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Today In Crane Madness

So, heard any good crane stories as of late? We have, especially in the past 24 hours.  Allow us to recount all three for thee: Yesterday, the mechanic of a crane owner James Lomma (who is on trial for...

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Group Grades The Moinian Group With a Big Fat “F”

Things could get rowdy when a consortium of elected officials including City Council Speaker Christine Quinn rallies near City Hall this afternoon to issue a report card to Joe Moinian’s The Moinian...

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Construction Firms Form Group to Bust Myths of Nonunion Workers

The inevitable has finally happened for the construction industry. At a time when construction costs are rising, developers are turning more and more to nonunion workers, which were previously thought...

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Construction Site Safety: Here’s What You Need to Know

[SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION – SAFETY] New York City is in the midst of a building boom. According to the New York City Department of Buildings, construction has increased by more than 300% since 2009....

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Why Shorter Construction Projects Are More Dangerous Than Taller Ones

The taller a building is, the more difficult it is to construct and therefore the more dangerous it will be for workers, right?   Conventional wisdom would say yes. However, the opposite is true...

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One of the Biggest Industries in the Country—Construction—Still Has a Big...

You know the photograph: 11 construction workers smoking, eating and socializing across a beam hovering some 800 feet over Manhattan. It was 1932. The project was 30 Rockefeller Center (a.k.a., the...

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Repeal of Federal Record-Keeping Rule Could Put Construction Workers at...

Construction companies may soon be able to free up space in their filing cabinets. But at what expense? Earlier this week, the Republican-led Senate voted 50-48 to repeal a federal Occupational Safety...

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Contractors, Officials Debate Apprenticeship Programs at CO Safety Conference...

As the city struggles to reduce deaths and accidents on construction sites, major players in the enforcement and construction community think owners and contractors have more responsibility for keeping...

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New Construction Safety Bill Draft Slammed by Open-Shop Reps, Union Cheers

Advocates of open-shop construction were dismayed while New York’s trade unions were thrilled by the City Council’s latest draft of a bill that lawmakers say will increase safety in the industry. The...

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Construction Is Still NYC’s Most Fatal Industry

Construction once again tops federal rankings as New York City’s deadliest industry, according to a new annual report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  Twenty construction workers died on the job...

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Construction Safety: How Cocoons, Sandwiches, Toilets Can Improve Worksites

Construction safety has come a long way during the career of Mitch Konca, a New York City-based worksite inspector with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. “Twenty years ago, people...

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Construction Training Serves Important ‘Porpoise,’ DOB’s Hogan Says

Sharp-edged tools, falling debris and dizzying drop-offs are among the obvious hazards at big-city construction sites. But devious marine mammals can represent an even more pervasive danger, according...

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Federal Vaccine Mandate for Private Employers Paused: OSHA

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) paused the enforcement of a federal vaccine mandate for private employers, saying it was awaiting the outcome of a legal battle over it in...

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Private-Sector Vaccine Mandate Goes Into Effect Amid COVID-19 Case Surge

New York City’s vaccine mandate for private-sector workers went into effect on Monday despite some ire from the business community and at least one potential class-action lawsuit to block one of the...

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Supreme Court Blocks Federal Vaccine Mandate for Private Employers

The Supreme Court blocked the White House’s vaccine mandate for larger private employers — striking down a key part of the Biden administration’s pandemic response: vaccinating the population against...

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Even in 2020, Construction Was NYC’s Deadliest Industry

Despite a significant construction slowdown in 2020 because of the pandemic, the construction industry still saw more deaths than any other in New York City that year, according to new data from the...

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Construction Worker Fatalities in New York Outpaced Pre-Pandemic Deaths

Construction workers in New York state died at a higher rate in 2021 than the year prior, and those deaths outpaced pre-pandemic fatalities, according to a new report from the New York Committee for...

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