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When thieves broke into an Athens tool supply store Sunday night or early Monday morning, it was the fifth time a Fastenal location was burglarized wi...

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A Schiff Hardin LLP attorney team led by partner Matthew F. Prewitt, along with partners Linda K. Stevens and Ayad P. Jacob, achieved a victory for cl...

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A crane accident happened in the Financial District Sunday around 2:30 p.m.   About five tons of mechani...

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A Gary-based construction company said its employees have worked more than 15 million hours at the BP Whiting Refinery without an accident that requir...

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A 40-year-old construction worker died today after a mound of dirt fell into a trench and trapped him in Waialae Iki, authorities said. The man, wh...

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One man's greed cost two men's lives, prosecutors said in opening statements today in the manslaughter trial of millionaire crane magnate James Lomma,...

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The World Trade Center site was shaken by a severe accident on Thursday, but thankfully there were no major injuries. The cable of a crane snapped,...

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Dynamic Architecture's unprecedented UK project will consist of 80 independently-rotating floors    Looking to grab the global sp...

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OSHA announced that its temporary enforcement measures applying to fall protection on residential construction jobs will stay in place for six more mo...

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The inspection and testing of concrete are an integral part of the concrete construction industry and provide accurate assessment of the product's exp...

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An $80,000 federal study into organized crime in the construction industry was plagued by people's refusal to be interviewed - not even when promised ...

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Republic Services of Southern Nevada has begun large-scale construction work under oversight by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at Sunrise La...

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Safway Services LLC, a leader in scaffolding and access solutions, has announced that effective Feb. 20, 2012, Bill Hayes will become president, COO a...

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A worker for Allied Bros. Construction is in Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern in stable condition after he fell 20 feet from a roof and was hanging ...

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This video is obviously foreign, but regardless it shows a very stupid use of a mixer and it is surprising these guys aren’t dead, but if they t...

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Workers at the World Trade Center got a scare Thursday when a crane cable snapped — and thousands of pounds of steel fell 40 stories down on a flatbed...

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A construction site superintendent who covered up a safety violation that led to the 2009 death of a worker in Washington County will spend six months...

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Federal prosecutors have set their sights on one of the biggest fish ever, a huge and well-known construction firm with plenty of clout.   ...

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Construction Defect Center Begins a New Initiative Focused On What Could Be Defective Chinese Made Copper Plumbing Pipes & Warns US Homeowners To ...

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A Canadian guy named Joe has been digging out the basement of his house using nothing but radio-controlled scale model construction equipment... since...

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A construction worker was robbed at gunpoint while working in Naples, according to Naples Police reports. According to reports, the William Radclif...

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A man was transported to the Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore Monday after a construction accident at Harford Community College. The Bel A...

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Shelton police and OSHA are investigating after a man fell from the roof of a Shelton condominium complex on Tuesday while replacing skylights. She...

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The crane's telescopic boom buckles from what appears to be Overloading. This accident becomes far more common when the boom is telescoped furthest ou...

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Emergency crews in Columbus rushed to the city’s casino construction site Friday morning after a piece of equipment fell on a worker.   ...

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Three Bossier Parish teens face serious charges after police say they caused a quarter-of-a-million dollars worth of damage to construction equipment....

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A construction crane collapsed on the new Port Mann Bridge Friday morning, dropping a 90-tonne concrete section of bridge decking into the water below...

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The Kent County Undersheriff says investigators are not sure now if a cable snapped on the crane that collapsed onto the jail.   The ...

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While labor unions' growing expertise and involvement in workplace health and safety can spark clashes with U.S. companies, such efforts also have dri...

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Good luck to Ward Sproat, the Bechtel executive assigned to improve nuclear safety and quality culture at the Hanford vitrification plant. He might...

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$25 billion settlement reached with 5 largest mortgage lenders over foreclosure abuses A landmark $25 billion settlement with the nation's top mort...

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More than 9,100 heavy equipment items and trucks to sell over six days in Orlando, FL between February 13 - 18, 2012     Ritchie Bros. ...

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Seventeen home builders and remodelers, home builders’ associations and other members of the home building industry were recognized for their c...

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A man operating heavy machinery in a Forsyth County development died Thursday morning after hitting a tree, a fire department captain said. The man...

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The workers fell about 35 metres when a work basket they were standing in while being hoisted by a crane became separated, a spokeswoman for the yard ...

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Before proposing in his State of the Union speech to speed up construction projects, President Barack Obama designated replacement of New York's Tappa...

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A construction worker who died after being crushed by a scoop bucket at a south-west Sydney demolition site yesterday had been waiting for his wife to...

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A construction lift fell over in Center City Monday afternoon injuring a worker.   View more videos at: http://nbcphiladelphia.com. The...

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Audubon Engineering is proud to announce that its employees have worked more than one million safe man hours in 2011 and have gone 14 years without a ...

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A dangerously leaning construction crane forced University of Nebraska-Lincoln Housing to evacuate students from the northern rooms of Robert E. Knoll...

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FBI agents probing allegations of bribe-taking at the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety have obtained records and questioned individuals a...

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A lawsuit after a death during a Walmart renovation in Walpole raises questions about the safety practices of its contractors     Rom...

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Board says the contractor violated state workers' compensation insurance laws by filling paperwork stating it did not have any employees. Vie...

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A close call with a nail gun has left Jeff Luptak feeling like the luckiest unlucky guy around.     Luptak...

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In the end it wasn't negligent bureaucrats, careless construction workers, questionable work done in the 1970s or even the infamous paralumes that wer...

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The state's workplace safety authority is investigating a trench collapse that trapped a contractor for several hours Wednesday evening until his resc...

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Construction spending in the U.S. rose in December at the fastest pace in four months, reflecting broad- based gains that signal the industry is stabi...

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A construction management official says a review of structural connections at the Cincinnati casino shows no bolts are missing in the unaffected areas...

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Two men injured in an electrical accident Tuesday are in stable condition at a burn unit in Dallas. Evan Fagen, owner of Fagen Construction, said h...

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Owners of small home-construction businesses say they’re watching their livelihoods collapse under safety regulations they feel are more about p...

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Wyoming workplace safety regulators are seeking $13,500 in fines against a Glenrock company for an oil facility explosion that killed three workers no...

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Investigators want to talk to a general contractor who is out of the country, while a criminal investigation is under way at his Milpitas construction...

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Private nonresidential construction may pick up this year, as demand grows for new U.S. projects. The Architecture Billings Index held at 52 last m...

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JLG has reported a very strong first quarter with sales up almost 74 percent on last year. – over 91 percent if you include intercompany militar...

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    A construction worker was hospitalized with critical injuries Monday after the bulldozer he was operating rolled down a gravel pit e...

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A man working on construction at Lincoln High School is in serious condition after falling between 40 and 50 feet from a suspended platform Tuesday mo...

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ABC7 has learned that relatives watched in horror as a carpenter was buried alive on a Milpitas construction site Saturday. The family members frantic...

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The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) today issued a staff report alleging that Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) violated state...

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The price tag for One World Trade Center, the signature skyscraper under construction at Ground Zero in New York, has risen to more than $3.8 billion,...

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Kentucky officials were scrambling Friday to determine when — or if — they would repair an 80-year-old bridge over Kentucky Lake that was ripped throu...

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    A tragic accident leaves one person dead at a county club.   It happened at the Mequon Country Club around 3:00 p.m. Friday....

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A construction worker was seriously injured, after becoming trapped in wet concrete on Monday, January 23, 2012, at a Hollywood construction site. The...

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Two will remain hospitalized overnight after a partial collapse at a casino construction site Friday injured about 20 workers.   ...

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Mayor Bloomberg’s visit to an unfinished Long Island City high-rise last week capped a series of upbeat announcements about how safe the city ha...

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A long-awaited federal rule designed to protect workers in the construction and mining industries has been tied up in red tape at the White House, lea...

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A crane toppled while being loaded onto a truck at the Moses Wheeler Bridge construction site Wednesday evening.   ...

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The fight between Oshkosh Corp. (OSK) and activist investor Carl Icahn over control of the truck maker's board has evolved into a referendum on Oshkos...

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An administrative law judge with the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission has found that Newport-based Daisy Construction willfully violat...

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A construction worker is dead after suffering significant injuries from a roof collapse in a Downtown Syracuse building on Wednesday afternoon. The...

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A developer and a builder are fighting to keep the public from seeing the details of their settlements with the families of six construction workers k...

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United Rentals Inc. said Monday that the U.S. antitrust waiting period related to its acquisition of rival rental equipment company RSC Holdings Inc. ...

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The Wall Street Transcript has just published its Equipment Rental & Leasing Services Report offering a timely review of the sector to serious inv...

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A 19-year-old Fritch man was electrocuted and died while working on overhead power lines near the ConocoPhillips refinery at Borger, the Hutchinson Co...

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Trimble and Manitowoc Cranes, announced today that they have signed an agreement to collaborate on the development of solutions that can harness preci...

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It was an ordinary task that was taken on by an extraordinary group — in Helmand province in Afghanistan, a project to build four 20-by-30-foot barrac...

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New York City construction accidents decreased by 18 percent last year, and those resulting in injury fell by 7.8 percent, declines Mayor Michael Bloo...

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A Cleveland Public Power worker was thrown from a bucket truck as he was working on power lines early Thursday morning.     ...

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Site engineer and foreman of project arrested as police say accident was caused by a failure to secure structure     A worker who was...

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The recent fatality involving a man working on a tornado-damaged house in West Springfield has highlighted the need to take safety measures to prevent...

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The U.S. Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has recently settled litigation with NER Construction Management Inc., a Wil...

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The Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant (BGCAPP) project, headed by systems contractor Bechtel Parsons Blue Grass, honored its workforce...

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A suburban Chicago man is lucky to be alive after an accident with a power tool.       He is recovering...

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The Obama administration has denied a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, with officials suggesting Wednesday there was not enough time to determine ...

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View more videos at: http://nbcphiladelphia.com.     Someone above is looking out for 63-year-old James Crawford, and it ...

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Local carpenters union members gathered Thursday to protest what they say are substandard wages and working conditions at a high-rise apartment buildi...

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Buildings are essentially constructed the same way today that they were 50 years ago, whether they house single families, multi-story offices or comme...

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For the third consecutive year, FORTUNE magazine recognizes Balfour Beatty Construction for its commitment to employees by placing the company on its ...

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Federal regulators are still in the process of investigating a devastating accident that occurred late in 2011 at an Ocean County construction site. W...

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Two new reports draw a critical picture of the safety culture at the nation's largest nuclear waste site, where the Department of Energy is overseeing...

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Drivers crossing Cold Spring Bridge on Highway 154 today face the first of several months of delays as construction work on a suicide barrier along th...

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    About 6,000 workers have gone on strike for higher wages at a $5.25 billion project to widen the Pa...

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Boynton Beach police are asking for the public's help after thieves stole more than $200,000 dollars worth of construction equipment from a local busi...

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A Decatur crane company will soon pay a $6 million settlement to the families of two men who died in 2010 after falling from a McClellan radio tower, ...

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Gusty winds knocked down a partially constructed mini mart in Cheney and sent a pair of workers to the hospital Tuesday afternoon. A Maverick mini ...

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It has been revealed through a latest report that two men, Gurpreet Singh and Parampreet Singh, have been jailed for a period of nine months. It has b...

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The winning companies were selected through a national competition. They can deliver online construction 10-hour and 30-hour, general industry 10-hour...

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Occupational Health and Safety is investigating after a man working on construction of the southeast ring road was crushed between a crane and a truck...

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A significant number of federal and contractor staff on the Hanford vitrification plant project reported they were reluctant to raise safety or qualit...

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THE DEVELOPER of the Hudson Yards project is bringing in an out-of-town construction giant to build the massive development. Related Companies hire...

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Wyoming Machinery Co. of Mills recently won a nearly $1.4 million judgment against a California company and its namesake owner for failing to pay for ...

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The construction union says half of accidents and injuries on Canberra building sites are not being reported properly. The Work Health and Safety A...

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ANOTHER near miss on a construction site at Mt Sheridan has reignited the concerns of union bosses who say the worksite is a "tragedy waiting to happe...

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Police have identified a 19-year-old construction worker fatally injured Wednesday morning in a fall from the roof of a tornado-damaged as James Ivano...

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The U.S. Coast Guard said the search for a painter who fell from the Ambassador Bridge into the Detroit River will continue well into the night. &nbs...

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A skyscraper building boom in China and India may be a sign of an impending economic correction in two of Asia's largest economies, according to a new...

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    Occupational Health and Safety is investigating after a man working on construction of the southeast ring road was crushed between a c...

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Carl Icahn's proxy battle with Oshkosh Corp (OSK.N) management heated up as he called on the company to explore alternatives for its JLG aerial lift b...

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  An Oak Lawn public works employee was injured when a lift truck tipped over in front of village hall around 1:30 p.m. Thursday. The worker was...

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Just before 4pm Sunday afternoon firefighters were called for a man pinned between a building and the vehicle he was working with. Firefighters used a...

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The state will pay a Virginia law firm $6 million to defend the transportation department against a $40 million suit related to freeway construction. ...

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A Chinese construction company just built a super-sturdy, super-efficient hotel — and it did so super cheaply and super fast. Is this the future of sk...

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A national safety advocate says Durham’s proposal to change its bid process and ensure the safety of employees working on public contracts has &...

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2012, it seems, is the year economic reporting turns rosy. NPR is out with an analysis of today’s decent job figures that pins our hopes on a co...

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Two people have been injured while working underground on the construction of a TTC tunnel near York University Friday morning. Toronto police said...

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Thirty-one years may seem like a long time to most people, but to Michael Davis it was like yesterday. "I still miss my dad terribly," an emotional...

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Boy falls down manhole: krqe.com      Bob Anderson is disgusted that a week after his 5-year-old son fell into an unc...

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"The A10 standards play an important role in providing technical guidance to the construction and demolition industry in order to prevent occupational...

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An Arcata man was seriously injured Tuesday when a vehicle struck him from behind while he was doing road work on Myrtle Avenue, according to a press ...

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IPAF – the International Powered Access Federation says that it will begin systematically recording worldwide data on accidents/incidents involv...

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The investigation into the upending of a mobile crane at the Tate Modern gallery in London last month has identified human error as the likely cause, ...

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The average proposed penalty for a serious workplace safety violation more than doubled in fiscal 2011, but the fines are still too low, says Assistan...

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A construction worker in his 50s has been rushed to hospital after falling down a hole while working on a construction site Thursday morning.  ...

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A construction firm has been warned about its safety regulations after a man was crushed by a 1.5 tonne weight landing on his back. The Health and ...

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    An ironworker visited a Brooklyn firehouse on Friday to shake hands with a group of heroes that saved his life this month after he nea...

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is the division of the U.S. Department of Labor charged with protecting the safety of employe...

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    In a recent television appearance, the chief executive of one of New York City's oldest and most important construction and developmen...

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  Two workers died and a third was seriously injured when their scaffolding collapsed from the seventh level of a building under construction op...

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    The Nova Scotia Labour Department was on the scene of an industrial accident Thursday, (Dec. 29) after an excavator being driven by an...

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    A former inspector for a company that did work on TransCanada Corp's original Keystone pipeline is accusing the Calgary-based company ...

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A construction worker was injured after falling off a scaffolding at the Net-A-Porter headquarters on Darlington Ave. in Mahwah, Police Chief James Ba...

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An unlicensed Tolland crane operator was charged Wednesday with reckless endangerment after State Police say he was operating an unregistered crane at...

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5. Thieves Leave Loader to “Cool Off,” but LoJack Found it On a Sunday night before the manager of a national home improvement store i...

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Crane maker Manitowoc (NYSE: MTW ) didn't have a great year as far as its stock price performance is concerned, but this doesn't imply a slow 2012 fo...

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One of Indiana’s largest private companies has been acquired by a Swedish corporation. Stockholm-based Skanska AB, the Nordic region’s ...

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Transel Elevator Inc., which two weeks ago was servicing an elevator hours before it killed a Manhattan advertising firm employee, was sued this week ...

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Now that a congressional tax deal has been reached President Obama has one more tough call to make. He has 60 days to either approve or reject the con...

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The sprawling construction on the New Jersey Turnpike may be a headache for drivers snarled in traffic and facing steep toll increases, but it’s...

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OSHA has cited Martin's Concrete Construction, Stir Construction Inc., and JM Construction for serious and repeat safety violations following an incid...

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The Bridgewater Township Zoning Board of Adjustment unanimously passed last week a heavily-debated application to approve the construction of a single...

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Creamer Sanzari Joint Venture of Hackensack has been accused of seven serious safety violations at a Clifton bridge project, the federal Department of...

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The Illinois Tollway on Tuesday announced its construction program for next year -- nearly $609 million in projects which include a $98.8 million plan...

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State inspectors are concerned that the demolition of Husky Stadium's roof on Tuesday resulted in damage to a large crane being used in the project. W...

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The office that regulates California school construction routinely destroyed key documents that might have shed light on its lax enforcement of earthq...

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An investigation is under way into a cell phone tower accident that caused a man to fall more than 80 feet on Thursday morning. According to Maynar...

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Revisions to several construction standards are under consideration by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), according to an artic...

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Unable to escape the clutches of the recent construction plunge, Ahern Rentals Inc. on Thursday filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Alth...

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Christmas Eve marks the second anniversary of the scaffolding deaths of four Toronto construction workers and a renewed demand for the use of the crim...

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United Rentals Inc. said Friday it has agreed to buy rival equipment rental company RSC Holdings Inc. for about $1.9 billion in cash and stock. Sha...

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Unlike normal suspension bridges, which are bolstered by cables attached to anchorages on the ground, a self-anchored suspension bridge is supported b...

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    Exactly 22 years after a 6.9 earthquake caused widespread structural damage in the San Francisco Bay Area, members of the UCSF com...

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An Idaho man was killed this morning and two others were injured when a trench collapsed on a construction site in Dickinson. The 39-year-old man, ...

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    Police are on the scene of a deadly accident involving an excavator at Washtenaw County's County Farm Park. Officials...

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The base of a crane, weighing a massive 146 tonnes, fell off the back of a flatbed truck en route to the Airbus base near Hamburg early Thursday morni...

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    The three-and-a-half-inch nail entered the top of Patrick Matheson’s chest traveling at 1,400 feet per second. It pierced hi...

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A federal regulatory agency is investigating a Friday morning accident at the Martin Marietta Magnesia Specialties facility north of Woodville that in...

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Work on the valet parking garage being built for Cleveland's Horseshoe Casino is on hold while the builders try to determine why part of the structure...

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The U.S. housing market, once the epicenter of the global financial collapse that spawned today's European debt crisis, is on the verge of delivering ...

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited A-Absolute Construction, based in Roselle, for numerous violations at a Parsippany ...

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Green building practices have come on the scene so fast that many implications – and unintended consequences – are just now coming to ligh...

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As many as 200 North Korean college students who had been mobilized for construction work have died in recent accidents caused by a lack of safety equ...

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The Connecticut Laborers' District Council announced today that there will be a protest outside of ESPN headquarters in Bristol by state construction ...

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Bramall Construction is one of the latest group of successful companies to join a leading edge scheme, designed to help the construction industry impr...

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The subcontractor whose employee fell more than 50 feet to his death from the Chelsea Piers construction site was arraigned Wednesday on charges of fa...

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Kevin Sabourin, a veteran of the equipment industry for more than 15 years, announces the launch of the new online equipment marketplace, Equipmentsit...

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NES Rentals Holdings, Inc., one of the largest aerial equipment rental providers in the country, today announced that it has implemented a new real-ti...

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A harness and lanyard saved a man’s life yesterday after he fell from the suspended platform he was working from in Kips Bay, Upper Manhattan, N...

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Garney Construction Co. and Georgia Power Company violated federal law when Garney withdrew a job offer of heavy equipment operator previously made to...

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U.S. private construction will grow this year for the first time since 2005, and will be an important driver of gross domestic product growth and job ...

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The estate of Javier Salinas, the Danbury construction worker who plummeted more than 50 feet to his death at the Chelsea Piers construction site in S...

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The Kentucky Labor Cabinet says the construction company responsible for the blasting incident in Georgetown is now facing two citations. The company ...

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The Rockaway Township Police Department Communications Center reported that on Nov. 25 they received several 9-1-1 calls regarding a construction acci...

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A former Las Vegas construction company employee was indicted by a Clark County grand jury Friday on charges of stealing more than $495,000 in a const...

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Federal regulators have fined four northwest Ohio construction contractors and a Minnesota firm over safety violations found during inspections of wor...

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A construction worker was airlifted from a construction site Saturday afternoon but is expected to survive after falling from the building’s roo...

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State oversight of seismic and structural safety standards on school construction projects throughout California has been ineffective and incomplete, ...

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    The dark, boxy sidewalk sheds currently protruding from buildings undergoing construction in New York City will soon be replac...

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A man died when he was caught beneath a crane while he was working at the Houston Ship Channel Tuesday night.   Port Worker Killed in...

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Police are hot on the trail of one suspect they believe might be connected to all eight of the stolen Bobcats.   Investigators say ...

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* Pipeline would put tens of thousands to work - Boehner * Obama says "lot fewer" jobs from pipeline than tax cut * Republican Terry: 20,000 job...

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The Labor Department has assessed civil money penalties of $30,350 for allowing a minor to operate a hoisting device and perform roofing work in viola...

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After 30 minutes of outcry from attendees regarding the accident that sent two workers plummeting from the construction site on Dog Lane, managers of ...

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The owners of a New Jersey construction company are facing felony charges after being accused of swindling their employees out of $190,000 in wages an...

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Gov. Rick Scott said Tuesday he is concerned about Florida's state-backed property insurer providing discounted coverage on new construction projects ...

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  A 58-year-old worker was killed Tuesday after an aerial boom he was operating fell off a flatbed truck at a construction lot in Palm City. ...

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A 45-year-old Centerport woman died after she was struck by a truck while working as a flagger in a construction zone in West Lampeter Township, Lanca...

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Two companies and a construction worker have settled a ten-year battle over injuries the worker suffered on the job. Cost: $2.7 million. Kevin King...

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A 41-year-old man is dead and another man is seriously injured after the walls of a house they were renovating collapsed Friday afternoon. The bung...

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Matthew Krajewski, 31, had a career, and a good one. Krajewski made more than $70,000 a year as a general superintendent at the Maryland construction ...

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A worker died Saturday in a gruesome construction accident in the middle of a residential neighborhood, police said. The man, whose identity had no...

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  Upon its completion in May 2012, the 1,017 foot tall skyscraper Shard London Bridge will be the tallest building in the European Union—but its...

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It's not easy being green – and it might not necessarily be safer for construction crews building environmentally friendly projects, either. Acc...

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  Investigators are looking into whether wind was a cause of an accident involving a crane at the Port of Milwaukee. One worker, who is 45...

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According to witnesses, Thomas Clayton Ballard was involved in a dispute Wednesday afternoon about safety at a construction site close to his business...

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State investigators say an Owings Mills contractor was partially to blame for a July construction accident at the Maryland Live! casino site in Hanove...

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    Two men were killed in a construction accident in Northeast Atlanta Thursday afternoon. The accident happened in the 500 block of G...

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Authorities have still given no reason for the cause of Saturday's tragedy, when a 720-metre-long bridge - built to resemble San Francisco's Golden Ga...

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Two construction workers who had fallen from a lift at the Storrs Center construction site Monday morning sustained serious injuries, according to the...

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Capital Safety, the world's leading manufacturer of fall protection equipment under the DBI-SALA(TM), UNILINE(R) and PROTECTA(R) brands, today announc...

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A Florence man who worked for the Cincinnati offices of a federal health agency has admitted to accepting nearly $190,000 in bribes from a constructio...

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The National Safety Council is inviting organizations from around the globe to apply for safety's highest honor -- the 2012 Robert W. Campbell Award. ...

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Salvatore Montagna, the reputed mafioso killed on Thursday, was very active in construction fraud in the U.S. and continued the practice when he was d...

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When Michele Ochsner, co-director of the Occupational Training and Education Consortium at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ, analyzed data from...

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A construction worker is on the mend after a three-inch metal staple penetrated his skull.     Shaun Hunter, 27, has two holes...

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The former vice president of Azteca Construction Inc. of Rancho Cordova has been found guilty of embezzling from the company. The trial brief states t...

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Construction employment rose in half the states and decreased in half in October and during the past year, closely matching the stable national employ...

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    When Elizabeth Hausler visited India in 2003 to tour areas devastated by earthquakes years earlier, she was dismayed. In Maharashtra s...

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A stop-work order was issued last week for a Trumbull construction company which failed to pay several of their employees working on the Chelsea Piers...

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The Cotter Dam project is losing time and money after work safety authorities shut down the site's main tower crane. And the man who blew the whist...

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Lawmakers are asking if California's bridges are safe after a state engineer was accused of falsifying tests on three construction projects. The he...

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The company was cited for four willful safety citations for failing to provide fall protection and ensure workers operating nail guns wore safety glas...

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Signs of increasing commercial insurance prices for contractors, architects, engineers ...

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A crane fell over a steep hillside, pinning the operator under the heavy machinery for about two hours Monday in Butler County. "I couldn't imagine...

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The investigation into a bullet train crash in China last summer that killed 40 people has come and gone with no public report on what led to the disa...

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Oilpatch companies and workers routinely ignore safety rules in pursuit of the “almighty dollar” despite the risks of injury or death, say...

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A worker in a crane basket several stories above the ground was burned Friday morning when a strong gust of wind blew him into a power line, authoriti...

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It seemed like a headline from another era: a worker killed while constructing a gargantuan train tunnel 140 feet below the surface of Manhattan. &n...

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A contractor whose bid to design and rebuild the I-71/670 interchange was rejected by state transportation officials is owed up to $500,000, the Ohio ...

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When businesspeople complain often enough about the inconveniences and annoying impositions government lays on them, it can become white noise. Har...

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Electric, the nation’s largest private electrical contractor and a 100% employee-owned company, has received a 2011 Construction Industry Safety...

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The weather in San Diego was fair but the insurance crowds at the 31st annual Construction Risk Conference were hunkered down in suites inside the Hil...

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The Trumbull contractor whose worker fell to his death last month from an unfinished roof at the Chelsea Piers construction site hadn't paid the decea...

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A construction crane that's part of the State Highway 161 project collapsed late Tuesday night in Grand Prairie.   ...

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Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) today released its 2012 economic forecast for the U.S. commercial and industrial construction industry. "ABC...

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Claiming they were duped, seven Brooklyn construction workers are sueing the developer of the Atlantic Yards Project and a local community organizatio...

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A 37-year-old Montgomery County man died Monday as a result of a work-related incident early in the morning in New Market, according to the Frederick ...

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A California technician responsible for seismic testing on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge was fired after an investigation revealed he falsified...

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ANSI A10.8, “Scaffolding Safety Requirements,” has just been released as the new 2011 Edition. This 116-page standard establishes minimum...

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OSHA just released 12 educational videos about potential hazards in the construction industry. The educational videos are geared to employers and work...

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In response to the high number of deaths related to falls in residential construction, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration says ...

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Two men were admitted to Christiana Hospital yesterday in critical condition after the boom-life they were working on at the Gavilon Grain Silos facil...

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Three companies have been fined for a construction accident that spewed sticky, smelly, black crude oil over a Vancouver-area neighbourhood. A B.C....

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One person is dead after an industrial accident in York County. It happened around 11:40 a.m. along the first block of South Highland Avenue in West Y...

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President Obama used to be fond of "shovel-ready projects." He's also demanding that Congress pass his jobs bill immediately because 9% unemployment i...

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UK based powered access group Lavendon Access Services has launched a new system to help prevent inadvertent operator crushing. Crushing can occur ...

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A construction worker was killed Tuesday when the steel skeleton of a Brooklyn condo complex collapsed — because of a boneheaded decision to pour conc...

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Frank discussions on what is appropriate training for aerial work platform (AWP) operators and how to keep operators safe marked the first-ever IPAF U...

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The Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Department charged a Bath man Tuesday with embezzling more than $59,000 from a family-owned West Bath constructio...

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A federal workplace-safety agency has cited a Manitowoc utility contractor for five alleged safety violations. The Occupational Safety and Health A...

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Firefighters scrambled to rescue three construction workers after a building under construction in Brighton Beach collapsed, WCBS reports. The Fire...

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What are OSHA inspectors targeting now? The agency has released its top 10 violations for fiscal year 2011. The Deputy Director for OSHA’s D...

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One-third of infractions involved lack of roof harnesses       Alberta's new minister in charge of employment says a province-wide ...

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It took three tries, but crews successfully rescued two workers who became stuck in a lift more than 100 feet off the ground in Morristown, New Jersey...

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City police and the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration are investigating the death of a construction worker. The police chief says Ra...

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A contractor can be held liable for an employee hitting and injuring another worker with a truck, even though the accident involved the employee's per...

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Over their careers, construction workers have a one in 200 chance of dying on the job, five times what the government considers the "significant" risk...

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When you work in highway construction safety and visibility are absolute musts. Highway construction workers work in extremely close proximity to all ...

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OSHA has cited Twin Pines Construction Inc./Teles Construction Inc. for alleged repeat, serious, and other-than-serious violations of workplace safety...

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Efforts to retrieve the body of a man who died Thursday after being trapped inside a 25-ton crane have been completed.     Capital Ci...

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Trawick Construction is celebrating one million safe work hours, and management couldn't be prouder of its employees. Supervisor Allen Hutcheson sa...

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A Salisbury business owner’s spat with the state Occupational Safety and Health agency has escalated after he refused inspectors access to his j...

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Workers walked off the job at 20 major construction sites around the southeast this morning in an emotional reaction to a work-related death of a fore...

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A Minnesota man was found dead in an industrial accident at a north Sioux Falls post office Tuesday morning. Emergency crews were dispatched at 8 a...

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An investigation is under way after two workers were injured after a gas leak at a construction site in Aberdeen. The men were eventually taken to ...

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The mechanic blamed for a fatal, 2008 tower crane collapse on East 91st St. will not go to jail providing he cooperates against his millionaire magnat...

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As fines grow and enforcement gets stricter, construction and agriculture businesses are prime targets for the Occupational Safety and Health Administ...

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For three and a half years, the structure at 303 East 51st Street has remained a stunted skeleton, halted at 18 stories after the infamous March 2008 ...

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IPAF and its members are working to raise safety standards in the use of powered access equipment in China.     At the BICES exhibiti...

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The Occupational Health and Safety Authority is investigating the case of a number of employees carrying out infrastructural work unguarded on the Reg...

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United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE:URI - News) announced the further expansion of its trench safety rental network with the opening of three locations in the ...

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When the Olympic games descend on London in 2012, the event may result in more than medals, glory and athletic accomplishments. If Britain’s Hea...

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A CONSTRUCTION worker died yesterday when the tower crane he was operating collapsed on a building site in suburban Jinshan District. The accident ...

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The importance of proper training, planning and risk assessment has been highlighted through the case of a man who was killed at work when a lifting o...

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Colleges across the country have tightened their use of aerial lifts -- or outright eliminated them -- a year after a University of Notre Dame student...

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The ExoFit Wind Energy Harness and Force2 Wind Energy Lanyard are intended for wind turbine construction, maintenance, and inspection. With soft and l...

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ADR Software, LLC today announced the release of its a new integrated safety incident management module for the ADR Network workforce monitoring servi...

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A construction worker has been injured in an accident in southwest San Antonio.   The worker rep...

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A man who apparently was working on the roof of a company in northeast Charlotte was killed Wednesday morning after falling at least 30 feet to the gr...

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Transportation construction industry firms from California, Pennsylvania, Texas and North Carolina were recognized October 3 for their outstanding wor...

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The emergency services in Arlington, Virginia were called on yesterday to rescue a man from the top of a 75 metre tower crane. ...

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A CRANE driver died after a heavy machine toppled over at Tilbury Docks. Emergency services were called to the docks at 1.37pm on Sunday, following...

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State officials are investigating a fatal Oct. 15 construction accident at Briar Cliff University, an Iowa Occupational Safety and Health spokesman co...

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A construction worker died after falling more than 50 feet Tuesday afternoon from the site of the new Chelsea Piers sports complex on the city's East ...

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Even after a multi-week rally that has put some wind in the market’s sails, there are plenty of naysayers that believe the global economy is tee...

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Solar energy may finally get its day in the sun. The high co...

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CK Price students returned to school Thursday following the construction accident on Wednesday that sent two men to the hospital and knocked out power...

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Some Pittsburgh homebuilders say enforcement of new federal rules to prevent workers from being injured when working on roofs could add significant co...

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Fresh from defeat over their latest economic stimulus plan, Democrats in the Senate pushed ahead on Friday with another proposal to create jobs -- a $...

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There are now more details regarding a fatal accident off of Highway 87 that resulted in the death of a Great Falls construction worker. Th...

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On the heels of the sudden closure of a major commuting bridge in Louisville, KY, a new report shows that more than 18,000 of the nation’s busie...

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RSC Holdings Inc. (NYSE:RRR - News), one of the largest equipment rental providers in North America, today announced financial results for the quarter...

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Amid concerns relating to the European debt crisis and lackluster growth of the U.S. economy, Caterpillar is holding its ground pretty well. It recent...

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Falling structural steel killed a 28-year-old man on Tuesday afternoon while he was on a lift at a northwest Edmonton construction site, the province&...

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United Rentals (URI) reported record margins and utilization rates after the close yesterday. Though construction demand in the US remains weak, URI c...

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Following the first positive score in four months, the Architecture Billings Index reversed direction in September. The ABI, an economic indicator ...

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According to officials, a construction worker died this morning after falling six stories while installing a safety net under the roof of an Upper Wes...

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Terex Cranes has promoted Frank Bardonaro to the newly created position of vice president and managing director global sales. The new role is based...

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United Rentals Inc. said Tuesday that its profit nearly tripled in the third quarter as its rental revenue rose 19 percent. The equipment-rental bu...

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Associated General Contractors of America and the Lean Construction Institute Launch Partnership Designed to Educate Construction Community about the ...

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A construction worker was trapped after a boom lift tipped over in Minneapolis Tuesday morning, according to officials with the Metropolitan Council. ...

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PRESIDENT BARACK Obama, who has been travelling the country urging Congress to pass his jobs Bill so Americans can be put to work on infrastructure pr...

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Demand for construction and skilled trade workers is growing in Michigan and apprentice programs are gearing up to help fill the need. The increase...

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Hidden behind her door, a mother defended her 34-year-old son, who is accused of hitting and killing a construction worker with his car. "...

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Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Thursday he will step down from his position if President Obama is re-elected. LaHood said he has not told...

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Via Verde (“Green Way” in Spanish) is a new mixed-income, mixed-use development nearing completion in a once-severely disinvested area of ...

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Tradesman, self-employed building contractors and small to medium size construction firm can now breathe easier when it comes time to design their nex...

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Roof trusses collapsed Saturday at a partially rebuilt Mobil gas station in Liberty, seriously injuring the property's owner and leaving a worker trap...

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A North Sioux City man was killed in a construction accident Saturday morning at Briar Cliff University. A statement issued by the Sioux City Polic...

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Provider of small-to-medium sized construction equipment acquires Equipment Rental Services, LLC; Looks to capitalize on projected growth of local con...

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A local communist party official was among five people killed when a crane collapsed at a Sinovel factory in China’s Gansu province, it has emer...

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Federal authorities have fined a contractor $55,440 for seven workplace safety violations that led to the death of a worker in a tunnel being built at...

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A crane lifting an in-ground swimming pool into place has tipped over in a suburban street in Palmerston.     The truck carrying the ...

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Construction started Tuesday on Yongsan Landmark Tower,a 100-story tower in Seoul, South Korea, which is expected to be the most expensive building ev...

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KB Home's Primera Terra community has been honored by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) with a 2011 LEED(R) for Homes award. The LEED Platinum p...

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JLG Industries Inc., an Oshkosh Corporation company and a leading manufacturer of aerial work platforms and telescopic material handlers, announced Br...

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Construction on the Tappan Zee Bridge could start as early as next year with President Obama’s announcement tonight that replacing the structure...

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Coors, Bechtel, International Paper, Bayer, Georgia-Pacific, Tropicana, and more than 2,400 other companies nationwide are exempt from regular federal...

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Police in Barron County, Wis., have recovered about $200,000 worth of trailers and construction equipment stolen in Minnesota. Police executing sea...

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Down in Zuccotti Park, where the Occupy Wall Street protests have been taking place for four week, things tended to get quiet at night. The "occupi...

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A 56-year-old construction worker was taken to a local hospital after he slipped and his lower left arm was severed by construction machinery. ...

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A construction worker died and rescue crews managed to free another after a piece of heavy equipment collapsed at York University in Toronto. ...

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A few years ago at Greenbuild, USGBC President Rick Fedrizzi held up a box of animal crackers, showed the audience the list of ingredients, and pointe...

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Deere carries $1.2 billion of goodwill and other intangibles on its balance sheet. Sometimes goodwill, especially when it's excessive, can foreshadow ...

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Construction employers added 26,000 jobs between August and September as the industry’s unemployment rate dropped to 13.3 percent, according to ...

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A six-story-tall crane fell at the new Heritage Halls construction site, crashing into the roof of a recently raised building. A big thud was felt ...

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The Berkshire District Attorney's office said a New York man died Friday in a construction accident at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, ...

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At least 12 workers who were building an underground parking lot in northeastern China were killed when a concrete ceiling collapsed onto them, accord...

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Generac Holdings Inc. (NYSE:GNRC - News), a leading designer and manufacturer of back-up power generation products, announced today that one of its su...

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An Eagle Rock resident who worked as an inspector for the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety was sentenced this afternoon to 18 months in f...

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Terex Corporation (NYSE:TEX - News) has launched an updated customer-focused and user-friendly website providing customers, investors and other stakeh...

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At Plastimagen Mexico 2011, Booth 2216, SABIC's Innovative Plastics business unit today announced an industry first: new one-piece, reusable concrete ...

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State authorities have fined the contractor on the Henley Bridge reconstruction project more than $7,000 for safety violations involved in the death o...

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Martin Petersen, 61, spent his life digging wells and it was in one of those wells that the Vernon man died tragically on Wednesday     ...

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A New York City metalworking union has filed a RICO suit, alleging corruption and wrongdoing, against the major developers who they say are denying wo...

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In a bit of unexpected news, nonresidential construction spending, which includes both privately and publicly financed construction, was $553.1 billio...

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Construction Connexions is a new company committed to the long term success of the construction industry. Construction Connexions was built by contrac...

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ANOTHER $1 million crane was involved in a potentially fatal accident at Darwin's East Arm Wharf. The accident was almost identical to the collisio...

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Farm and lawn machinery maker Deere & Co. said Monday it will invest $124 million to build two new factories in Brazil to supply growing demand fo...

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Private residential construction spending increased 0.7 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $237.8 billion in August from a revised estima...

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Three workers died and two were injured when the cable of a hoist broke on a construction site in southern Vietnam, a hospital staff and state media r...

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Caterpillar’s construction and machinery revenues saw an uptick in 2010 led by improved macro-economic conditions boosted by demand from emergin...

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Two economic reports released Thursday may give encouragement to the U.S. stock market's bull, or those who calculate the market is headed higher -- i...

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Speaking at a media briefing for Americas-based trade press journalists, Volvo CE’s president and chief executive Pat Olney outlined the progres...

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In addition to blocking President Obama's health care law and slashing funding for job training, the budget plan presented by House Republicans for he...

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The driver of a bulldozer that went into a sandpit near the city of Kearney wastewater treatment plant Friday morning is from Niobrara. The victim ...

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Arizona, along with Florida, Las Vegas, Southern California and Michigan, as most people know, has been one of the places in the country hardest hit b...

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IronPlanet, an online marketplace for used heavy equipment, announced today its new mobile app for iPhone and Android smart phones. The free app gives...

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A local contractor said he will be back on the job soon after surviving a construction accident with just a few scrapes and bruises. Bill Botkin, t...

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The most easily managed workplace accident is the one that doesn’t happen. Code Red Safety & Rental is an industry leader in workplace safet...

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A worker is dead after being crushed at a construction site in Grand Prairie earlier this month. Sea...

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One man suffers a broken leg and two more are safe after a warehouse collapses on the West Side Thursday. Emergency crews were called to an...

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The owner of a Strathmore-based home building company was killed in a workplace incident that police are calling an unfortunate accident. Claude Ga...

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Before a group at NRMCA member company Hilltop Basic Resources in Cincinnati yesterday, President Obama called for a renewed commitment to job creatio...

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Purchases of new houses in the U.S. declined in August to a six-month low as the biggest drop in prices in two years failed to lure buyers away from e...

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Illescas Brothers Construction Inc. of Paterson has been accused of allowing employees to work on unstable scaffolding, among other safety violations,...

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This was a video taken by an eye witness of a crane accident in Aukland, New Zealand. The video shows a section of bridge being lifted into position s...

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The boss of a Bronx based construction coalition and a top deputy have been indicted on charges of strong-arming contractors to get Hispanic and black...

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A man working on a private contracting job in Durham suffered a severe injury when his leg got stuck in an auger inside a dry cement mixing truck. &n...

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The Volvo Rents business will benefit from its independence from Volvo Construction Equipment through greater access to group capital and an increased...

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Three construction workers were rescued from a pit off Northern Avenue this afternoon after steel rebar fell on top of them. Two of...

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We previously reported on a Vermont crane accident that occurred on Wednesday, August 25, 2011, but have since learned of another crane accident that ...

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Terex Construction Americas has recognized Pioneer Equipment Rental LLC as a top performing distributor in the first half of 2011. Pioneer was selecte...

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XCMG Construction Machinery Co., China’s biggest crane maker, scrapped plans to raise about $1.1 billion in a share sale in Hong Kong after some...

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A man working on the site of the new Target in Madison was injured Saturday afternoon in a construction accident. The foreman for Knight Signs ...

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Four people were killed when a 70-meter-high crane collapsed in Guangdong Province late Tuesday afternoon, local authorities said Wednesday. The ac...

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Mark Bowman, at right, director of Purdue's Robert L. and Terry L. Bowen Laboratory for Large-Scale Civil Engineering Research, and Michael Kreger, a ...

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These days, it's just something you rarely, if ever, see: African-Americans laboring within the largely Hispanic construction crews working the Gulf C...

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Substandard concrete was used in drainage inlets installed during construction on the Woodrow Wilson Bridge, a man who supplied the flawed material ad...

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Volvo AB (VOLVB), the world’s second- largest truckmaker, plans to target operating margins at the top of the heavy-equipment industry as it shi...

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It’s been a bad news week for the nation’s beleaguered housing sector. On Wednesday, a survey of more than 100 economists, real estate ...

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Heavy machinery maker Caterpillar Inc (CAT.N) reported on Tuesday a slight acceleration in North American dealer sales of machinery for the three mont...

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Sany Heavy Industry Co., China’s biggest maker of construction equipment, plans to make acquisitions and build plants overseas after a Hong Kong...

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Volvo Rents announces the acquisition of Gulf South Machinery of Mississippi, a two-location construction equipment rental company with stores in Hatt...

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New construction of homes fell more than expected in August, dragging on economic growth and keeping pressure on President Barack Obama to do more to ...

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Three men were injured — two seriously — after the ladder they were working on came into contact with an electrical line Monday night during a heavy r...

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Seventeen people were injured when a building scaffold collapsed onto a city bus at West 125th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard in Harlem aroun...

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New Holland Construction today announced that in North America it will refocus on its compact product lines for the landscaping, utility, residential ...

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Seven states and the Internal Revenue Service plan to join the Department of Labor in a broad review of the hiring and pay practices of home builders ...

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West Metro Fire says a man was killed Friday afternoon in a construction accident. Mike Murphy, a spokesperson with West Metro Fire, says the accid...

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Crews said an excavator tipped over at a construction site in Wolfeboro Friday night, pinning its operator inside. About 50 volunteer construction ...

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Changing standards for fall protection in residential construction are being enforced by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health...

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Officials say more lanes have been opened at the nation's busiest border crossing but three remain closed after scaffolding fell on more than a dozen ...

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The Quebec government has budgeted close to $4-billion for road work this year, but the Transport Minister was forced to admit Thursday he has no idea...

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A Verizon technician installing high-speed-Internet cables in Brooklyn, New York, was electrocuted on Wednesday after he accidentally touched a hidden...

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With the demand for construction services waning, the cost of construction materials fell 0.6 percent in August, according to the September 14 Produce...

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Volvo Construction Equipment said this week it will invest SEK 350 million, about U.S. $52 million, to build a 20,660-square-meter excavator plant in ...

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To succeed in today's difficult construction market, Baker Concrete Construction (Monroe, Ohio) has had to change the way it does business, according ...

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A construction worker died Thursday in an accident at the soon-to-be demolished McGuire apartment building in Belltown. Paramedics were called abou...

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Police are looking for 2 suspects who were allegedly involved in destroying and ultimately stealing an ATM machine. Early yesterday morning, shortl...

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The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) supports President Barack Obama’s message to Congress in his add...

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About 300 Manitowoc Cranes workers will be laid off over the next two weeks, with recalls set for Oct. 24, a union steward said Friday. Scott Rosin...

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With the recent damage and flooding caused by Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee, it is more important than ever for developers to look toward imp...

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Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) and CNA's Construction unit recently announced their new strategic partnership focused on advancing industry...

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The cost to build roads, runways and bridges would increase by an estimated $104.6 billion over the next 20 years if coal fly ash is no longer availab...

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The negative economic news continues to flow. The health of Euro zone finances remains in question. Gold prices hover close to all time highs. The Uni...

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Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT - News) is struggling to add skilled workers in its manufacturing operations despite high U.S. unemployment levels that have...

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It all sounds good. Federal government tax dollars sent directly to construction companies to employ workers who will build roads, bridges and airpor...

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The NYPD has flooded the city with checkpoints and bomb detectors as they search for suspects in a "specific, credible but unconfirmed threat" involvi...

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Hurricanes, and now earthquakes. Both could contribute to scouring away sand and mud from around bridge pilings. The Virginia Department of Transpo...

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A road worker in Annandale was killed Saturday when another worker lost control of an asphalt roller and ran over him, police say. Edgar Tobar, 40,...

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General Electric is making a foray into green buildings by investing in Project Frog, which uses various technologies to speed up new building design ...

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On the eve of President Obama's speech to unveil his jobs plan to the nation, Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) today called on the president ...

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A crane brought in for earthquake-related repairs at the Washington National Cathedral toppled over Wednesday, injuring its operator and damaging buil...

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The Labor Department is investigating pay practices at many of the top companies in home building, hitting them with a broad demand for records that h...

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Barry Connor and Craig Gaskins, former partners of Boran Craig Barber Engel Construction Co., Inc. (BCBE) have launched their own construction company...

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A worker at the Caterpillar plant in South Milwaukee has died after he was injured in an accident at the facility. According to a statement from Ca...

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U.S. builders cut back on spending by the largest amount in six months in July with sharp reductions in outlays for government building projects. C...

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Cash-strapped contractors were hiring rather than buying power and construction tools, Ashtead said on Tuesday, as the world’s second-biggest re...

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Caterpillar Inc. acquired 100% interest in the Pyroban Group Ltd. on August 31, 2011. Pyroban Group is a leading provider of hazardous area safety sol...

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Layoffs could be coming to Manitowoc Crane in the next two months. Tom Musial is Manitowoc Company's senior vice president for human resources. He ...

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Four construction workers were injured, three seriously, after a barrier encasing wet concrete apparently collapsed Wednesday, sending the sludge spil...

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Two construction workers were hospitalized after falling from scaffolding Tuesday morning. Officials said the John T. Jones Construction Company wo...

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"THE engineering is the art, and the art is the engineering." So says Cecil Balmond, structural engineer, designer and artist, who together with Turne...

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Did the destruction of the World Trade Center 10 years ago spark a sea change in architectural design with safety and security in mind? No. That sp...

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For the past several years, the Green Buildings discussion group at the New York Academy of Sciences has been developing programs focusing on a divers...

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The LEED Building Certification program was started 11 years ago in 2000. Today, The Green Building Certification Institute issued its 10,000th LEED c...

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Stantec (TSX:STN) has agreed to buy FSC Architects & Engineers, based in Yellowknife, for an undisclosed amount. The engineering firm said Thur...

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The 2011 Architectural Survey from CBIZ Tofias, part of the nation's seventh- largest accounting and tax provider, indicates the architecture industry...

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Warning of potentially a million lost jobs, President Barack Obama urged Congress on Wednesday to pass bills to fund highways and air travel. Key Hous...

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Two workers were injured Tuesday when a crane set up to perform maintenance on a ride at a Northern California fun park collapsed along with a portion...

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Four construction workers in San Francisco were hurt Wednesday, three seriously, when a roof where they were pouring concrete collapsed, authorities a...

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In a sign that the economy is still in a slump, private nonresidential construction spending slipped 0.4% in July, according to the September 1 report...

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As federal officials began an investigation Wednesday of a fatal accident in the Genesee River gorge, first responders said their painstaking effort t...

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A 30-year-old Bonita Springs construction worker was killed in a forklift accident on Wednesday.     The Naples Police report that Ch...

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Turner Construction Company's Turner School of Construction Management provides opportunities for individuals to take their professional building skil...

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Notre Dame launched a campaign Friday to raise awareness regarding aerial lift safety as part of an effort to prevent accidents like the one that in w...

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A Redwood City man was sentenced last week to a two-year prison sentence after defrauding a Los Altos resident of nearly $400,000 for a sham construct...

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A man working on building a wind farm nearby Livermore was killed after a bulldozer rolled over on top of him Monday afternoon. Around 1:30 p.m. Mo...

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Rochester, N.Y.- A man who was trapped after a crane collapsed into the Genesee River gorge Tuesday has died.   The call came in aroun...

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PG&E Corp. (PCG) exploited lax regulatory oversight and used flawed materials in a natural-gas pipeline, leading to a 2010 California blast that k...

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The tide of opinion may be turning increasingly towards the idea that the US economy is heading for a double-dip but Doug Oberhelman is unconvinced. ...

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An asphalt roller fell into a sinkhole here Wednesday, damaging a sewage line and causing the evacuation of some nearby homes in case a gas line was d...

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PG&E Corp. (PCG) will pay $2.2 billion to replace natural-gas pipelines in the wake of its fatal 2010 explosion in San Bruno, California. The u...

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Granite Construction will pay $1.1 million of a $4.6 million settlement involving government allegations that a joint venture led by Granite had submi...

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A derailed Amtrak train near the Colorado-Nebraska border means train service will be shut down for several days. The train collided with a...

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2011 has shown rough times for American small business, with 9 out of every 10 traditional business loan applicant being denied of financing options, ...

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Six workers died and three others were injured in a cave-in accident at a construction site in south China's Guangdong Province on Sunday, local gover...

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Komatsu is the first construction equipment manufacturer to offer its customers a complementary maintenance program, as part of Komatsu CARE, a servic...

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The fight over CityCenter's Harmon Tower is heating up with new evidence. Thousands of pictures showing alleged construction defects are now being use...

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President Obama has promised to propose new ideas on how to create jobs in his post-Labor Day address to the nation. What those ideas will be has beco...

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The number of construction fatalities declined by nearly 10 percent between 2009 and 2010 and by almost 40 percent during the past five years, accordi...

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A horrifying power-line accident left a young man fighting for his life. His ongoing surgeries and treatment regime demonstrate the devastating impact...

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Current industry safety statistics indicate that the construction industry is plagued by three deaths in the workplace every day, with Hispanic worker...

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Volvo Rents has acquired WED, LLC, a single location construction equipment rental company based in Oklahoma City. Previously co-owned by Volvo Ren...

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Sales of new U.S. homes declined more than projected in July to the lowest level in five months, indicating the industry is struggling to stabilize tw...

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MGM Resorts International on Monday said it wants to destroy its Harmon building — an unfinished condo-and-hotel tower riddled with construction engin...

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Local legislators are calling for a new universal building code across the state. But some fire inspectors say it could come at a hefty price, where y...

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Contech Construction Products Inc. and StormTrap, LLC have announced that they have entered into a strategic agreement. The agreement grants Contech ...

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An injured crane operator has been rescued after dangling 150 feet above a construction site in Northwest D.C. this morning. View more vide...

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Billings at architecture firms dropped sharply in July, with the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) again dropping 1.2 points last month following a on...

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The United States District Court in New York City has dismissed Henry Gifford’s lawsuit against the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). ...

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For owners of construction companies, it is understood just how many tasks there are for keeping the business safe and insured. Maintaining all of the...

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Two workers are recovering after becoming trapped in a partial house collapse, Friday morning, August 19, 2011. The work-related accident occurred sho...

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Maine State Police are reporting that a contractor working on a water utility project was killed late Thursday afternoon after being struck by a dump ...

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Throughout history, mankind has built walls for protection and to create territories. From the Walls of Troy to the Great Wall of China, including the...

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The owner of a siding contractor died on Monday after he came into contact with an overhead power line as he operated an aerial lift in Frindley, Minn...

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Nationwide housing starts edged down 1.5% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 604,000 units in July, according to figures released by the U.S. Com...

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Roger Baugh was armed only with a coffee cup early Saturday morning, but he'd heard the story of a gold mine of casino chips in a pile of sand behind ...

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A worker at an Energy Resource Technology production platform in the Gulf of Mexico was killed when a crane collapsed at the site, the government conf...

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Sales at John Deere's construction and forestry division rose +50% year-on-year for the nine months to 30 June to US$ 3.8 billion, and the company exp...

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The United States and euro zone are "dangerously close to recession," Morgan Stanley said on Thursday, criticizing policymakers and predicting the Eur...

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Contractor Anthony Melaragno pleaded guilty Friday in a plea agreement in the Cuyahoga County corruption probe and, as part of that agreement, will gi...

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Timmy Vassilakis is not just another hard hat. And in a city where success is so often measured vertically, this project is personal.   Vassi...

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Bobcat Enterprises Inc. will distribute Doosan heavy excavators, wheel loaders and Doosan Moxy trucks in the greater metropolitan areas of Cincinnati ...

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Chinese construction-equipment makers are burrowing into Caterpillar Inc.'s backyard and they're counting on people like Lon Coon to do it.   &...

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According to 31 year old Michael Bustoz's Facebook page, he has been a "jack of all trades" at H and S Constructors since 2003. In fact he checked in ...

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Pay Pal founder and early Facebook investor Peter Thiel has given $1.25 million to an initiative to create floating libertarian countries in internati...

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It may have a been a rollercoaster week for the U.S. stock market, but to the CEO of Caterpillar it's "steady as she goes and the wind is blowing fair...

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A vocational rich list has named the chairman of JCB as the country’s wealthiest ex-apprentice, with a fortune of £2.15 billion. Sir Ant...

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With the 10th anniversary of 9/11 just weeks away, the rebuilding of the World Trade Center in New York goes on round the clock -- reshaping the skyli...

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A North Texas construction worker is recovering at home after accidentally getting shot in the head with a nail gun. Doctors at Medical City Plano ...

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Ground Zero hardhats are hitting the hard stuff at lunch -- guzzling beers and shots at nearby bars before stumbling back to their dangerous jobs on t...

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The man killed in a construction accident near Aspen Highlands was identified Friday as Greg Watson of Minneapolis, and more details came to light abo...

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I have been bullish on homebuilders since last November. Thus far, that investment has not paid off but the builders are selling at historically low l...

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The U.S. securities regulator is probing farm machine maker Deere & Co for possible violations of a law that bars American companies from bribing ...

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Japanese construction and design firm TIS & Partners has just unveiled a strong and surprisingly low-tech brick that can be rapidly produced in di...

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It is, perhaps, an odd juxtaposition: the construction company in charge of the $407 million renovation of the Alexander Hamilton Bridge, named after ...

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Heavy machinery firms in China are set to lead the country's next wave of exports as its manufacturers move up the value chain and as Chinese brands f...

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When a worker tumbled from a crane he was operating into a vault, Jerry Poole said he “thought it was over with.” ...

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That the group Building America’s Future thinks the U.S. should be investing more money in infrastructure is about as shocking as 90 degree temp...

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Construction Site Collapse Closes Down Clarendon Boulevard, Residents Evacuated From Apartments: MyFoxDC.com ...

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A local contractor's employee was injured Saturday in a fall from a cherry picker machine, rescuers said. The Hansen Brothers Enterprises worker, w...

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The Construction Defect Center is urging US corporations, entrepreneurs, and investors to get back into the domestic manufacturing industry, especiall...

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The recent drop in investor confidence in the wake of Standard & Poor's downgrade of the United States government’s credit rating may affect...

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A 19-year-old construction worker was killed in Barling when a road grader backed over him. Zack Wells died from injuries he suffered while working...

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At least nine people died after an elevator fell at a construction site in eastern Brazil, officials said Tuesday. The incident occurred at around ...

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In 2008, a company hired to test the strength of the concrete used at major public works projects in New York, including the Second Avenue subway and ...

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ICS, the world's leader in concrete chain saws and pioneer of Diamond Chain Technology, introduces the all-new 660GC Concrete Chain Saw available excl...

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In a sign of positive news, the nation's construction industry added 8,000 jobs last month, according to the August 5 employment report by the U.S. La...

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Concrete workers who staged a 3-day work stoppage at the World Trade Center site over pay cuts have reached a deal with management. The Cement and ...

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A construction worker is recovering after being severely shocked at a West Virginia University construction site Thursday, August 4, 2011. The constru...

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Three construction workers have been killed on Utah highways in as many days. The third fatal accident happened at 9:22 p.m. Saturday, when Luis O....

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Construction will begin this month on a $500 million mid-Strip development that will include a 550-foot observation wheel — developers insist it not b...

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The partial shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration has halted more than 250 aviation development projects and caused thousands of constructio...

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Shares of Fluor Corp. jumped in extended trading Thursday after the engineering and construction company said net income rose 5.1 percent in the April...

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The U.S. Department of Labor is now investigating the death of a heavy equipment operator who was killed in when a sand pit caved in around him. A ...

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A 103-foot crane toppled over while it was in use at a residential construction site Tuesday afternoon. A 9-1-1 call was made at 3:15 p...

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A local homebuilder has some extra work on his hands, after a crane fell on a new home. The crews we...

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Caterpillar is recalling more than 590,000 on-highway and off-road diesel engines and will pay a $2.55 million penalty to resolve alleged Clean Air Ac...

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RSC Equipment Rental, one of the largest equipment rental providers in North America, is opening a new regional office in Indianapolis to better serve...

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Hundreds leave Tower 1 and transit-hub sites to protest lack of a new union contract. A full-blown strike could stall work at 34 construction sites ar...

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A crane operator was slightly injured on St-Denis between Viger and De la Gauchetiere when his crane tipped over at 1:15 p.m. Monday.     ...

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As if things could not get any worse, another collapse of a roads structure in Montreal puts public safety at risk. The good news is no one was hurt o...

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Texada Software Inc. (TSXV:TXS), a company which provides software for equipment rental companies, has struck deals to buy two U.S. based businesses f...

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Tutor Perini Corporation a leading civil and building construction company, today announced that it has received the following new contracts totaling ...

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Despite weaker than expected annual growth of +1.3% in GDP during the second quarter 2011, private sector investment in US construction rose by an ann...

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All but one of the wrongful-death lawsuits stemming from the horrific 2008 East Side crane collapse have been secretly settled out of court, The Post ...

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For the AEC (architecture, engineering, and construction) industry, regulatory code compliance can be one of the challenging aspects of design-build p...