Dive Brief: A new mixed-use tower in the New York City’s Brooklyn borough is scheduled to come online in October 2020, and the Marvel Architects-designed building is about 65% bigger than originally planned, according to CityRealty. Permits for the 540 Fulton structure were first filed in 2016 when developers Jenel Management indicated that the building would […]
Dive Brief: Metropolitan Transportation Authority New York City Transit President Andy Byford proposed a 10-year modernization of the city’s transportation systems, a schedule that has been reduced by 75% from the agency’s previous timeline of 40 years. The revised plan’s costs have been estimated at between $19 billion and $37 billion, depending on various news outlets’ sources. Within five years, the Fast Forward Plan […]
Dive Brief: New York City’s Department of Buildings (DOB) announced Wednesday that its final safety training requirements include a mandatory 40 hours for workers and 62 hours for supervisors, according to a DOB press release. The new requirements apply to those working at projects where the DOB mandates construction superintendents, site-safety coordinators or site safety managers to […]
Construction is currently underway on a pair of Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG)-designed towers in New York City named the XI (aka the Eleventh). The twin buildings will feature an unusual twisted form that’s intended to maximize the view for residents. The XI towers are located in Chelsea, Manhattan, next to the High Line. The taller of […]
During the Obama administration, Occupational Safety and Health Administration press releases that accompanied safety violation citations and notices of proposed fines were often of the “shaming” variety, according to Edwin G. Foulke Jr., former assistant secretary of labor for OSHA under President George W. Bush. He said the approach seemed to be a strategy to […]
Dive Brief: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit Court upheld OSHA’s decision to issue a willful citation in the case of a worker’s deadly fall, even though the employer claims the foreman in charge was ignorant of safety requirements that could have prevented the incident, according to a summary written by the […]
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Washington, has launched regional campaigns to raise awareness about the four leading safety hazards in the construction industry. The Focus Four Hazards campaign will serve employers and employees in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia. From March through June, the campaign […]
New York City’s antiquated transit system and ailing infrastructure has been the subject of much hand-wringing. Add in the city’s vulnerability to climate change and a population projected to exceed 9 million by 2040, developers like Tishman Speyer and SL Green say they have no choice but to urgently find solutions. “The real question for everybody is, ‘How do we build […]
