Dive Brief: Although the coronavirus outbreak has decreased demand for office space across the country, developers broke ground this week on New York City’s largest commercial development since the pandemic hit the U.S. in March. When complete in 2023, the $2.3 billion One Madison Avenue office tower in Midtown South will include new retail space, an […]
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The New York City Department of Buildings announced that it had issued a record 100,000 Site Safety Training cards as of October 29, according to Construction Dive. The distribution of Safety Training cards was mandated through New York City legislation in 2017. The practice of safety training has resulted in a 20% decrease in workplace injuries, […]
Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic through Oct. 22, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited 144 establishments for violations relating to coronavirus, resulting in proposed penalties totaling $2,025,431. OSHA inspections have resulted in the agency citing employers for violations, including failures to: Implement a written respiratory protection […]
Wild winds spun a construction crane at the top of an under-construction skyscraper in Midtown Thursday night as debris from the building landed a block away. The crane, attached to an 85-story luxury apartment tower on W. 57th St. near Sixth Ave., ‘weathervaned’ — spun around in circles — and knocked debris to the ground […]
New York City Council has passed a bill to extend the deadline for construction workers to complete 40 hours of safety training until late in the winter. CONSTRUCTION WORKER SAFETY TRAINING DEADLINE Construction workers will now have until March 1, 2021 rather than Sept. 1 to finish the safety training mandated by 2017’s Local Law […]
The city reported a nearly 19 percent decrease in construction-related injuries in the last fiscal year, a drop the Department of Buildings partially attributes to a new construction safety law. There were 534 construction-related injuries between July 2019 and June 2020, a drop from the 646 seen during the same time period in the previous […]
New York City’s Department of Buildings has issued 550 across the five boroughs since July. As reported by Crain’s NY, there were 213 violations in Brooklyn projects, 167 in Manhattan, 124 in Queens, 42 in the Bronx and four in Staten Island. On the very first day of inspections, July 8, the DOB issued the […]
