Crane Inspector may have been at fault in 2008 accident and last week’s deadly collapse

The building inspector who didn’t check a cable involved in a crane collapse last week was the same one who performed the inspection on a crane ...

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New cantilevered construction system tested with bridge construction

Through some additional, newly developed system components, the VARIOKIT engineering construction kit can now be also used for the balanced cantilever...

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Leader of construction trade union dies

One of the more prominent voices in the labor movement for infrastructure spending passed away on Sunday. In a statement Monday, the Building and ...

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Citations Issued in Horseshoe Casino Collapse

Officials from OSHA today said that they have mailed out certified letters to the companies which will be cited in the January 27 accident. Officials...

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Will Manitowoc Buckle Under Pressure?

With two polar-opposite businesses to handle, things can't be very easy for Manitowoc. Although the company has managed to beat Street estimates in th...

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Lift cable snaps, 3 die at housing project site

Three workers died after the cable of a lift at an under-construction building snapped and it plunged seven floors, in Sector-108, Gurgaon, on Monday ...

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Volvo Construction execs convicted of bribes to former Saddam Hussein regime

Two former Swedish executives with Volvo's construction equipment subsidiary were convicted on Tuesday for paying bribes to the regime of Saddam Husse...

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Investigation into fatal construction accidents

The New York City Transit Agency is racing to inspect cranes at all of its construction sites after a deadly accident Tuesday night. ...

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Crane Accident Closes Down I-44

The Oklahoma Will Rogers Turnpike was closed about 1 mile west of the Missouri state line after a crane being used for road and bridge construction fe...

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Manhattan Crane Collapse Kills One, Injures Four

It's happened again. Another crane collapse at a city construction site. It sent 5 construction workers to the hospital, one of them died, and another...

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