued a ruling that will hurt public sector unions in the pocketbook, and deal a blow to labor’s clout in the political arena. In the case of Janus v. AFSCME, the court ruled, in a 5-4 vote with conservatives winning out, that government employee […]
La zona cero de los atentados de las Torres Gemelas tiene desde hoy un nuevo rascacielos, el 3 World Trade Center, que ocupará el vacío que dejó el hotel Marriott, destruido durante los ataques del 11-S. El proyecto se ha alargado ocho años, en gran parte por la dificultad de encontrar inversores que avalaran la […]
Dive Brief: Crews led by Omaha-based infrastructure heavy hitter Kiewit-Shea and a tunnel boring machine dubbed Nora, according to the Times Herald-Record, are in the process of digging a $1 billion bypass tunnel 55 stories under the Hudson River to get around the leaking, 85-mile Delaware Aqueduct, which serves New York City, the Associated Press reported. Via gravity, […]
Nueva York — Un enorme panel de vidrio cayó sobre dos trabajadores durante la construcción de uno de los rascacielos más altos de la Ciudad de Nueva York. Una de las víctimas murió y la otra fue hospitalizada, dijo la policía. El incidente ocurrió el sábado a las 10:30 de la mañana en el lugar en West […]
